Dallas is the fastest-growing major metro in the United States, and construction is everywhere — downtown office towers, the American Airlines Center/Victory Park district, massive residential build-out in North Dallas, Plano, Frisco, and Prosper, the LBJ/Central Expressway HOV expansions, DFW Airport and Love Field work, and the region’s enormous logistics and distribution construction. That activity keeps tens of thousands of Dallas-area construction workers on jobsites daily. Construction is also consistently the deadliest private industry in Texas. A Dallas construction accident lawyer at McFarlane Law represents framers, ironworkers, roofers, electricians, plumbers, laborers, and all other DFW construction workers injured on the job.
OSHA Fatal Four and Dallas’s Construction Risk
OSHA’s “Fatal Four” — falls, struck-by, electrocutions, and caught-in-between — account for over 60% of construction deaths nationwide. Dallas’s mix of high-rise construction, infrastructure, and commercial build-out produces all four with regularity. Falls from Dallas office-tower scaffolding, mid-rise hotel cranes, and residential roofs. Struck-by incidents from rebar, pipe, and dropped equipment on active jobsites. Electrocutions at energized switchgear during commercial electrical work. Caught-in-between crush injuries from trench collapses and heavy-equipment operations. McFarlane Law investigates each Dallas construction incident under the OSHA framework and obtains the federal investigation file.
Texas Non-Subscriber Employers
Texas is the only state where private employers can decline workers’ compensation. Many Dallas-area construction subcontractors — particularly smaller specialty trade contractors — are non-subscribers. For injured workers at a non-subscriber, this is good news: the worker can sue the employer directly in civil court for negligence, and Texas Labor Code Chapter 406 bars the classic defenses (contributory negligence, assumption of risk, fellow-servant rule). If the employer was 1% negligent and the worker was injured on the job, the employer owes full civil damages. Non-subscriber recoveries routinely exceed workers’ comp by 5–20×.
Third-Party Claims on Dallas Jobsites
Even when a Dallas worker’s employer carries workers’ comp (barring direct employer suits), third-party claims against other parties on the jobsite are always available. General contractors, other subcontractors, equipment manufacturers and rental companies, scaffold providers, engineering firms, and property owners can all be liable under Texas third-party liability doctrines. Third-party recoveries are on top of workers’ comp benefits and include the full civil damages menu. A typical catastrophic Dallas construction case involves 3–6 defendants with aggregate insurance coverage in the $10M–$100M range.
Catastrophic Construction Damages
Dallas construction injuries often produce lifetime consequences. Falls from height result in TBI, spinal cord injury, multiple orthopedic fractures, and death. Struck-by incidents cause TBI, skull fractures, and crush injuries. Electrocutions produce cardiac damage, neurological injuries, and severe burns. Damages models for catastrophic Dallas construction cases routinely exceed $5 million — combining past and future medical expenses ($2M+), lost earning capacity ($1M–$3M for younger workers), and substantial non-economic damages. McFarlane Law builds these models with DFW-savvy life-care planners, vocational experts, and economists.
Related Practice Areas
Related Dallas subpages: Dallas work injury lawyer, Dallas truck accident lawyer. Statewide: Texas construction accident lawyer, Texas fall from height injury lawyer. Hub: Dallas personal injury lawyer.
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McFarlane Law has tried and settled cases across Dallas County, Collin County, Tarrant County, Denton County, and Rockwall County. Our attorneys know the Dallas Civil District Courts at the George L. Allen Sr. Courts Building, understand the DFW jury pools, and have worked with Dallas-area medical providers — Baylor Scott & White, UT Southwestern, Methodist Health System, Parkland — accident reconstructionists, and life-care planners on every case type covered in this silo. Dallas is the fastest-growing major metro in the country, with a distinctive mix of commercial trucking along I-35 and I-30, construction on billions of dollars in ongoing development, and high-volume everyday motor vehicle traffic on the LBJ Freeway, Central Expressway, and Dallas North Tollway. When we represent a Dallas client, we do it with the same preparation, resources, and courtroom depth we bring to every Texas personal injury case. Call (512) 222-4900 or (432) 803-5000 for a free consultation.
