Denver Burn Injury Lawyer Helps Burned Children

Denver attorney Beth Klein, served on the Board of Directors of the Zach Foundation which provides support for burned childen all over the world. The Zach Foundation provides medical and emotional support for kids with burn injuries, scholarship, and access to Camp Cheley, a camp to help kids recover their identities and esteem and find friendships and support them in their lives.

We have successfully represented workers who were burned on the job, in automobile explosions or by scalding water and liquid, we have provided representation in personal injuries matters invovling propane and gas grill explosions and fires. We have helped people who have been burned with chemicals used in their homes.

Causes of Burn Injury

A burn injury can be caused by heat, cold, electricity, chemicals, friction, or radiation. Burns are classified as first, second and third degree. There is also a fourth degree classification when bone is burned.

First Degree Burns

First-degree burns are usually limited to redness, a white plaque and minor pain at the site of injury. These burns usually extend only into the epidermis.

Second Degree Burns

Second-degree burns additionally fill with clear fluid, have blistering of the skin surface, and can involve more or less pain. Second-degree burns involve the superficial and deeper dermis layers.

Third Degree Burns

Third-degree burns involve charring of the skin, and they produce hard, leather-like scabs that separate from the unburned part of the body. Many times, the body will produce purple fluid. These types of burns are often painless because nerve endings have been destroyed in the involved areas.

Burn injuries often result from:

• on the job incidents,
• car accidents,
• building fires,
• electrocution or electrical burns,
• thermal burns and
• chemical burns.

Electrical Burn Injuries

Electrical burn injuries result from exposure to high voltage electricity on the job. They can also result from defective electrical products.

Flammable Clothing Burn Injuries

Clothing can be flammable and ignite causing rapid burning all over the body.  Children's clothing sold in the USA must comply with the Flammable Fabrics Act.

Thermal Burn Injuries

Thermal burn injuries occur when a person has contact with steam, flames, flash, and hot surfaces or hot liquids with a temperature of 115 degrees or higher.  Thermal burn injuries may be on the job related or may occur with hot water heater malfunctions and explosions.

Automobile Fires & Burn Injuries

Automobile fires may be caused by gas explosions and defectively designed fuel tanks in cars.

Chemical Burn Injuries

Chemical burn injuries are caused by contact with acids, drain cleaners, and other strong caustic chemicals which can create explosions. Often strong chemicals dissolve skin and tissue on contact and are difficult to wash away. These chemical can destroy eye tissue.

Building Fires & Burn Injuries

House fires cause serious deaths and injuries. Heating and electrical equipment may malfunction and result in serious burn injuries or death. Propane tanks can be filled improperly. Gas leaking from old pipes and values, and defectively designed gas grills are often causes of serious burn injuries.

Consequences of Serious Burn Injuries

When skin is severly burned, scar tissue is formed. This burn scar tissue loses many normal characteristics because of the severe scaring.

• Loss of Ability to Regrow
• Loss of Elasticity
• Loss of Sense of Touch
• Loss of Ability to Perspire
• Need for Protection From Weather
• Loss of Ability to Regulate Body Temperature
• Risk of Infection
• Loss of Identity and Loss of All Self Esteem

Contact our Denver Burn Injury Attorney today

If you are a burn injury victim due to no fault of your own, you maybe entitled to compensation for your burn injury. Please contact Klein | Frank, P.C. soon for a free case evaluation.

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