Cooking burns are common when dealing with hot items on the stove or oven. Some cooking burns can be treated by simply running cold water over the affected area, but others may require medical attention or surgery. Instant Pot burns are an extremely serious cooking burn due to hot contents exploding onto users. These appliances …
Investigations Find Pipeline Explosions Preventable
In the wake of a natural gas explosion in New York City that killed seven people and injured dozens of others, federal investigators have determined that far too many fatal fires and explosions like this could have been prevented. Natural gas explosions are often the result of corroded pipelines that have gone uninspected for too …
Utility Provider Sued over Natural Gas Explosion
A family in suburban Dallas recently filed a lawsuit against Atmos Energy, a utility provider, over an explosion that sent a child to the hospital and destroyed their family hone. Two days after the explosion, which occurred on December 21, 2013, Atmos Energy confirmed that it was caused by a natural gas rupture. Environmental contamination lawyers at …
How to Avoid a Holiday Accident
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) estimates that, between November and December of 2012 there were at least 12,000 emergency room visits from holiday decorating (not including auto accidents). This time of year can be risky for an array of reasons: many people traveling, unpredictable weather conditions, and fire risks being just a few.Accident and …
NYC Building Explosion Injures at Least Twelve
Accident and injury lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm report of a recent explosion in a five-story building in New York City which injured at least twelve people. Part of the building, located in Lower Manhattan’s Chinatown district, collapsed after the explosion. The mixed-use structure, located at 17 Pike Street, contained businesses on the first …
Fire Explosions Kill 15, Injure Hundreds
Fire accident and injury lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm report that, due to defective Blitz plastic gas cans and one gas explosion in Kansas City, MO, hundreds of people have been seriously injured from fire burns. At least 15 people have died in the explosions. Blitz USA was once the nation’s largest manufacturer of …