Texas Construction Accident Lawyers

The Accidents We Handle

Some of the worst injuries we see come from falls off scaffolding, ladders, or roof edges, usually traced back to a missing guardrail or a harness that wasn't anchored right. Others come from getting hit by moving equipment on an active site, a trench that gave way after nobody shored it up, a live wire that should have been marked or de-energized, or a machine running without a guard that was supposed to be there.

Whatever caused your injury, tell us what happened. We'll tell you honestly where you stand.

Who's Liable on a Construction Job?

A general contractor, a handful of subcontractors, the property owner, whoever supplied the equipment — on a lot of jobs, they're all on site at once, and none of them report to each other. So when something goes wrong, the question of who's responsible doesn't always have an obvious answer. Sometimes it's your own employer. Just as often, it's a contractor you never worked for directly, or the company that supplied a crane, scaffolding, or tool that shouldn't have failed.

That's the part a lot of injured workers don't realize until later. What your employer's workers' compensation coverage pays and what you can recover by holding a negligent third party accountable are two separate things, and you may be entitled to both. We sort out who's on the hook and go after every source of recovery the law allows.

What to Do After You're Hurt on the Job

Get seen by a doctor before you leave the site, even if adrenaline is masking the pain — injuries from a fall off scaffolding or getting struck by equipment often don't show their full extent until the next day.

Loop in your foreman or site superintendent before you leave, even if it feels like paperwork nobody wants to deal with — most contractors are required to log it, and a same-day report on file can matter later if OSHA gets involved. Snap photos of whatever caused it — the ladder, the scaffold, the trench, the machine — while it's still sitting there, because it won't be for long. Grab a name and number from anyone standing nearby, too. Two weeks from now, half that crew could be on a job across town.

And before you say anything on the record to an adjuster — your employer's or anyone else's — call us first. That call is free.

How Long You Have to File

In Texas, you generally have two years from the date of the accident to file a construction accident claim. Two years sounds like a long time. It isn't, once evidence starts disappearing — equipment gets repaired or replaced, witnesses relocate, and safety records get lost or overwritten. The earlier a lawyer gets involved, the more there is to work with.

What Your Case Might Be Worth

How much your case is worth depends on your injuries, not the type of accident that caused them. A broken arm and a spinal injury are not valued the same way, even if they happened on the exact same job site. We work with your doctors and financial experts when a case calls for it, to determine future expenses, not just what you’ve already been billed for.

Medical costs are usually the starting point — past treatment and future care if you're not done healing. From there, it can include lost wages if you missed work, reduced earning capacity if you can't go back to the same job, pain and physical impairment, and in serious cases, the long-term effect of a permanent disability.

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case is decided on its own facts.

Proving Fault on a Construction Job

To hold someone responsible, we have to show they owed you a reasonably safe job site, ignored that, and caused an injury that cost you something real, medically and financially.

Say a subcontractor knew a scaffold was missing a guardrail and kept sending crews up it anyway — that's the kind of fact pattern we build a case around, using inspection records, maintenance logs, OSHA citations when they exist, and statements from whoever else was on site that day.

Why Injured Construction Workers Call Ali Law Group

• You work with your construction accident attorney directly. Not a case manager. You get a cell number, not just an office line.
• We've handled complex, multi-party construction cases across Texas, where liability doesn't rest with just one company.
• No fee unless we win. The construction accident case review is free, and you are under no obligation either way.