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Contact with an energized conductor, an arc flash, or a boom or ladder touching an overhead line produces injury along the path of the current: cardiac effects, deep tissue damage, and neurological and cognitive symptoms that appear or worsen in the weeks afterward.
Because the entry and exit wounds can be small, these injuries are regularly underestimated in the emergency department and then underestimated again by the insurer. Call 713-521-0059.
It depends on who controlled the hazard. A utility responsible for line clearance, a general contractor responsible for site coordination, an electrical subcontractor responsible for de-energizing, and an equipment owner can each bear a share.
Energy control and lockout documentation, permits, and the pre-job briefing are where that question gets answered.
Texas is the only state where an employer may lawfully carry no workers compensation. If yours does not, Section 406.033 of the Texas Labor Code bars it from arguing contributory negligence, assumption of the risk, or the negligence of a fellow employee. See our page on non-subscriber work injury claims.
Tell every treating provider that the injury was electrical and describe the path of the current. Cognitive and memory complaints after an electrical injury are frequently attributed to stress unless the mechanism is in the chart from the beginning.
A Texas personal injury claim generally must be filed within two years of the injury under Section 16.003 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code. Evidence in an industrial setting moves faster than that. Call 713-521-0059.
