Maritime Oil Rig Injuries

Maritime Oil Rig Injuries have been at an unfortunate peak during the last few years. This is due to several factors. Oil companies are trying harder than ever to squeeze every last drop of profit from their industry and are working extra hard to produce enough oil to meet demand. Due to the increased productivity required, they push their rigs and their workers harder than ever before. Oil rig work on dry land is dangerous enough and these workers are among the most frequently injured in any profession. This is why they are paid so well. The high injury rate among oil workers is due to the long, strenuous hours they work, equipment being improperly maintained, lax attention to safety standards, and a high turnaround rate in the industry which frequently leads to unskilled workers moving into positions that they are not ready for yet.

Maritime Oil Rig Injuries have all of the added dangers of working offshore coupled with the regular risks of working on an oil rig. In any case where a worker in injured on a job, they have specific rights and their employer has obligations to them based on that injury. Any worker injured on the job would be well advised to seek a lawyer immediately in order to ensure that their rights and privileges are protected but, when working for an Oil Company on an off shore drilling rig, it is doubly recommended.

There are a few reasons for this. Maritime Oil Rig Injuries are covered under a different set of laws than those who are injured working on a dry land rig. These laws have several loopholes and clauses that are often manipulated by employer’s lawyers and insurance companies.  Because these laws are specific to the situation of working in the sea, it is important to have a lawyer that is well versed in their specifics because the oil company most certainly has one.

Oil companies are among the largest, richest and most powerful companies in the world today. Even the smallest of them has a competent legal team designed to avoid any potential liability and, in order to do so, they may require someone who has suffered a Maritime Oil Rig Injury to do or say things that they are not required by law. It is in order to realize just what you do and do not have to comply to that you must retain the services of a maritime law specialist if you are injured on an off shore rig.

No one wants to get injured and money is poor compensation for a life altering injury; however, when you are left potentially unable to work, you need to be compensated fairly in order to continue your life. There have been many unfortunate cases involving maritime law where victims have not been fairly compensated and have been paid paltry amounts of money in comparison to what they deserved. That is why a lawyer who has dealt with Maritime oil rig injuries will be invaluable to anyone who finds themselves in this sort of a situation.

Our attorneys here, at the Ogletree Abbott Law Firm, can help. If you would like to discuss your injuries, give us a call today.