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Chemical Burns / Industrial Accidents – NY Burn Injury Attorneys

Chemical burns often occur in the context of workplace accidents. Chemical fabrication, mining, medicine, and auto repair are examples of work environments that are conducive to chemical burn injuries.

Chemical burns can result from contact with acids, strong alkali, and industrial chemicals such as silver nitrate, hydrochloric acid, lye, and lime. Household chemicals such as drain openers and lawn fertilizer are sometimes implicated in chemical burn injury accidents. Acids and bases stored in chemical storage tanks or used in chemical laboratory applications are often named in burn injury cases. Exposure to dry cement or gasoline may result in chemical burn injuries.

Chemical burns are very painful. Many New York chemical burns victims suffer extensive tissue and systemic damage. Chemical burns are classified as are other burn injuries, as first, second, or third degree burns. To treat chemical burns, health care professionals recommend immediate irrigation of the burn site with water, to end the exposure of flesh to chemical agents. In severe cases, dialysis, surgery, and skin grafting may be necessary.

Burn Injury Online is provided as a source of knowledge and hope for NYC chemical burn injury victims and their families. The sponsors of this Web site have cultivated working relationships with top internationally renowned experts who care and treat burn injury victims. In addition, they work with leading expert forensic engineers who identify the “root-cause” of the burn producing event, such as thermal sources, electrocution, automobile accidents and/or flammable clothing. These experts and physicians have trained at the most prestigious academic institutions and are held in high esteem by their peers in the scientific community. Lawyers, medical researchers, and healthcare providers collaborate to pursue medical and legal remedies for chemical burn injury victims.

To request an attorney’s thoughtful evaluation of an industrial accident or chemical fire burn injury case, contact our burn injury victim NYC lawyers through this Web site.

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The lawyers of Meiselman, Denlea, Packman, Carton & Eberz P.C., have traveled throughout the Country prosecuting the rights of burn injury victims. The law firm's practice is concentrated in the Tri-State area of New York, Connecticut and New Jersey. The law firm has successfully handled cases in both the State and Federal courts in the Tri-State area including in NY: Manhattan, White Plains, the Albany Capitol Region, and the Hudson River Valley; in NJ: Newark, Trenton, Camden, and Atlantic City; and in CT: in Stamford, Bridgeport, Waterbury and Hartford.