Offshore/Longshoremen accidents

Texas and Louisiana Offshore-Accident Lawyers

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The Gulf Coast region of Texas and Louisiana is home to hundreds of oil platforms employing thousands of workers. These are dangerous places to work, made more so by poor maintenance, inadequate worker training, and defective design. At Ferguson Firm, our board-certified personal injury lawyers have helped many oilrig workers obtain compensation for injuries suffered in the course of their employment. Known as the Jones Act, the law covering offshore workers provides payment for medical bills, lost wages, and other costs of an accident. If you have been injured on an offshore oilrig, contact our Beaumont, Texas, law firm to schedule a free initial consultation. Learn how we can help you.

Oilrig workers

We have helped oilrig workers suffering serious injuries resulting from falling piping, defective stairs, and explosions caused by gas leaks. Most workers are transported to offshore oilrigs by helicopter; crashes caused by pilot error or oilrig operator negligence are frequent. Our clients have included oilrig workers with major burns, amputations, and traumatic brain injury.

Seamen and commercial fishermen

We have assisted seamen and commercial fishermen, who are also covered by the Jones Act. Poor maintenance and inadequate employee training on tankers, fishing-factory ships, and container ships have caused accidents that have resulted in burns, amputations, brain injury, and death. Longshoremen and other harbor workers also suffer serious injuries in the course of their employment, and we have helped them obtain payment for their injuries, often under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA).

If you have been injured or a family member killed in an accident covered by maritime law, the Jones Act, or the LHWCA, contact an experienced lawyer to learn about your options. Call Ferguson Firm in Beaumont, Texas.