Workers Injured in Explosion at Virginia School
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that eight workers were injured in an explosion at a middle school in southeastern Virginia on November 29.
According to the article, the workers suffered varying injuries in the blast at Crittenden Middle School.
The workers were employees of T.R. Driscoll Inc. of Lumberton, N.C., a contracting company that had been doing repair work at the school for about five weeks.
Workers were using propane to heat the tar, but the cause of the blast was not determined.
Five workers were taken to nearby trauma centers, and three to emergency rooms.
The explosion sparked a fire and caused a large wall to collapse in the school’s shop area.
The workers here would be well advised to contact an experienced worker’s compensation attorney who can carefully examine the incident to identify any negligence or wrongdoing. An experienced attorney would also look into a “third party claim.” These are claims that are filed against parties that are not the worker’s employer. It could be a contractor, a sub-contractor, or even the manufacturer of a defective product. If it is determined that one of those parties was responsible for the accident and any injuries, then they could be held liable.
Any worker who has sustained an injury arising out of and in the course of their employment has a potential workers’ compensation claim. The injury can occur while traveling on business, doing a work-related errand, attending a required business-related social function, or even while on a break or using restroom facilities and you are still legally covered by workers compensation
The dedicated Philadelphia workers' compensation lawyers at Cherry, Fieger, & Marciano will do everything possible to get the monetary compensation that is owed to you to help pay medical bills, physical therapy, loss of work and more.
Source article: http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/nation_world/20091129_ap_8workersinjuredinexplosionatvirginiaschool.html
