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Available 24/7 (214) 333-3333
Available 24/7 (214) 333-3333
Available 24/7 (214) 333-3333
Available 24/7 (214) 333-3333
Available 24/7 (214) 333-3333
In Fort Worth, industrial facilities help power the economy, but they can also be some of the most dangerous workplaces in Texas. Employees working in aerospace manufacturing plants, warehouses, chemical facilities, and distribution centers — including those along the Alliance Corridor — face risks that can lead to catastrophic injuries in a matter of seconds. Explosions, equipment failures, chemical exposures, fires, and falls often leave workers with life-changing injuries.
If you were injured in an industrial accident in Fort Worth, you may be facing mounting medical bills, lost income, physical pain, and uncertainty about your future. Serious workplace injuries can affect every part of your life, including your ability to support your family and return to work. You should not have to shoulder those burdens alone.
At Frenkel & Frenkel, our Fort Worth industrial accident lawyers help injured workers and their families pursue the compensation they deserve. We investigate what happened, identify every responsible party, and pursue claims against negligent companies, contractors, equipment manufacturers, and property owners. Many industrial accident cases involve legal options beyond workers’ compensation, and we work to recover the maximum compensation available under Texas law.
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Do I need a lawyer after an industrial accident in Fort Worth?
Yes — and time matters. Employers and insurance companies work quickly to limit liability after workplace accidents. You need an attorney who moves just as fast. Frenkel & Frenkel investigates the site, preserves equipment records and safety logs, identifies every liable party including equipment manufacturers, and handles the workers' comp and third-party claims.
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Federal OSHA rules apply to private industrial employers in Texas. The Process Safety Management rule, 29 CFR 1910.119, covers facilities that handle highly hazardous chemicals. It requires hazard reviews, equipment upkeep, change control, incident reviews, and emergency planning. Failures in these duties are often behind catastrophic accidents.
Other important OSHA rules include lockout/tagout, 29 CFR 1910.147, confined space rules, 29 CFR 1910.146, and machine guarding, 29 CFR 1910.212. OSHA violations can be strong evidence in a civil case. A lawyer who knows these rules can use them to build your claim.
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Can I recover more compensation if multiple parties caused my industrial accident?
Potentially yes. Each liable party may carry their own insurance policy. Identifying multiple defendants — such as the equipment manufacturer, the general contractor, and a subcontractor — can open up multiple sources of recovery that a single-defendant case would not. This is one of the most important reasons to hire an attorney who investigates the full picture, not just your employer.
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What if my employer told me workers’ comp is my only option?
That may not be right. In Texas, workers’ comp is usually the only remedy against a subscriber employer for the injury itself, but it does not stop third-party claims against other negligent companies. If your employer has no workers’ comp, you may be able to sue that employer directly. A lawyer can review your facts and explain your options.
How do I know if my injury was caused by someone else’s negligence?
You do not need to figure that out alone. Industrial accidents often involve equipment, processes, and several companies. An investigation may show defective design, poor maintenance, a known hazard that was ignored, or a supplier that failed to warn about a dangerous chemical. Much of that proof is in inspection records, training logs, OSHA files, and internal emails. A lawyer can look for it.
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Industrial accidents usually have more than one cause. They often involve equipment problems, safety violations, poor training, and management choices that put production first. Learning how these accidents happen helps show who is responsible.
Explosions and Fires
Flammable gases, vapors, and liquids are common in Texas industrial sites. When they meet a spark from welding, bad electrical equipment, or friction from worn parts, the result can be deadly. Refineries, chemical plants, and oil and gas sites often see fires tied to corroded piping, equipment failures, PSM violations, and unsafe startup or shutdown steps.
Chemical Exposure
Fort Worth-area workers may be exposed to benzene, hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, asbestos, silica, acids, and other hazardous substances. Exposure can come from leaks, spills, poor ventilation, or missing protective gear. Short-term exposure can cause breathing failure and chemical burns. Long-term exposure may cause cancer, organ damage, and serious lung disease, sometimes years later.
Confined Space Accidents
Tanks, vessels, silos, and pits are common in industrial facilities. These permit-required spaces can hold low-oxygen or toxic air that workers cannot see or smell. Confined space accidents are often deadly because would-be rescuers can become victims too. OSHA’s rule, 29 CFR 1910.146, requires testing, ventilation, attendants, and rescue planning before entry.
Machine Accidents
Conveyor belts, presses, lathes, drills, and cranes can cause catastrophic injuries in seconds. Workers can be caught in moving parts, struck by equipment, or crushed against fixed objects. Missing guards, lockout/tagout failures, and weak training are common causes. OSHA rules require guards to stay in place and energy sources to be locked out before anyone works near moving parts.
Forklift Accidents
Forklifts cause about 85 fatal accidents and 34,900 serious injuries nationwide each year. In Fort Worth, where warehousing and distribution are huge, forklift accidents are a daily risk. Tip-overs, pedestrian strikes, falling loads, and untrained operators are common causes. OSHA’s powered industrial truck rule is often cited in Texas industrial facilities.
Falls from Heights
Industrial workers often work on elevated platforms, scaffolds, tanks, ladders, and walkways that can be slick with oil, water, or chemicals. Falls can cause fatal injuries, spinal cord damage, and traumatic brain injury. Poor fall protection, bad scaffolding, and missing fall arrest systems are common causes. Fall protection has been the top OSHA citation for 14 years.
The Dallas-Fort Worth area sits above the Barnett Shale, one of the country's largest onshore natural gas fields. Drilling sites, compressor stations, gathering pipelines, and produced water disposal sites operate across the region. Workers face hydrogen sulfide exposure, well blowouts, explosions, transport accidents, and caught-between injuries from heavy equipment.
Most refineries are on the Gulf Coast, but North Texas workers often work there as contract labor during turnarounds and shutdowns. These sites are covered by OSHA's PSM rule and bring risks like high-pressure releases, toxic chemicals, fires, explosions, and falls from height. Turnarounds are especially risky because of time pressure and complex work.
Dallas-Fort Worth has aerospace and defense plants, electronics and semiconductor facilities, food plants, metal shops, and plastics makers. Workers face entanglement, amputations, chemical exposure from solvents and coatings, burns, falls, and hearing loss. Equipment defects and lockout/tagout failures often play a role.
DFW is one of the nation's largest logistics hubs. Amazon, FedEx, UPS, and other providers employ thousands of workers where forklift accidents, dock falls, conveyor injuries, and heat illness are recurring risks. Many large facilities are not climate controlled, so Texas' summer heat adds another danger.
Chemical distribution, storage, and processing sites serve North Texas industry and fall under OSHA, the EPA, and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Workers may face corrosive chemicals, toxic gases, and explosive materials. Poor warnings, missing protective gear, and weak emergency plans can turn a problem into a life-changing injury or death.
Workers' comp is a benefits system through your employer's insurance. It pays medical bills and part of lost wages, but not pain and suffering, mental anguish, or full earning capacity. A third-party claim is a separate lawsuit against someone other than your employer, such as a manufacturer, subcontractor, or property owner. You can often pursue both at the same time.
Texas lets private employers opt out of workers' compensation. If your employer is a non-subscriber, you can file a direct negligence lawsuit. That employer also loses some defenses, including claims that you were partly at fault, assumed the risk, or were hurt by a co-worker. That can make the case stronger.
You may be able to file a claim. Texas' normal deadline is two years from the injury date, but the discovery rule can apply in toxic exposure cases. The clock may start when you knew or should have known your illness was tied to work. Diseases like mesothelioma, leukemia from benzene, silicosis, and other work-related cancers often take years to appear. Because the rule is narrow, you should speak with a lawyer as soon as you suspect a link.
Yes. OSHA violations are not automatic proof of negligence, but Texas courts can let OSHA standards show the level of care that was required. A proven violation can strengthen your claim by showing the defendant did not meet basic safety rules. Prior citations at the same site can be especially useful. A lawyer can get OSHA reports and citation history.
Many parties may share fault. Manufacturers can be at fault for design defects, manufacturing defects, or failure to warn. Facility owners may be at fault if they knew about a dangerous condition and kept control of the work. Contractors, subcontractors, chemical suppliers, maintenance companies, inspection companies, and engineers may also be at fault. Finding every responsible party matters because it can increase total recovery.
There is no fixed answer. Value depends on your injuries, future earnings loss, the strength of the fault proof, how many parties are responsible, and whether the conduct may support punitive damages. Serious Texas industrial accident cases have resulted in recoveries ranging from millions to more than one hundred million dollars. An experienced attorney can give you a more realistic assessment after reviewing the facts.
Get medical care first, even if you think you can push through the pain. Some serious injuries, including internal injuries and toxic exposure, are not obvious right away. Report the injury to your employer and follow its reporting rules. Do not give recorded statements to any insurance company before speaking with a lawyer. If you can do it safely, take photos and write down what happened while it is fresh. Keep copies of your medical records and bills. Contact Frenkel and Frenkel as soon as you can.
If you or a family member was seriously hurt in an industrial accident in Fort Worth, do not wait. Evidence can disappear, and the companies involved often move quickly to protect themselves. You deserve a team that is ready to do the same for you.
Frenkel and Frenkel offers free consultations and contingency-fee representation for industrial accident cases. You pay no attorney’s fee unless we recover money for you. Call us at (817) 333-3333 or reach out online to speak with a Fort Worth industrial accident lawyer today.
