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The eye is exceptionally delicate. Sustaining an eye injury can be very painful, as the cornea is densely packed with sensory nerve fibers. Additionally, the eye has delicate internal structures, such as the retina and the lens. A penetrating injury or blunt trauma can easily damage these structures, causing irreversible vision loss and severe infections.
Unfortunately, someone else’s negligence can put you at risk of an eye injury. At Bachus & Schanker, we help protect the rights of people who suffer eye injuries from different types of accidents in Colorado.
What Types of Accidents Commonly Lead To Serious Eye Injuries?
Auto Accidents
An auto accident can cause an eye injury due to:
- Airbag deployment: When an airbag strikes the face, it can directly hit the eye with high pressure, causing serious trauma, such as retinal tears, bleeding inside the eye (hyphema), or a fractured eye socket. Additionally, airbags have chemicals that are released as dust upon deployment. When it contacts the eye, it can cause chemical irritation or burns.
- Blunt force trauma: When the face strikes the steering wheel, dashboard, or door frame, the extreme force can cause the bones of the eye socket (orbit) to crack, the retina to tear or separate from its underlying tissues, blood vessels to tear, causing bleeding, and the sclera or cornea to tear (globe rupture).
- Penetrating objects: Flying shards from broken windshields/side windows/eyeglasses, particles from the airbag, and loose dashboard debris can cut/pierce the eye’s outer wall or embed themselves in the eye.
Workplace Accidents
When a worker without safety gear is exposed to flying debris, hazardous chemicals, intense radiation, or improper ergonomics, they may suffer an eye injury.
Those at high risk include employees in construction and carpentry, manufacturing and machining, welding and metalwork, healthcare, office and tech, plumbing, electrical, janitorial, and automotive repair industries.
Dangerous Conditions on a Property
A slip-and-fall accident on a property can lead to blunt force trauma to the eye from hitting the floor or hard surfaces. Falling objects, such as poorly stacked items in a retail store, can also directly hit the eye, resulting in an injury.
Moreover, exposure to chemicals, for instance, unlocked cleaning supplies, pesticides, and fertilizers, can cause chemical burns to the eye.
Flying projectiles are also dangerous. For example, when someone is hammering screws or nails and one flies into the air, or when opening a champagne bottle and the cork flies, hitting someone in the eye.
Defective Products
Defective equipment, such as power tools, lawnmowers, or toys, can shatter or break, ejecting parts into the eye. A household cleaner that is improperly sealed or whose aerosol is not functioning properly can come into contact with someone’s eyes.
Furthermore, exploding batteries, malfunctioning pressure cookers, or sparking appliances in the house put people at risk of eye injuries.
Contaminated eye drops and defective contact lenses can also cause severe bacterial infection and loss of vision.
Medical Malpractice
A healthcare provider failing to meet the standard of care can result in someone sustaining an eye injury. Examples include failing to diagnose and treat an eye infection on time, failing to tape or lubricate the eyes when general anesthesia is administered, and using a surgical or diagnostic tool that is not properly sterilized.
Physical Assault
Blunt force from punches/weapons and scratches from fingernails can cause severe damage to the eye’s outer wall and internal structures.
What Should I Do After Suffering an Eye Injury in Denver?
It’s crucial to seek medical help by going to the nearest emergency room immediately. Call 911 if you are in severe pain or experience sudden vision loss. If you can move around, you can perform immediate first aid. For instance, flush your eye with clean, cool water if it’s a chemical exposure, or apply a cold compress to the surrounding area if someone hit you. Then, head to the emergency room.
If you are injured in a car accident, call 911 to report it. Colorado law requires that a car accident that involves injury, property damage exceeding $1,000, or death be reported to law enforcement. Before leaving the scene, exchange information with the other driver, document the scene, and collect witness information.
Avoid rubbing the eye, as it can worsen the damage. If you have an embedded object, do not try to remove it. Gently shield the eye using a protective cover, such as the bottom of a paper cup taped to the surrounding bones.
After receiving medical attention, report the incident to the property manager or business owner, if applicable.
Can I Recover Compensation for an Eye Injury Caused by Someone Else’s Negligence?
Yes, you can hold the party that injured you liable for their actions. This can be another driver, a property owner, a manufacturer or distributor of a defective item, a medical professional, or an employer.
You have two years from the date of the eye injury to file a claim in Colorado, and three years if the injury was caused by a car accident.
What Compensation May Be Available?
When you file an eye injury claim in Denver, you can recover:
- Medical expenses: Past and future medical bills, such as emergency care, surgeries, visits, medications, therapy, and medical devices.
- Lost wages: Income you lost while recovering, including base salary, hourly wages, overtime pay, and bonuses.
- Loss of earning capacity: If an eye injury causes partial or total vision loss, preventing you from returning to your career or work altogether, you can claim loss of earning capacity.
- Home and vehicle modifications: With partial or total vision loss, you can seek compensation for installing home and vehicle modifications.
- Pain and suffering: An eye injury causes physical discomfort and psychological stress. You can be compensated for pain and suffering.
- Loss of enjoyment in life: Compensation for the inability to participate in hobbies and other activities you once enjoyed.
- Inconvenience: This is another non-economic damage you can claim for the disruptions to your life.
How Can a Denver Eye Injury Lawyer Help Strengthen My Case?
Working with a Denver eye injury lawyer is vital. Your lawyer will help strengthen your case by gathering and preserving solid evidence and working with other professionals to learn more about the accident and your injury. Additionally, they will protect you from tactics often used by insurance companies to reduce or avoid payouts.
Your personal injury attorney will also accurately calculate economic and non-economic damages to determine the true value of your claim. Moreover, they will handle negotiations and communications with insurance adjusters while you focus on recovering.
Why Should I Choose Bachus & Schanker To Represent My Eye Injury Claim?
Bachus & Schanker has been representing injured victims for over three decades. Our firm has the experience of handling the most complex and serious matters. This allows us to fight for the rights of people who suffer serious injuries, such as eye injuries.
Our team is committed to maximizing compensation. Also, our clients never pay anything upfront.
Kyle Bachus & Darin Schanker
Top-rated Colorado-based personal injury lawyers and co-founders of Bachus & Schanker, Kyle Bachus and Darin Schanker, have represented personal injury victims and families across Colorado for more than 30 years, earning a reputation as some of the best civil litigation attorneys for serious injury cases. The firm is structured to handle motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, catastrophic injuries, and wrongful death cases of all types and severities, with a team organized to provide focused support and guidance throughout the entire legal process. Kyle and Darin guide victims through the system with the support of a dedicated team of personal injury specialists and Victim Advocates, ensuring care and advocacy from start to finish so clients can stay focused on healing.
Their firm is widely recognized for legal excellence, ethics, and results. Bachus & Schanker has earned distinctions, including:
- Membership in the Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum®, one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the United States.
- Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel.
- Top 10 Personal Injury Attorneys in Colorado by America’s Best Advocates.
- Extraordinary Attorneys for Personal Injury – 2025 by Law Leaders.
- Best of the Best: Top 10 Personal Injury Attorneys in Colorado – 2025.
- ColoradoBiz Media 2026 Colorado 500 Power List
Additional recognitions include honors from Super Lawyers, Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiffs’ Lawyers, 5280 Magazine Top Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell AV ratings, Lead Counsel verification, American Association for Justice leadership, and A+ Better Business Bureau ratings across Colorado. Collectively, their attorneys have recovered over $1 billion for injury victims.
Beyond the courtroom, they support the Colorado community through the Bachus & Schanker Cares Foundation, which sponsors local nonprofits and initiatives. See Kyle Bachus and Darin Schanker on Super Lawyers.
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