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✦ Board-Certified Specialist in Workers’ Compensation Law — State Bar of California ✦
Your workplace should be safe. When it’s not, we hold employers and insurers accountable.
By Eman Yazdchi, Esq. · Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation Law
No two Burbank workplaces look the same. One worker's job site is a soundstage at Walt Disney Studios where a medieval castle set is being constructed. Another worker's is a precision machine shop on North San Fernando Boulevard. A third works the overnight shift handling baggage at Hollywood Burbank Airport. What these workplaces share is risk — risk that is often intensified by tight deadlines, complex equipment, and economic pressure to keep working through unsafe conditions.
If you were injured at your workplace in Burbank, attorney Eman Yazdchi of Yazdchi Law P.C. provides the board-certified workers' compensation expertise these cases demand. The California State Bar awards this specialist certification only to attorneys who pass a rigorous exam and demonstrate substantial experience in workers' comp law. In a city where workplace injuries often involve layered employment relationships and industry-specific hazards, that credential is the difference between competent representation and guesswork.
Burbank's identity is defined by its studios. Warner Bros., Disney, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, and dozens of other companies operate production facilities where workplace injuries happen with alarming regularity. The nature of production work means that workplaces are literally built and demolished on a weekly basis — every new set, every new production creates a new set of hazards.
Common workplace injuries in Burbank production facilities include:
Cal/OSHA regulations apply to studio workplaces just as they do to any other employer. When studios fail to maintain safe conditions, workers get hurt — and workers' comp benefits apply regardless of who was at fault.
Burbank's industrial base includes aerospace component manufacturers, specialty fabricators, printing operations, and shops that build everything from custom furniture to movie props. Workers in these facilities face machinery hazards (presses, lathes, saws, CNC equipment), chemical exposures (solvents, adhesives, paints, metal finishing compounds), and ergonomic injuries from repetitive tasks.
Under the California Labor Code, every Burbank worker injured on the job is entitled to:
These benefits are available regardless of fault. You do not need to prove your employer was negligent. You do not need to show the workplace was unsafe. You only need to show the injury arose out of and in the course of your employment.
The prop maker at a Burbank fabrication shop inhales wood dust and adhesive fumes for years in a workshop without adequate ventilation. She develops occupational asthma that limits her ability to work in her field. The employer's insurer denies the claim as "not work-related." Medical evidence linking the specific chemical exposures to her respiratory condition is needed to overcome the denial.
The camera operator on a Disney production tears his meniscus when a dolly track buckles during a tracking shot. His day rate is $800 plus overtime, but the insurer calculates his temporary disability based on a lower average because he had gaps between productions. Proper wage calculation requires analyzing his earnings over the full year preceding the injury.
The line cook at a Downtown Burbank restaurant suffers second-degree burns when a deep fryer splashes during a dinner rush. Her employer fails to file the claim form and tells her to "just use urgent care." She does not learn about her workers' comp rights until weeks later. Despite the employer's misconduct, her claim is still viable under California law.
Injured at work in Burbank? Call (661) 273-1780
Tap to call →Do not wait to assert your rights after a workplace injury in Burbank. Under LC Section 5400, you have one year to file your claim, but the sooner you act, the stronger your case. Evidence is preserved, witnesses are available, and medical treatment begins promptly.
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