Construction Death and Injuries In Texas

Construction deaths in Texas occur every three days.  According to patch.com:

“Too many men and women are taken from their families due to the deadly working conditions of the Texas construction industry,” said Jose P. Garza, executive director of the Workers Defense Project. “Our hearts are heavy to know that one more loved one won’t be going home today. His family is in our prayers.”

In 2014, Texas saw 524 workplace injuries, and Texas is the only state that does not require employers to carry worker’s compensation insurance, according to the Texas Tribune.

In 2015, at least three construction workers died due to heat-related deaths while working in construction in Texas. The Construction Dive blog reports:

After a full day of road work in Houston in mid-July, Jasso Ramirez, 53, spent a week in the intensive care unit of a Harris County hospital before dying from hyperthermia. And 25-year-old Roendy Granillo, of Haltom City, near Fort Worth, died from heat stroke after falling ill while working on a residential construction crew.

According to KWTX:

Heat may have been a factor in the death of a construction worker whose body was found beneath a house that’s under construction in Austin.

Texas construction employers, and often the builders, have a responsibility to maintain certain safety standards. Often, they can help to insure against liability with proper commercial insurance.  When they fail, and when workers are hurt, injured workers can consult with personal injury attorneys in Houston to discuss their rights.

OSHA’s investigations are published.  Still, people who have lost family members in construction deaths have continued to seek reform.  The OSHA and news reports often fail to capture the havoc that construction deaths and construction injuries wreak on families.  According to KUT.org, Christian Hurtado’s father died in a construction accident when he was saving for college.  The sudden death made Christian put his dreams on hold.  Stores like Christian show that there is a deeply personal impact on families.

In 2017, one worker was trapped in a tonnage of clay, and was buried up to his neck.  According to ISHN: “News sources report that 36-year-old David Allen Williams was buried up to his neck after an 8’ trench at a drainage project collapsed, trapping him. Williams died during the rescue operation.”

Stories like these are not new, and families often have to turn to attorneys to help make up for loss of income, loss of inheritance, medical bills and loss of consortium.  Construction death and construction injury attorneys are often the people that families need in order to find relief from a very stressful and depressing situation.