Welding Accident Lawyers in Billings

Injured While Welding? Get Answers About Benefits & Third-Party Claims

A welding accident can cause immediate trauma, delayed illness, or both. Severe burns, arc-eye and other vision damage, electrical shock, explosions, toxic fumes, and confined-space incidents can leave workers and their families facing medical needs, lost income, and an uncertain future.

At Edwards & Culver, we represent people in serious work-related accident claims throughout Montana. We examine how the incident occurred, which companies controlled the site or equipment, and whether Montana workers’ compensation is the only available remedy.

Call (406) 747-4851 for a free evaluation of your welding accident claim and the legal options that may apply.

How We Investigate a Welding Accident

Evidence can disappear quickly when equipment is repaired, altered, discarded, or returned to service. We can inspect accident scenes and meet with clients, witnesses, and technical consultants throughout Montana. Our investigation focuses on the details connecting an unsafe condition or act to the resulting injuries.

A workplace accident investigation may examine:

• Worksite records: Incident reports, photographs, video, welding procedures, hot-work permits, training records, and witness accounts.
• Equipment evidence: Welding machines, torches, electrical systems, ventilation equipment, protective gear, and maintenance or inspection records.
• Exposure evidence: Safety data sheets, air-monitoring results, coatings, base metals, filler materials, and substances present during the work.
• Medical evidence: Burn treatment, respiratory testing, eye damage, neurological symptoms, rehabilitation, scarring, disability, and anticipated care.

Responsibility depends on how the work was organized and who controlled the equipment or site. Equipment manufacturers, maintenance contractors, property owners, general contractors, suppliers, or other companies may bear liability when defective equipment, inadequate maintenance, unsafe materials, or poor coordination contributed to the incident.

More Than 145 Years of Combined Legal Experience

We’ve handled Montana workplace accident litigation involving oil rigs, mines, railroads, construction sites, warehouses, freight yards, factories, food-processing facilities, and chemical or environmental hazards. That industrial litigation background informs our approach to cases involving technical evidence, severe injuries, and multiple companies.

Founded in 1980, our firm has recovered over $150 million for clients during the past decade and secured two of Montana’s four largest judgments. These results reflect our history but don’t predict the outcome of any future claim.

Workers’ Compensation & Third-Party Liability

Montana law generally treats workers’ compensation as the exclusive remedy against an insured employer for a covered workplace injury, subject to statutory exceptions. A workers’ compensation application may proceed alongside a negligence lawsuit against a separate responsible party when the facts and law support both.

A third-party claim may involve a defective welding machine, negligent maintenance, unsafe site coordination, or another company’s conduct. The available claims and damages depend on who was involved, the parties’ relationships, and how the accident happened. We investigate those details rather than assuming workplace benefits are the full remedy.