If you have been injured at sea while working on an oil rig, oil drilling ship, semi-submersible, crew boat, or oil supply ship, you may have a claim for money damages under Federal Maritime law.

The Jones Act and the general maritime law create rights for damages against your employer which includes coverage for all medical expenses. When you are injured through the negligence of your employer, you may be entitled for compensation for lost past and future wages, pain and suffering, disfigurement, future medical expenses, and costs of retraining. Because of the physical demands placed on offshore workers, injuries that leave a worker less than 100 percent fit may make them unfit for duty. There are few light duty jobs for workers on an oil rig, oil supply ship or crew boat.

In most instances, jack up rigs, floating oil rigs, and lay barges that move from location to location are vessels in navigation and create rights under the Jones Act for workers injured while working aboard these structures. In most cases, the Jones Act provides more liberal damages than damages available to workers on fixed production platforms who are limited by compensation under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

Common injuries after oil rig explosions include:

• Burns
  
• Lacerations
  
• Brain injury from blasts
  
• Exposure to toxic and dangerous chemicals
  
• Loss of hearing
  
• Loss of limbs
  
• Spine injury from falls

Contact the experienced rig explosion attorneys at the Ammons Law Firm in Houston, Texas, for more information if you have been injured or a family member has been hurt by a rig explosion.  Our experienced rig explosion lawyers have the know-how and experience to pursue the results that will bring your family the relief they need. Call us toll free at 1-866-523-1603 for a free consultation.