Filing Disability Claim Due to Electrocution

What is Electrocution?  Electricity is used to run our homes, malls, and every other aspect of our lives. However, it can cause serious injuries to the soft tissues of the body. Electrocution occurs when someone is subjected to a jolt of electricity either by natural means as with being struck by lightning, or while working on the job. The injury from electrocution can either be as a result of coming into contact with the direct electrical current or from the heat energy produced by the electrical current.  There are also secondary effects of being electrocuted. The way in which you can become disabled because of electrocution is dependent on the voltage, intensities, or how long you are exposed to the electrical current.

Injuries Due to Electrocution 

In addition, electrical current that is of high voltage can cause the person to be flung on contact with this direct current.  When the person lands on the ground, they can suffer even more damage to their body such as broken bones.  It is possible for this current to cause an electrical dysfunction within the heart.  Even if the person is not subjected to getting shocked by a direct current, they might still have contact with a low voltage electrical current. A continuous flow of low voltage electrical current can cause these fibers in the muscles to rapidly contract, and as this build up or increases it can result in muscle fasciculations.  The muscles can become weakened and worn out as a result.

Examples of injuries stained by electrocution, include burns, cataracts, hemorrhage, heart attacks, paralysis, and head trauma. Because of a head trauma, someone can suffer from headache, seizures, brain swelling or a coma. Organs can be damaged as secondary injuries as the force of the electrical current flings the person. A person can even die from an electrocution.

Disability Claims

When filling out a disability claim, it will be important for your doctor to properly list all of your injuries as a result of the electrocution.  Detailed reports must be submitted in support of your disability claim. If you were electrocuted or a family member died from electrocution while on the job, it will be beneficial for you to speak to an attorney before filing your claim, as your company might be responsible as a third party. Even if there are other circumstances surrounding your requests for disability benefits, speak to an attorney so that you can be properly compensated for your pain and suffering.