Explosion Injury Lawyer in Bardstown

Legal Options After a Workplace Explosion

A workplace explosion may support a workers’ compensation claim, a claim against a third party, or both. We evaluate where the explosion occurred, the injured person’s employment status, and whether someone other than the employer contributed to the incident.

Kentucky workers’ compensation generally operates on a no-fault basis. An eligible employee usually doesn’t have to prove employer negligence to seek benefits, but the worker must establish that the injury is work-related and meet other requirements. We bring more than a decade of workers’ compensation experience to that analysis.

Depending on the circumstances, workers’ compensation benefits may address:

• Medical expenses related to the workplace injury
• Rehabilitation costs and partial wage replacement
• Compensation for a qualifying occupational disease
• Death benefits for qualifying family members

Claims Against Third Parties

A separate civil claim may be available when third-party liability, product liability, an intentional tort, or occupational disease is involved. Potentially responsible third parties include equipment manufacturers, property owners, contractors, and others whose conduct or products contributed to the explosion. Independent contractors and people injured away from work may also have civil claims rather than workers’ compensation claims.

Workers’ compensation generally doesn’t include pain and suffering, emotional distress, punitive damages, or loss of consortium. A third-party claim may address some of these losses when supported by the evidence and applicable law. We handle these cases on a contingency-fee basis, so attorney fees aren’t paid upfront and become due after we obtain a recovery.