Burn Injuries
When Are Burn Injuries Classified as Catastrophic?
Burn injuries can occur anytime, anywhere, to anyone. It doesn’t matter how careful you are; someone else’s mistake or negligent act could wind up leading to you suffering a serious burn. Burns range in severity from minor to catastrophic and can require extensive treatment to ensure a healthy recovery. The Charlotte, N.C. burn injury attorneys…
Read MoreFlammability Standards for Children’s Products
Having children is one of the most amazing experiences. At the same time, it is also one of the most stressful. Keeping your children safe from the various dangers in life is not easy. You can do everything possible to prevent your children from suffering an injury, getting sick, or having someone else hurt them,…
Read MoreFirework Injuries And Safety Tips
Fireworks are a summer tradition especially around the 4th of July. Unfortunately, each year, thousands of people suffer severe burn injuries in firework-related accidents. In 2013, hospital emergency rooms in the United States treated approximately 11,400 people for injuries from fireworks – the majority of which involved injury to the head and extremities. The risk…
Read MoreSkin-Burning Chemicals and the Construction Workers Who Handle Them
Construction workers handle toxic substances on a daily basis, usually without apparent impact or injury. It only takes one accident or a break in standard safety procedures, though, to realize how destructive some chemical products can be on the body. A chemical burn is damage to the skin, airway passage linings or other bodily tissue…
Read MoreThe Dangers of Electrocution Burns and Related Injuries
Construction is one of America’s most dangerous lines of work. And construction workers can sustain serious injuries when they come in contact with electricity. According to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, about five workers are electrocuted every week, with electrocution causing 12 percent of all young worker workplace deaths. There are four main…
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