If you were injured at a Louisiana chemical plant, refinery, gas processing facility, or industrial site, your case likely involves layered contractor relationships, toxic exposure issues, and OSHA violations that go far beyond a typical work injury. Our Houma chemical plant injury lawyers handle the full range of Louisiana petrochemical and industrial cases.
At Kopfler & Hermann, our Houma chemical plant injury lawyers have been representing injured Louisiana clients and their families for over 45 years from our office at 306 Grinage Street in downtown Houma. We know how the trucking companies, insurance carriers, oilfield operators, and chemical plants build their defenses — and we know how to dismantle them.
Call (985) 851-3311 for a free consultation with an experienced Houma chemical plant injury lawyer today, or use our online contact form.
Louisiana has one of the highest concentrations of chemical plants and refineries in the country — from the petrochemical corridor between Baton Rouge and New Orleans to the LNG and gas processing facilities along the coast. Workers at these facilities face hazards ranging from flash fires and explosions to chronic toxic exposure.
Our Houma chemical plant injury attorneys handle cases involving major Louisiana operators including Dow, Shell, ExxonMobil, Phillips 66, Marathon, Olin, OxyChem, Air Products, and the smaller contractors that work inside their fence lines.
We handle cases from:
Flash fires and explosions, chemical releases and spills, H2S exposure, ammonia leaks, hydrofluoric acid (HF) exposure, benzene exposure, asbestos exposure, falling and crushing injuries during turnarounds, scaffold collapses, vessel entry incidents, and confined space asphyxiation.
Most Louisiana chemical plants run lean, with the operator’s own employees supplemented by hundreds of contractor employees during turnarounds and major projects. When a contractor employee is injured because of another contractor’s negligence or the operator’s unsafe site conditions, third-party claims unlock full recovery on top of workers’ comp.
Our Houma chemical plant injury attorneys investigate every contractor, every safety meeting, every JSA (job safety analysis), and every prior incident report to identify all liable parties.
Some chemical plant injuries don’t show up for years. Benzene leukemia, mesothelioma from asbestos, chronic respiratory disease from ammonia and chlorine exposure, and neurological damage from solvent exposure can take a decade or more to manifest. Our firm has handled long-tail toxic exposure cases throughout south Louisiana.
Our Houma chemical plant injury lawyers see the same patterns in case after case:
Our Houma office serves injured clients throughout south Louisiana:
Often yes. The plant operator owes safety duties to all workers on site. When the operator’s negligence contributed to the injury, we pursue claims against the operator on top of any workers’ comp.
Louisiana has a one-year statute for typical injury claims, but toxic exposure claims have special rules — the time can run from when the disease was discovered or should have been discovered.
Workers’ comp from your direct employer continues regardless of the third-party case. We coordinate so the comp carrier’s lien is handled properly.
Latent disease claims can be viable years after the exposure. The statute of limitations runs from discovery of the disease, not the exposure date.
Possibly at deposition; sometimes at trial. Most cases settle without trial testimony. We prepare every client thoroughly.
The longer you wait, the more evidence disappears and the harder the insurance carriers fight. Call our Houma office at (985) 851-3311 for a free consultation with an experienced Houma chemical plant injury lawyer, or visit us at 306 Grinage Street in downtown Houma.
