ELECTROCUTION ACCIDENT LAWYER IN GREENBURGH

Shulman & Hill Injury Lawyers has represented injured New Yorkers since 2013, with more than 200 years of combined experience. Our Greenburgh electrocution accident lawyers help workers pursue workers’ compensation benefits and, when the facts support it, claims against property owners, general contractors, utility companies, or equipment manufacturers.

If you were injured by electricity at work, contact us for a free consultation. Our Greenburgh workers’ compensation lawyers can review what happened and identify the claims available under New York law.

How Our Greenburgh Electrocution Accident Lawyers Support Your Claim

Shulman & Hill handles the claim from the first call through hearings, settlement talks, and litigation when a third-party case is available. We gather the medical proof, technical records, and worksite evidence needed to show how the electrical injury happened and what it cost you.

Our work may include:

• Filing or correcting workers’ compensation forms.
• Preparing you for hearings and insurance medical exams.
• Preserving panels, tools, cords, meters, breakers, or other equipment.
• Obtaining contractor, utility, and maintenance records.
• Identifying Labor Law, negligence, and product liability claims.
• Working with safety and electrical professionals when technical review is needed.
• Handling settlement discussions and lien issues.

Our Greenburgh personal injury lawyers keep you informed, explain each step in plain language, and move the claim forward while you focus on treatment.

How Electrical Injuries Happen on Job Sites

Electrical injuries often come from a failure to identify, isolate, or control a live source. The danger may be obvious, such as an overhead power line, or hidden, such as a mislabeled breaker feeding a circuit thought to be dead.

Common causes include:

• Failure to de-energize equipment before work begins.
• Missing or ignored lockout/tagout steps.
• Exposed live parts.
• Damaged insulation, cords, plugs, or receptacles.
• Missing covers on panels, junction boxes, or switchgear.
• Lack of grounding or ground-fault protection.
• Wet conditions around temporary power.
• Metal ladders, lifts, booms, or scaffolds placed near energized lines.
• Defective tools, meters, breakers, or electrical components.
• Poor communication between trades on multi-employer worksites.

When contractors rush electrical work or fail to plan around energized systems, workers can suffer life-changing injuries.

Workers’ Compensation Benefits After an Electrocution Injury

New York workers’ compensation can apply when an electrical shock, arc flash, or burn happens during your job duties. The claim does not require proof that your employer caused the incident. The focus is on whether the injury arose from your work and is supported by medical records.

Medical Treatment

Covered care may include emergency treatment, hospitalization, burn care, wound treatment, skin grafts, cardiology visits, neurological testing, eye and hearing evaluations, therapy, medication, and follow-up care with authorized providers.

Electrical injuries can change over time. Nerve symptoms, heart concerns, vision problems, hearing issues, and pain may appear or worsen after the initial shock. We work to make sure the medical record reflects the full injury, not just the first visible burn.

Wage and Disability Benefits

If you cannot work, or if restrictions reduce your earnings, wage benefits may be available. If the injury leaves permanent damage, you may also qualify for a schedule loss of use award or other disability benefits based on the affected body parts, medical findings, and impact on your job duties.

In fatal electrocution cases, eligible surviving family members may seek death benefits and funeral expense coverage through the workers’ compensation system.

When a Third-Party Lawsuit May Be Available

Workers’ compensation does not pay for pain and suffering. A third-party lawsuit may allow broader damages when a non-employer caused or contributed to the electrical hazard.

Potential third-party claims may involve:

• A property owner that failed to disclose or repair a live electrical hazard.
• A general contractor that controlled temporary power or site safety.
• A subcontractor that energized a circuit without warning other trades.
• A utility company involved in line placement, shutoff, marking, or maintenance.
• A maintenance vendor that performed poor electrical work.
• A manufacturer of a defective tool, breaker, meter, cord, switch, or panel component.

A civil claim may seek damages for pain and suffering, full wage loss, future earning harm, medical needs, and the permanent effect of the injury on your life.

Proving an Electrical Injury Case

To help us build a strong case, we may seek the following pieces of evidence:

• Incident reports and witness statements.
• Photos or video of the panel, cord, line, tool, ladder, lift, or work area.
• Lockout/tagout records.
• Job hazard analyses and pre-task plans.
• Permits, work orders, and service tickets.
• Panel schedules, breaker labels, and circuit maps.
• Utility records, line voltage data, and shutoff requests.
• OSHA, PESH, or Department of Labor materials.
• Tool, meter, breaker, transformer, or cord maintenance records.
• Medical records connecting the electrical event to your diagnosis.

When equipment may have caused the injury, our Greenburgh electrocution accident attorneys can request that it be preserved. Testing a breaker, cord, tool, meter, or panel component may be necessary to prove why the event occurred.

Important Deadlines for Electrocution Injury Claims in New York

Below are some important reporting and filing deadlines to keep in mind:

• Report the work injury to your employer within 30 days.
• File the workers’ compensation claim within two years.
• File most personal injury lawsuits within three years.
• File most wrongful death claims within two years from the date of death.

If a public entity is involved, such as a town, village, school district, public authority, or certain utility-related defendants, shorter notice rules may apply. Some claims require a notice of claim within 90 days.

Our electrocution accident attorneys in Greenburgh can identify the correct deadlines early, so your case stays on track.

Coordinating Benefits, Liens, and Settlement

When a workers’ compensation claim and a third-party lawsuit proceed at the same time, the claims must be coordinated. The workers’ compensation carrier may assert a lien against a civil recovery for benefits it paid.

We address lien and offset issues before settlement, not after. We also review average weekly wage, overtime, union rates, second jobs, and reduced earning capacity to make sure wage-related claims reflect your real income loss.

Our goal is to protect your benefits while pursuing every additional recovery available under the law.

Schedule a FREE Case Review With a Greenburgh Electrocution Accident Attorney

Shulman & Hill can help you pursue workers’ compensation benefits and investigate whether a third-party lawsuit is available under New York law. Contact us today for a free consultation. New York, We Got You.