Power plants are responsible for the transmission and transmutation of energy all across America; this is something the average American rarely worries about as long as they have lights in their homes and they can use their appliances without an issue. However, the unsung heroes of the energy industry often work in dangerous environments, and these engineers and technicians that often have to work hard every single hour of the day to ensure that your lights are kept on often bear the brunt of dangerous work environments or substandard training protocols. When there is an outage, hundreds of contractors have to swarm the decks of these power plants in order to diagnose and repair the issue as every hour that the grid is down is millions lost for the company.

However, this pressure to perform beyond what would deem as human capabilities often creates a pressure cooker scenario where it is only a matter of time that someone gets injured. These turbines often produce steam that can melt away skin due to its temperature, and a nonexistent lock-out/tag-out walkthrough may lead to exactly that. In other instances, a welder may fall thirty feet from a platform that has no guardrails or whose guardrails have rusted due to nonexistent inspection, effectively breaking their back and paralyzing them. If you’ve been injured at a power plant in any area, chances are your employer, the utility company will point fingers at the employment contractor distancing themselves.

However, as the nation’s leading catastrophic industrial injuries law firm, we know that these injuries cannot be delegated to one party, and that the power utility company via negligent hiring or cutting corners with regard to safety training and maintenance schedules can and must be held accountable for your injuries. If you were injured while working at a power plant, read on to find out how we can help you recover hundreds of thousands or even millions in damages for your injuries from the power company.

Our Attorneys Are Ready to Help You!

Are you looking for an injury lawyer? Please call us NOW at (314) 481-63338 to learn more about your legal options for justice and compensation. The experienced, countrywide personal-injury attorneys at McCready Law have combined experience spanning over 90 years where we’ve helped tens of thousands of injured Americans from all corners of the country as well as from various socioeconomic backgrounds, helping them recover money damages after getting injured on account of the negligent actions of other individuals or large corporations. To date, we have recovered over $260 million and counting for our clients, and our success is due to a number of factors such as personally handling all claims that come into the firm and not letting paralegals or inexperienced legal assistants work on them as seen in most law firms, our commitment in making sure that we put a capable and aggressive team for each claim made of physicians, investigators as well as industry-respected experts, as well as not being afraid to litigate claims in a court of law if we believe the client deserves maximum compensation based on your injuries or the actions of the defendant.

We also work with a team of well-renowned experts in the medical, investigative, forensic, and accounting fields in order to come up with a case replete with objective evidence, medical rationale for your injuries tying them to the accident and the defendant’s negligence as well as quantifying your injuries by way of compensable damages to ensure you get the compensation you truly deserve. We run a bilingual firm (hablamos Español), and we have nationwide reach thanks to our vast and trusted network of referral attorneys. Last but not least is the fact that we take on all cases on a contingency-fee basis, which simply means that there are ZERO UPFRONT FEES for the duration of the processing of your claim, as we only levy our fees at the end of the suit, and only if we’ve recovered compensation on your behalf. If you were injured while working at a steam or nuclear power plant, call us NOW at xxx to learn more about your legal options for justice and compensation.

Common Injuries at Coal or Nuclear Power Plants

Here some of the ways in which a worker may get injured at a negligent power plan:

1. High-pressure steam lines which haven’t been inspected nor repaired for years may fail, releasing steam that is over 1000 degrees Fahrenheit on an unsuspecting technician, leading them to suffer third-degree burns all over their body, requiring a lifetime of skin grafts, and leaving them with chronic pain and disfigurement.
2. Turbines, which are massive rotating machines may drop some of their components during lifts or send shrapnel flying all over the work station due to improperly aligned blades due to a worker that never received proper training on their installation
3. In the case of coal plants, failure to maintain dust collection systems and clean up accumulations may lead to the suspension of coal dust which is highly explosive. A tiny ignition source or spark may trigger a huge explosion that may leave workers throughout the plant with severe and oftentimes fatal burns and blunt force trauma.
4. High-voltage catastrophes especially in areas such as the electrical switchyard where the lock-out/tag-out procedures are not adhered to may cause arc flashes that are hot enough to vaporize metal and cause fatal burns in people nearby.

Injured While Working at a Power Plant? Here’s Who You Can Sue

When it comes to seeking justice and compensation for individuals working at power plants, we usually target entities that have liability policies and provable, substantial revenue that can take care of all your damages. This often includes entities such as the utility’s corporate parent such as Duke Energy, Exelon, NextEra for gross negligence, the plant owner or operator for direct negligence in daily operations, and last but not least, the engineering or maintenance contractor for their specific failures.

Countrywide Injury Attorneys — Call Us Today!

If you or a loved one suffered catastrophic burns, electrocution, crush injuries, or a paralyzing fall while working at a power plant, McCready Law has your back — simply give us a call NOW at (314) 481-63338 so we can speak with one of our experienced and attentive injury attorneys regardless of where you are in the country. Remember, the call is 100% FREE, and there is no legal obligation and nothing to sign. Thank you for choosing McCready Law; we look forward to helping you get the justice and compensation you deserve.