Electrocution Accidents in the Workplace

Workers' Compensation Lawyer in San Francisco

Electrocution accidents have many causes.  Someone can accidently contact a charged high power line, can be handling equipment that comes into contact with a power line, can be working with defective electrical tools or working on electrical equipment without power being shut off.

There is a great range of severity of electrical harm to a worker, from very minor to very serious, including death.  Severe electrocution can produce cardiac arrest, often accompanied by death.  It can cause severe burns and can cause damage to a worker's central nervous system, leading to different degrees of functional impairment.  Electrocution can happen both to electrical workers and others.  An example of the latter is a roofer who accidently comes in contact with a high power line near the roof.

Although many electrocution accidents come from worker inattention or misjudgment, California workers' compensation laws do not require finding fault. They address only the fact that a worker was harmed in an accident electrocution at the workplace or while at work.  Electrocution incidents can also result in other harm such as a fall after receiving an electrical shock.

Help from a San Francisco Workers' Compensation Attorney

Electrocution accidents can require accident reconstruction so that the proper understanding of cause and effect can be accurately established.  Electrocuted workers are sometimes harmed more by the non-electric effects of an electrocution accident, such as a fall.  A worker who receives an electric shock on the job should immediately contact a San Francisco Workers' Compensation Attorney  to help assure that the facts of a San Francisco electrocution accident are accurately understood.  The San Francisco Pacific Attorney Group is very aggressive and successful at helping protect a worker's compensation rights in electrocution cases.

Contact a Workers' Compensation Lawyer in San Francisco immediately after experiencing a workplace electrocution accident.