Greenville Burns Attorney

Burns are very serious and painful injuries that often lead to complications, and many burn injuries are work-related. If you have suffered a serious burn on the job, you’re covered by workers’ compensation, and working closely with an experienced Greenville burns attorney from the start is key to obtaining a fair settlement.

Burn Injuries

Burns are exceptionally painful and extremely dangerous injuries. A serious burn can be debilitating, can affect organ systems throughout the body, and can be life-threatening. Complicating factors include that burns are slow to heal, very prone to dangerous infection, and closely associated with scarring that can seriously inhibit movement. Additionally, burns are a leading cause of disfigurement, which can lead to lifelong emotional consequences. If you’ve suffered a serious burn at work, you face a difficult journey forward.

Your Workers’ Compensation Coverage

Employers in South Carolina – and throughout the nation – are required to carry workers’ compensation insurance on their employees. While employees are automatically covered, they give up the right to sue their employers in the event they’re injured on the job – the way they could with a personal injury claim.

Workers’ compensation is intended to strike a balance between competing goals, and the matter of fault isn’t involved. Workers’ compensation streamlines the claims process, but – in exchange – coverage is less comprehensive than it would be in a personal injury claim.

An important note to make about your workers’ compensation burn claim is that it will be handled by the involved workers’ compensation insurance provider, and their focus is on their own bottom line. In other words, it’s important to have an accomplished burns lawyer in your corner.

Workers’ Compensation Coverage

In your workers’ comp claim, you can seek coverage in all the following categories – as applicable:

• Your necessary medical costs, which, in the aftermath of a serious burn, can be extensive and ongoing
• Income replacement for a specific percentage of your earnings 
• The cost of vocational rehabilitation
• Permanent disability – if your burn injury leads to permanent damage, such as a significant loss of strength, function, or mobility – or disfigurement compensation

Workers’ Compensation Doesn’t Cover Pain and Suffering

Workers’ compensation coverage is no-fault, and as a result, it doesn’t cover pain and suffering, which can be overwhelming when burns are involved. Compensation for pain and suffering is reserved for personal injury cases, which are generally only a possibility for work-related burns when a third party, such as another person, entity, or company – other than your employer – was responsible for the accident that caused you to be injured. Prime examples include subcontractors and property owners in relation to construction site accidents.

An Experienced Greenville Burns Lawyer Can Help

The practiced Greenville burns attorneys at Fulton & Barr Attorneys at Law recognize the very serious nature of your claim and are committed to fiercely advocating for the compensation to which you’re entitled and that you need to recover as fully as possible. For more information about what we can do to help you, please don’t wait to contact us online or call 864-513-8537 today.