Burn Injuries on Job Sites: Compensation Beyond Workers' Comp
Burns are among the most painful injuries in construction — and among the most expensive. Debridement, grafts, revision surgeries, nerve pain, and permanent scarring add up to lifetime costs that workers’ compensation was never designed to cover.
How Job-Site Burns Happen
- Torch and welding work without a fire watch
- Gas leaks and fuel stored near hot work
- Electrical arc flashes in live panels
- Chemical burns from solvents and wet cement
- Explosions in confined or unvented spaces
What Comp Pays — and What It Doesn't
Comp covers treatment and partial wages. It pays nothing for pain, disfigurement, or the way scarring changes a life. That compensation comes only from a third-party lawsuit against the owner, general contractor, or the subcontractor whose work started the fire.
In burn litigation, disfigurement damages are often the largest number in the case — and the one insurers fight hardest to avoid.
Building the Burn Case
Our attorneys trace the ignition source, obtain FDNY and OSHA reports, and document the hazard chain: who stored the fuel, who skipped the fire watch, who wired the panel. Then we prove the human cost with surgeons, pain specialists, and photographs a jury cannot ignore.
A NYC burn injury attorney from our firm will evaluate your case free, in English or Spanish, 24/7. You pay nothing unless we win.
