Texas Construction Accident Lawyers
A Texas construction accident lawyer fights for the part of your case that workers’ comp ignores: the full cost of a jobsite injury, and the third parties who caused it. We find every contractor, equipment maker, and property owner behind the fall, the crush, or the electrocution, and we prove what the years ahead will really cost. You pay nothing unless we win.
A construction case is a fight over who else is responsible.
A Texas construction accident case is different from almost any other injury claim because the answer is rarely just your employer. On a jobsite, a general contractor, a subcontractor, an equipment maker, and a property owner can all share the blame, and each one carries its own insurance.
That matters because Texas is the rare state where many employers carry no workers’ compensation at all. So the real question is not just “what will comp pay,” but who else caused this, and how we reach them.
The third party behind the injury, the contractor, equipment maker, or property owner whose negligence a comp claim never touches.
The safety failure on paper, the missing fall protection, the unguarded machine, the OSHA violation that should never have happened.
The full lifetime cost, the surgeries, lost income, and long-term care a workers’ comp check was never built to cover.
Most jobsite injuries trace back to a safety rule someone skipped.
OSHA calls them the “Fatal Four,” the four hazards behind most construction deaths: falls, struck-by, caught-in or between, and electrocution. Behind almost every one is a decision someone made to skip a guardrail, rush a schedule, or ignore a known danger. In the cases we handle, that decision is the case.
Falls from height
The leading killer in construction. A missing guardrail, an unsafe scaffold, or no fall protection turns a routine task into a spinal cord injury or worse. We trace the failure to whoever controlled the site.
Struck-by object or vehicle
Falling tools, swinging loads, and backing equipment cause severe head and crush injuries. Many lead to a traumatic brain injury that an insurer is quick to downplay.
Caught-in or between
Trench collapses, unguarded machinery, and pinned-between equipment cause crush injuries and amputations. These cases turn on machine guarding and site safety rules.
Electrocution & arc flash
Contact with live wires and arc-flash blasts cause cardiac arrest and severe burn injuries, often pointing to a utility, a contractor, or a missing lockout procedure.
Defective tools & machinery
A power tool with no guard, a crane that fails, or equipment with no safety shutoff can make the manufacturer responsible alongside the contractor.
Work-zone & vehicle crashes
Crashes involving work trucks, heavy haulers, and traffic in highway work zones can bring a truck accident claim on top of the jobsite case.
Workers’ comp is the floor. We build the case above it.
Construction cases are won by answering two questions: who outside your employer caused this, and what does the whole injury really cost. The insurer wants the file closed at the comp rate. We build the third-party case and the lifetime number that comp was never meant to cover.
The chain of responsibility, mapping every contractor, sub, owner, and manufacturer on the site and what each one controlled.
The OSHA and safety record, citations, inspection reports, and the safety plan that was supposed to prevent this.
The scene before it changes, photos, equipment, and witness accounts locked down before a site is cleaned up.
A life care plan that prices a lifetime of surgery, therapy, and care, not just the first hospital bill.
Lost earning capacity, the trade and the income the injury takes from you, now and for years ahead.
An economist’s report that puts decades of future cost into today’s dollars.
Construction safety and OSHA experts to show which rule was broken and who owned it.
Accident reconstruction engineers to prove how the fall, collapse, or machine failure happened.
Treating surgeons and life care planners on your prognosis and the care you will need for life.
Vocational and economic experts to value the work you can no longer do.
Product and machine-guarding experts when defective equipment caused the injury.
The rules these cases turn on
In Texas, you generally have two years from the injury to file (Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.003), and fault is shared under a modified comparative negligence rule that bars recovery only if you are more than half at fault. Texas does not require private employers to carry workers’ compensation, so when your employer is a non-subscriber, you may be able to sue them directly. And a third-party claim against a contractor, owner, or manufacturer carries no cap on the compensatory damages a jury can award for future care, lost earnings, or pain. That is why finding every responsible party matters so much.
The insurer wants the case closed at the comp rate, before anyone counts the third parties or the years of care ahead. We refuse to talk numbers until the full picture is on paper.
General process; every case is handled on its own facts.“I spent over a decade directing insurance defense. I know exactly what a carrier looks for to deny or shrink your claim, because I found it for them.”Managing Litigation Attorney · former insurance defense director
The construction cases we handle across Texas.
We represent the trades that build Texas, on commercial sites, highways, refineries, and residential builds, when a preventable jobsite accident upends a life. Who you worked for, and who else was on that site, decides who is responsible and how much insurance stands behind your recovery.
Laborers, framers & roofers
The workers most exposed to falls and struck-by injuries. We prove who controlled the site and the safety plan that failed.
Equipment & crane operators
Crane collapses, forklift tip-overs, and equipment failures cause catastrophic crush injuries. We bring in the engineers to show why.
Electricians & pipefitters
Arc flash, live-wire contact, and trench work put skilled trades at risk. The cause often points to a contractor’s missing safety procedure.
Workers of non-subscriber employers
When your employer carries no workers’ comp, Texas law may let you sue them directly for negligence, often a stronger path than a comp claim.
Drivers & passersby in work zones
You do not have to wear a hard hat to be hurt by a jobsite. Work-zone crashes and falling debris can bring a car accident claim against the contractor.
Families after a jobsite death
When a construction accident takes a life, Texas law lets the surviving family recover for their loss in a wrongful death claim, with a separate survival claim for what your loved one endured.
What a construction case is worth, and how we think about it.
There is no average for a construction accident case. The value is driven by how serious the injury is, how many responsible parties we can reach, whether your employer carried comp, and how clearly we can prove the safety failure. The more parties and policies we reach, the more there is to recover.
How many parties are liable
A jobsite has many players. Each contractor, owner, and manufacturer we can hold responsible is another policy behind your recovery.
Lifetime medical & lost work
Severe injuries end careers in the trades. We price the surgeries, therapy, and lost earning capacity across your whole life.
How clear the safety failure is
The cleaner the proof of the violated rule, the OSHA citation, the missing guardrail, the stronger your leverage to recover in full.
Comp vs. third-party path
A third-party claim can reach pain, full lost earnings, and damages a workers’ comp check never pays. Finding that path is the work.
Where the money actually comes from
A serious construction injury almost never fits inside one policy. So we look everywhere: the general contractor, every subcontractor, the property owner, the equipment manufacturer, and the commercial and umbrella policies stacked behind them. If your employer is a non-subscriber, their own liability is on the table. If a vehicle was involved, an auto policy may be too. The size of a recovery depends on how many of these we can reach, which is why mapping every responsible party is part of the work, not an afterthought.
How we handle the risk. You pay nothing up front, and our fee comes out of the recovery only if we win, so we can be honest about whether an offer covers the years ahead of you or falls short. Under Texas law, being more than 50% at fault can bar recovery, so we build the fault case as carefully as the cost case. We will tell you plainly when an offer is fair, and when it is worth pushing further. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Texas bilingual lawyers, in the language you think in.
Yes. Our team works in English and Spanish, so if English is not your first language, you can tell us what happened on the jobsite in your own words and follow every step of your case.
Hablamos español. La consulta es gratis y no paga nada a menos que ganemos.
A native Spanish speaker, Laura handles serious injury and wrongful death cases for Spanish speaking clients across Texas, start to finish, in their own language.
Senior Associate Attorney · bilingual, English & SpanishWhat our clients actually say.
Real reviews and video testimonials from people the firm has represented. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
“They took the time to answer all my questions and made me feel confident in them. The whole staff was very friendly and professional.”
“After speaking with them I could finally relax. Rodrigo made sure my physical therapy was covered and has been invaluable to us.”
“A very good experience with Rodrigo. He was knowledgeable and responsive to every question I had about my situation.”
“The team was professional, and knowledgeable. They made the whole legal process smooth and stress free.”
“Their communication went above and beyond. They handled all my medical visits and my settlement was way more than I expected.”
“Muchas gracias Rodrigo y a todo el equipo. si están envueltos en un accidente te ayudan en todo el proceso.”
“Excelente servicio al cliente, muy atentos con sus clientes. La comunicación es muy buena.”
“She walked me through the whole process and kept checking in, not just on the next step but on how I was doing.”
“They took the time to answer all my questions and made me feel confident in them. The whole staff was very friendly and professional.”
“After speaking with them I could finally relax. Rodrigo made sure my physical therapy was covered and has been invaluable to us.”
“A very good experience with Rodrigo. He was knowledgeable and responsive to every question I had about my situation.”
“The team was professional, and knowledgeable. They made the whole legal process smooth and stress free.”
“Their communication went above and beyond. They handled all my medical visits and my settlement was way more than I expected.”
“Muchas gracias Rodrigo y a todo el equipo. si están envueltos en un accidente te ayudan en todo el proceso.”
“Excelente servicio al cliente, muy atentos con sus clientes. La comunicación es muy buena.”
“She walked me through the whole process and kept checking in, not just on the next step but on how I was doing.”
Texas construction accident lawyer FAQ.
Straight answers, specific to Texas, to what injured workers and families ask most after a jobsite accident. Not sure how it applies to you? A free review sorts it out.
Can I sue if I was hurt on a construction site in Texas?
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What is a construction accident case worth in Texas?
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How does OSHA factor into my claim?
What should I do right after a jobsite accident?
Can undocumented workers file a construction injury claim?
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