If you or a family member received burn treatment at Denver Health Burn Center — the Rocky Mountain region's Level I Trauma burn facility — your medical records document the full severity of your injuries in precise clinical detail. Those records are critical evidence in a burn injury claim. Colorado's 2-year statute of limitations means the time to act is now.
Denver Health Burn Center is the Rocky Mountain region's premier ABA-verified burn treatment facility, operating within Denver Health Medical Center — Colorado's only safety-net Level I Trauma Center. The burn center serves as the definitive referral destination for severe burn injuries from across Colorado, Wyoming, western Nebraska, and northern New Mexico, receiving transfers from community and regional hospitals throughout the intermountain West that lack the capacity to manage complex burn cases.
Denver Health's burn center provides comprehensive acute burn care including emergency wound management, fluid resuscitation, skin grafting, escharotomy, and inhalation injury treatment, alongside long-term reconstructive surgery and multidisciplinary rehabilitation. Its Level I Trauma designation means the facility is equipped and staffed to manage the most life-threatening burn injuries around the clock, every day of the year.
Colorado's industrial landscape — anchored by oil and gas extraction in the DJ Basin, coal and hard rock mining, construction, and the Suncor refinery in Commerce City — generates a steady stream of serious occupational burn injuries. Many of these injuries arise in settings where third-party liability is available against parties other than the direct employer, providing a pathway to full compensation that workers' compensation alone cannot deliver.
Colorado's economy blends energy extraction, mining, construction, and advanced manufacturing in ways that create distinct and serious burn hazard environments. The DJ Basin — one of the most productive natural gas fields in the country — stretches from the Denver suburbs north through Weld County in the Wattenberg Field area, placing active oil and gas operations in proximity to one of the nation's fastest-growing residential regions. The Suncor Energy refinery in Commerce City, just north of Denver, is one of the largest petroleum refineries in the Rocky Mountain region and a site with a documented history of serious industrial incidents.
Colorado requires most private employers to carry workers' compensation insurance under the Colorado Workers' Compensation Act (C.R.S. § 8-40-101 et seq.). Workers' comp covers medical expenses and wage replacement benefits during recovery, but does not compensate you for pain and suffering, permanent disfigurement, or the full scope of your long-term economic losses.
The pathway to full compensation is the third-party civil lawsuit. Under Colorado law, if any party other than your direct employer contributed to the conditions that caused your burn injury — a general contractor, an equipment or machinery manufacturer, a property owner, or a chemical supplier — you can file a separate civil lawsuit against that party for the complete range of damages not covered by workers' compensation:
Colorado's statute of limitations for personal injury claims is 2 years from the date of injury under C.R.S. § 13-80-102. If a government entity — such as a public utility, a state agency, or a municipality — is involved, Colorado's Governmental Immunity Act (C.R.S. § 24-10-109) requires written notice within 182 days of the injury. Missing this notice deadline can permanently bar claims against Colorado public entities. An experienced Colorado burn injury attorney will identify all applicable deadlines and move quickly to preserve your rights.
Denver Health's burn center, as an ABA-verified Level I Trauma facility, produces comprehensive medical documentation that is essential to establishing and maximizing the value of a burn injury claim. Records generated during acute treatment and follow-up care typically include:
If your burn was caused by someone else's negligence — a dangerous oilfield worksite, defective machinery, a chemical supplier's failure to warn, a refinery's process safety failure, or a general contractor's unsafe worksite — you likely have a viable third-party claim. Colorado law allows burn victims to pursue civil lawsuits against responsible parties even while receiving workers' compensation. Treatment at Denver Health's ABA-verified burn center is itself significant evidence of injury severity. Call us or submit the form on this page for a free, confidential review — no fee unless you win.
Colorado's statute of limitations for personal injury claims is 2 years from the date of injury under C.R.S. § 13-80-102. If a government entity — a public utility, state agency, or municipality — is involved, Colorado's Governmental Immunity Act requires written notice within 182 days of the injury. Missing that notice deadline can permanently bar your claim against the public entity. Contact an attorney as soon as possible to preserve all available claims.
Yes. Under HIPAA and Colorado law, you have the right to obtain your complete medical records from Denver Health Medical Center's Health Information Management department. Your attorney can also submit a HIPAA-compliant authorization on your behalf — typically the fastest and most complete method for obtaining the full clinical record needed for litigation purposes.
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Colorado's 2-year statute of limitations — and 182-day notice requirement for government entities — means you must act now. Evidence disappears and deadlines cannot be extended. Get your free review today and protect your rights.
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