Representing Workers Burned Due to Employer’s Lack of Safety Protocols

Led by Roland Christensen, attorneys Arnold & Itkin have filed suit on behalf of two workers who suffered devastating burn injuries while painting a jet in Arkansas. After completing the painting process, they followed the employer’s instructions for cleaning the equipment with solvent, but the company’s procedures failed to include the critical steps needed to prevent electrostatic ignition.

When flammable solvents are used near electrostatic spray equipment, the risk of ignition is high unless the charge is properly neutralized. The company left this essential step out of its procedures, putting workers directly in harm’s way. As an attorney on the case noted, “These basic steps were left out of the policies, leading to devastating burn injuries. Our team takes every case personally and will not back down in our fight to get the best result possible for these men.”

Arnold & Itkin recognizes that cutting corners in safety puts workers at extreme risk. Our burn injury lawyers forward to uncovering how these unsafe policies were allowed and fighting to secure the justice these men deserve.