Burn And Scarring Claims Can Be Filed If You Were Not At Fault A lot of times, when individuals endure any kind of mishap, thinking that they can make personal injury claims, only if there are a road accidents or a workplace mishap and that they have severely damaged some part of their body. This is not true. Sometimes, there are negligent incidents because of workplace fires, radiation, because of smoke or toxic fumes or due to hot machinery. If you or someone you know has been injured because of this, then you can take the legal recourse.
Due to such incidents, there might be burns and blemishes that the sufferer might have to endure. These marks and remnants of the incident can have a very harrowing and traumatic effect on an individual. They can be very painful, there treatment can be very costly and also have intense physiological effect. Thus, it is important that if you have so far suffered all this silently, you now take a legal step and file for burns and scarring claims.
Asim Qureshi sustained grave abrasions to his face and right leg, arm and shoulder when molten metal came in contact with him as he worked at a factory in Worcester in July 2010. He was handling die cast equipment, when the material of temperature around 650 degrees Celsius – jetted out of the machine and burned through his attire. He was rushed to hospital and an investigation was set up. After the inquiry by the Health and safety Executive, it was proved that the company had failed to maintain the proper security and safety. The duty to care was breached; consequently, Asim endured serious injuries which could easily have been averted. He was awarded the compensation.
This is just one of the examples. Burns can be of several types and case can be filed against them. There can be superficial burns, when the damage is done only on the surface. There can also be the partial thickness ones, when the damage is done to skin and dermis to different levels. And the worst of all are the ones when the sufferer endures full-thickness burns. Though the most common ones are the superficial ones, yet they can have more impact than expected. For example, your airways and lungs can be damaged from inhaling hot fumes and gases.
The fact is that any kind of burns or scars can have traumatic effect on the sufferer, even after the years of the incident. And, if you have been an innocent victim of any such disastrous incident, then you have the rights to file for burns and scarring claims; you might be entitled for compensation.