Posted on July 22, 2009 by Bryan Fears

Jury awards nearly $10 million to injured industrial worker

In 2006, an industrial worker was doused with acid in a Texas workplace accident. The worker, Jason Jenkins, suffered severe eye damage as a result. Jenkins sued for his injuries and was recently awarded $9.6 million dollars by a Houston jury.

The accident occurred when Jenkins was adding acid through an acid addition system while on the job at Equistar Chemicals. The jury found that the Dallas, Texas, company Occident Chemical Corporation was negligent in its design of the acid addition system.

In his workplace accident lawsuit, Jenkins alleged that the system lacked a pressure indicator and that it did not properly vent pressure. As a result, the pressure vented near Jenkins’ face, causing him to lose most of his vision in one of his eyes.

Both Occidental and Equistar were found responsible for the accident. Jenkins was also found to be 5% responsible.

To read more about this Texas on-the-job accident lawsuit, click here for the full story.

Fears | Nachawati represents workers who have been injured on the job. To learn more about your potential work site accident personal injury claim, contact us today for a free legal consultation. You can contact us by email at info@fnlawfirm.com or call us on our toll-free helpline at 1.866.705.7584.

 

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Posted on July 10, 2009 by Bryan Fears

Texas worker is seriously injured on the job in chemical explosion

An explosion at a chemical processing plant left a Houston, Texas, worker severely burned.

The worker was cleaning a tank at a chemical processing plant located on Griggs Road in Houston when the accident occurred. For reasons that remain unknown, the tank blew up, seriously injuring and severely burning the worker.

The injured worker was immediately transported to a nearby hospital with CPR in progress.

The workplace accident will be investigated by OSHA.

The complete article on this Texas workplace injury is available here.

Fears | Nachawati is a Texas personal injury law firm that represents workers who have been injured while on the job. To receive a free consultation from an injury attorney, contact us by email at info@fnlawfirm.com or by phone at 1.866.705.7584.

 

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