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Board-Certified · 45+ Years Combined Industrial Injury Experience
Hurt at an
Oilfield, Refinery,
or Plant in Texas?
Texas workers' comp doesn't always apply — and even when it does, third-party claims can recover far more. If you were hurt at a refinery, chemical plant, pipeline, drilling site, or industrial facility, the company's lawyers are already working to limit what they owe you. Attorney Brian White fights back.
Workers' comp may not be your only option — third-party claims often recover far more
45+ years combined experience in oilfield and industrial injury cases
Board-Certified trial lawyer — only 3% of TX attorneys qualify
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Oilfield Injury Attorney Brian White
Fighting for Oilfield and Industrial Injury Victims Across Houston & Texas
Why Oilfield and Industrial Injury Victims Choose Brian White
Workers' Comp Is Often Just the Beginning. Third-Party Claims Can Change Everything.
Houston sits at the center of the world's most active petrochemical corridor. Refineries, chemical plants, pipelines, and drilling operations run 24 hours a day — and they injure workers every single day. When you are hurt at an industrial worksite, your employer's first move is to funnel you into the workers' compensation system and make sure that is the only claim you ever file. But workers' comp rarely covers the full scope of catastrophic industrial injuries — and in most oilfield and refinery accidents, third parties are involved: equipment manufacturers, contractors, sub-contractors, and property owners who carry their own liability. Attorney Brian White has spent 20+ years identifying and pursuing those third-party claims. He is Board-Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law — a credential held by fewer than 3% of Texas attorneys — and his firm has recovered multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements for oilfield explosion victims, refinery workers, pipeline workers, and industrial injury victims across Houston and Texas.
Brian White
Board-Certified · Personal Injury Trial Law · Houston Oilfield & Industrial Injury Attorney
45+ years of combined firm experience representing oilfield workers, refinery employees, chemical plant workers, pipeline workers, and industrial injury victims across Houston and Texas. Member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. 10/10 Avvo rating. 1,500+ five-star reviews. Brian knows how to find the third-party defendants that workers' comp was designed to let off the hook.
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We Handle Every Type of Oilfield and Industrial Injury
What Kind of Oilfield or Industrial Injury Were You or Your Loved One Involved In?
Select your situation. We represent injured workers at every type of oil, gas, and industrial facility across Houston, Harris County, and throughout Texas — including victims of explosions, fires, toxic exposure, equipment failures, and falls.
Refinery Explosion or Fire
Injured in a refinery explosion, fire, or chemical release at a Houston-area oil refinery. Often involves multiple responsible parties including operators, contractors, and equipment manufacturers.
Third-Party Liability · OSHA Violations
Chemical Plant or Petrochemical Facility
Hurt at a chemical plant, petrochemical complex, or industrial processing facility. Toxic exposure, process safety failures, and equipment failures cause catastrophic injuries daily in the Houston Ship Channel corridor.
OSHA · Process Safety · Third-Party Claims
Pipeline Accident or Explosion
Injured during pipeline construction, maintenance, or operation — including pipeline explosions, ruptures, and fire events. Pipeline operators, construction companies, and equipment manufacturers may all share liability.
PHMSA Regulations · Third-Party Claims
Oilfield Drilling or Wellhead Injury
Hurt on a drilling rig, at a wellhead, or at a fracking site. Blowouts, equipment malfunctions, falling objects, and electrical failures are common causes. Multiple operators and contractors are often involved.
Oilfield Negligence · Equipment Liability
Toxic Chemical or Gas Exposure
Exposed to hydrogen sulfide (H2S), benzene, asbestos, ammonia, or other toxic substances at an industrial worksite. Toxic exposure injuries are often severe and develop over time — and are frequently caused by a third party's negligence.
Toxic Tort · Product Liability
Oilfield or Industrial Wrongful Death
Surviving family of a worker killed at an oilfield, refinery, chemical plant, pipeline, or industrial facility. Wrongful death claims can include third-party defendants that workers' comp does not reach at all.
Wrongful Death · Third-Party Liability
🔩 Why Third-Party Claims Change Everything in Oilfield Injury Cases
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Workers' compensation only covers your employer — not the other parties who caused your injury. Most oilfield and industrial accidents involve contractors, sub-contractors, equipment manufacturers, and property owners who are entirely separate from your direct employer. Workers' comp cannot touch them. A third-party personal injury lawsuit can — and the recovery is typically far larger, including pain and suffering that workers' comp never pays.
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Equipment that failed may create product liability against the manufacturer. If a defective valve, pressure vessel, safety device, power tool, or piece of industrial equipment caused or contributed to your injury, the manufacturer may be strictly liable — regardless of worker negligence and entirely separate from any workers' comp claim.
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OSHA violations by the operator or site owner create additional civil liability. Violations of OSHA process safety regulations, chemical handling standards, and general industry safety rules are powerful evidence of negligence in a third-party lawsuit. We identify every OSHA violation and use it to build your case before the company can remediate and destroy evidence.
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Many Texas employers are non-subscribers to workers' comp — which means you can sue them directly. Texas is the only state that does not require employers to carry workers' compensation. If your employer is a non-subscriber, you can sue them directly for negligence — and they cannot use your own negligence as a defense.
Fast. Thorough. Aggressive.
What Happens After You Call a Houston Oilfield Injury Lawyer
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Free Case Review — 24/7, Right Now
Call or fill out the form. A real member of Brian's Houston industrial injury team picks up any hour of the day. We assess your oilfield, refinery, chemical plant, or pipeline injury and identify every potential claim — including third-party claims your employer never mentioned. No pressure. No cost. No obligation.
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We Identify Every Party Responsible — Not Just Your Employer
Most oilfield and industrial injury victims are told workers' comp is their only option. It is not. We immediately investigate who else was on that site — contractors, equipment manufacturers, chemical suppliers, property owners — and whether OSHA violations, product defects, or premises liability create additional claims. This investigation is what separates a modest workers' comp settlement from a life-changing recovery.
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We Preserve Evidence Before It Disappears
Industrial accident sites are cleaned up fast. OSHA investigations are controlled. Maintenance logs, inspection records, equipment manuals, and chemical safety data sheets can be altered or destroyed. We move immediately to issue preservation letters, retain industrial safety experts, inspect the site, and document everything before the company has the chance to make the evidence disappear.
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You Get Paid. We Get Paid Only When You Do.
Every oilfield and industrial injury case we take is handled on pure contingency. Zero upfront costs. No retainer. No hourly fees. We advance all case costs during litigation. Our fee comes only as a percentage of what we recover for you. If we do not win, you owe us absolutely nothing. That is our promise on every case we accept.
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"I was burned in a refinery explosion and thought workers' comp was all I had. Brian White's team found that a contractor's faulty valve caused the fire, filed a separate lawsuit, and the total recovery was many times what workers' comp alone would have paid. He found claims I didn't even know existed."
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"I suffered serious injuries from hydrogen sulfide exposure at a pipeline site. My employer pushed workers' comp hard. Brian White took one look at the equipment and identified two other parties — the equipment manufacturer and the site operator — who were also liable. The third-party settlement changed my family's life."
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"My husband was killed in an oilfield accident and I was told it was covered by workers' comp only. Brian White's firm found that a defective blowout preventer was involved and filed product liability claims against the manufacturer. The wrongful death settlement was beyond what I thought was possible."
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Oilfield & Industrial Injury Questions
What Injured Oilfield and Industrial Workers Ask Us Most
Almost certainly not — and this is the most important thing injured oilfield and industrial workers need to understand. Workers' compensation only covers claims against your direct employer. The majority of serious oilfield accidents involve contractors, sub-contractors, equipment manufacturers, chemical suppliers, and property owners who are separate from your employer and who carry their own liability. A third-party personal injury lawsuit against those parties can recover pain and suffering, full lost wages, future medical expenses, and other damages that workers' comp is specifically designed not to pay. Additionally, Texas is the only state that does not require employers to carry workers' comp. If your employer is a non-subscriber, you can sue them directly for negligence — without the reduced recovery that workers' comp otherwise provides. The free case review we offer identifies every party who may owe you compensation.
If your employer subscribes to Texas workers' compensation, your direct claim against them is limited to the workers' comp system. However, two important exceptions exist. First, if your employer committed an intentional act that caused your injury, you may be able to sue outside workers' comp. Second — and far more common — if your employer is a non-subscriber (does not carry workers' comp), you can file a direct personal injury lawsuit against them and they cannot use your own contributory negligence as a defense. Non-subscription is common in the oilfield and construction industries in Texas. Additionally, claims against third parties — contractors, equipment manufacturers, site operators — are always available regardless of your employer's workers' comp status. We assess all of this in your free case review.
Through a third-party personal injury lawsuit — separate from workers' comp — you can recover: past and future medical expenses (including surgeries, rehabilitation, and long-term care), all lost wages and diminished future earning capacity, pain and suffering, physical impairment and disfigurement, mental anguish and emotional distress, and in cases involving extreme recklessness or gross negligence, punitive damages. Workers' comp pays none of these categories except basic medical and partial wage replacement. For wrongful death cases, surviving family members can recover loss of financial support, loss of consortium, mental anguish, and funeral expenses. The difference between a workers' comp settlement and a full third-party recovery can be the difference between financial survival and a completely different life outcome. We do not recommend accepting any settlement without first understanding every claim available to you.
An OSHA investigation can be powerful evidence in a third-party personal injury lawsuit — but you need to act fast. OSHA citations and reports are public record and can establish that the employer, operator, or contractor violated specific safety regulations that caused your injury. However, companies routinely challenge and settle OSHA citations quickly, sometimes eliminating the citation from the record before you can use it in civil litigation. We immediately request all OSHA inspection records, citations, and documentation when we take an oilfield or industrial injury case. We also retain independent process safety and industrial safety experts to conduct our own investigation — because the OSHA investigation is designed to identify regulatory violations, not to build your personal injury case. Both efforts together give us the strongest possible foundation for your claim.
In Texas, the statute of limitations for a personal injury lawsuit is generally two years from the date of injury. For wrongful death cases, the two-year clock generally runs from the date of death. There are some exceptions — including for occupational disease or toxic exposure cases where the injury was not immediately apparent. However, you should contact an oilfield injury attorney immediately regardless of the deadline, because industrial accident evidence disappears fast. Accident sites are cleaned up. Equipment is repaired or replaced. CCTV footage is overwritten. Witnesses' memories fade. Maintenance and inspection records are altered. Waiting even weeks after a serious oilfield accident can significantly weaken the case. Call us as soon as possible — even before you know the full extent of your injuries.
Not necessarily. Employment agreements, arbitration clauses, and liability waivers are often challenged and sometimes unenforceable — particularly when they involve gross negligence, intentional conduct, or OSHA violations. More importantly, even if your agreement limits your claims against your direct employer, it almost certainly does not limit your third-party claims against contractors, equipment manufacturers, and other parties involved in your accident. Do not accept your employer's characterization of what you can and cannot do before speaking with an independent attorney. The free case review we offer is completely confidential and gives you an honest assessment of what rights you actually have — regardless of what your employer told you when you were hired or after your injury.
Nothing upfront. Brian White handles every oilfield and industrial injury case on a pure contingency fee basis. You pay zero to get started — no retainer, no hourly fees, no case costs during litigation. Our fee is a percentage of what we recover for you, and only when we win. If we do not recover compensation for you, you owe us absolutely nothing. The initial case review is completely free and completely confidential. Given how much the stakes differ between a workers' comp settlement and a full third-party recovery, getting that assessment costs you nothing and could change the outcome of your life.
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