Texas Crush Injury Attorney

Have you been injured in an offshore accident?

As an offshore worker, you encounter potentially hazardous circumstances on a daily basis. The equipment and machinery that maritime workers handle is complicated, large, and commonly causes injuries. Maritime workers can face a number of different injuries working in that kind of environment, but one particularly common and severe type of injury is a crush injury. A crush injury is characterized by a part of the body being placed under a great amount of force or pressure. This can happen when an arm, for example, is squeezed between two objects. If you are an offshore worker and have sustained crush injuries, you likely would have had broken bones, bleeding and bruising, lacerations, and possibly even compartment syndrome. Crush injuries can be both minor and major, depending on the unique circumstances of the accident.

While a minor crush injury may involve a finger or a toe, major crush injuries cause skin tissue damage, nerve and muscle damage, and even injury to internal organs. Compartment syndrome is a condition that can develop as a result of a crush injury. This type of disease is linked with muscle and nerve damage, causing difficulty of blood flow. The result is swelling, because tissue layers have been separating groups of muscles that should remain together. Depending on severity and the length of the pressure, a limb that becomes affected by this syndrome and the muscles die may need to be amputated. Symptoms people with compartment syndrome display are pale skin, weakness, and loss of feeling. Be sure to seek immediate medical attention after any major injury so your condition does not worsen.

Contact a Texas Offshore Injury Attorney for Help

At Arnold & Itkin, we have an extensive knowledge of the maritime industry, and have dealt with countless offshore injury cases in which we were able to obtain successful results. If you are an offshore worker and have sustained a serious injury such as a crush injury while performing your job duties, you may be entitled to compensation. Often accidents could have been avoided, or lessened, if the proper precautions would have been taken. Because of this, injuries are commonly caused because of employer negligence. If you were not the cause of your injuries, you shouldn't be the one paying for them. After an injury, you are likely facing medical bills for surgery, rehabilitation, and medication. You may also have to take extended time off of work, in which you need to make up for your lost wages. If you find yourself in a situation like this, seek the help of an experienced Texas offshore injury lawyer from our firm, who will fight aggressively to see that justice is served.

Contact a Texas crush injury lawyer from Arnold & Itkin today!