Working on towboats and barges on the inland rivers and water ways can prove to be one extremely dangerous. With many individuals suffering serious even fatal injuries each year, each marine industry worker must be constantly on watch for dangerous conditions. Injuries to the head, neck, and brain can be catastrophic. While there are many different types of injuries a person can sustain, working on towboats and barges, brain injuries are among the worst.
A head injury is one that involves harm to a person’s face, head, skull, or brain. The brain is the center of the nervous system, and with any type of injury to this area, a person may suffer lifelong injuries or even death. In some cases, a person may suffer a life-threatening concussion or a bruise to the brain without knowledge of the seriousness of the event that led to these consequences.
There are many different types of accidents that can cause a person’s head or brain to become traumatically injured. The following are examples of towboat industry accidents:
•A lose piece of swinging metal or iron strikes an individual in the head;
•A boom hits a maritime worker in the head, causing serious injury;
•A falling object strikes a marine worker in the head, neck, or back area; and
•A fall from a height results in a head injury.
While these are just some of the types of accidents that can cause a head injury, please contact us today to find out more about your rights as a seaman and how we can help you file a Jones Act claim.
If you or someone you care about has been involved in a marine industry accident and suffered a head injury as a result, please contact the Dysart Law Firm, P.C., to discuss your legal rights and what comparative or other remedies are available to help recover from this injury.