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Hurt in a Welding Accident? Pursue the Financial Relief You’re Due.

Welders know about high heat, noxious fumes and confined spaces. It’s one of the most dangerous jobs on any construction site.

Thousands of workers are injured or killed in welding accidents every year. The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics recorded almost 7,000 cases of nonfatal injuries related to welding in 2020 alone.

It takes skill and a ton of training to be a great welder. The least you can ask for is a safe work environment to practice your craft—and financial backup to keep your life on track when you’re hurt. 

Not all employers or subcontractors take the necessary care to keep their workers safe. Even when all precautions are in place, accidents happen, especially to welders.

When you’re hurt in a welding accident, you need to know your rights as a hardworking Ohioan.

You can file a workers’ compensation claim to pay your medical bills and recoup some of your lost wages, as well as apply for a permanent partial disability award for ongoing benefits and seek a settlement of your claim with the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). You can pursue other benefits from the BWC, too.

If another company besides your employer, a person from another company or a subcontractor was responsible for your injury, you may be able to recover more payment from a personal injury claim.

If the equipment you were using failed or was defective, you can pursue the manufacturer through a product liability personal injury claim.

Knowing your options is hard when you’re dealing with pain, inability to work, and recovery, and you’re fretting about your future income.

The Ohio job injury lawyers at Horenstein, Nicholson & Blumenthal (HNB) can give you a clear-eyed plan to make sure you get the compensation you deserve.

Whether it’s convincing the Ohio BWC to properly provide your benefits or going after a company or individual for negligence on the job site, we’ve got you covered. After all, we’ve been winning injury cases, including construction accidents, for more than 40 years.

We’ve helped our injury clients win $500,000,000.00 in benefits and settlements.

If you live in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton or anywhere in Ohio, we can help you sort out the next steps after you’ve been injured in a welding accident.

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    Training and Safety Are Crucial to Prevent Burn Injury, Eye Injury, and other Welding Accidents

    Welding is a highly skilled, well-paying job. Applying a targeted, open flame to heat metal or thermoplastic, to cut, bend, join or remold it, is a vital part of making the world around us work.

    You might have worked on high rises, in rail yards, shipyards, manufacturing plants, or even under water.

    It’s a tough job, and the injuries can be catastrophic. Beyond the falls and flying objects that endanger all construction workers, welders face:

    • Flash burns: Also known as “welder’s eye” or “arc-eye,” flash burns are damage to the cornea from sudden exposure to UV light. It can cause painful inflammation of your cornea.
    • Skin burns: The welding torch and target material are heated to obviously dangerous temperatures.
    • Electric shock: When the metal rod or wire used to create the electric arc for welding isn’t grounded and it contacts building material, the welder becomes part of the circuit with devastating results.
    • Chemical exposure: Fumes from the torch and the metal are harmful.
    • Fires and explosions: A container with flammable gases or liquids, if not properly prepared for welding, threatens your safety.

    Welders need to take an extra layer of precaution to keep themselves safe from burn injury, eye injury, electrocution and more. Some steps include:

    • Head and face protection: Helmets, face coverings and eye protection to guard against flashes, fumes, splashing material and flames
    • Ear Protection: Plugs or covers to guard against loud noises associated with welding
    • Fire resistant clothing: For when flames spread, or materials explode

    Your work site should also be clean and tidy. And welders should be rested and calm. It takes a lot of concentration to weld safely.

    The cause of your accident doesn’t matter for workers’ compensation. You get paid because you were hurt at work, and that’s it. But if your employer failed to follow certain safety rules, you can get additional workers’ comp pay.

    Even cautious and skilled welders get hurt sometimes. Getting the help you need and the compensation you deserve is what we do at HNB Law.

    If you’ve been hurt in a welding accident, we’ll help you make the right decisions for you and your family.

    Start with an evaluation of your case free of charge.

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    Who is Responsible for Welding Injury Cases?

    When you’re injured on the job in Ohio, the workers’ compensation system is there to provide you with benefits that cover medical expenses and help you recoup lost wages.

    Ohio is a “no-fault” state, meaning you can’t sue your employer, and your employer can’t hold you responsible for a welding accident.

    There may be other factors at play that led to your injury, however. When a subcontractor, visitor to the job site, or an employee for another company caused your injury, you can pursue a personal injury claim against them.

    This allows you to collect additional payment for the hardship you’ve endured, such as pain and suffering and loss of life enjoyment.

    Ohio is a “comparative negligence” state, meaning you may share some of the liability for the incident in your personal injury claim. The key is to prove that the other party was more than 50 percent liable because of negligence on their part.

    In some cases, defective equipment can lead to welding injury. You may be able to hold the manufacturer responsible for causing the accident—but again, you must prove the equipment was defective before the accident occurred.

    If you were just passing by or visiting a site where welders were working, and you got hurt because the property owner and contractor didn’t keep the premises safe for visitors, you, too, may be able to pursue a personal injury claim.

    Welding accident cases take a deep understanding of the laws and regulations to ensure you get the benefits or compensation you deserve.

    At HNB, we bring the knowledge of working on thousands of cases before to every one of our clients.

    We’ll be with you every step of the way as you recover from this hardship and reclaim your life.

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