Agustin Rojas-Vieyra Killed in Work Accident in Forney, TX
Forney, TX — November 25, 2024, Agustin Rojas-Vieyra was killed due to a work accident at around 12:00 p.m. along Polo Pony Court.
According to details released by OSHA, the accident happened at a residence off of the 9300 block of FM 2757.
Investigators said that 50-year-old Agustin Rojas-Vieyra was constructing a catwalk to do roofing work. While doing so, Agustin Rojas-Vieyra somehow fell. This resulted in fatal injuries.
The OSHA statement listed four alleged violation citations. Two were labeled "serious" while another was "repeat." OSHA also recommended a penalty of over $100,000. Right now, further information remains unconfirmed.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
With allegations this serious following an OSHA investigation, I have to wonder what workers and their families know about this incident or the employer involved. I've handled many work accident cases where workers and their families would repeatedly complain about hazardous conditions at job sites—no oversight, lack of equipment, poor training, machinery or equipment that needed to be repaired or replaced, workers forced to do unnecessarily dangerous tasks, etc. Those complaints would simply be ignored until it was too late and someone got hurt. Could it be something similar happened here?
That all may seem like an afterthought now that OSHA has recommended citations and penalties here. However, OSHA is usually just the tip of the iceberg. Texas has uniquely complex work fatality laws—the most complex in the country, in fact. Despite what many believe, there isn't always a guaranteed path to get families a solution. Even when OSHA finds all kinds of problems relating to an accident, the burden may still fall to the families to pursue a resolution themselves. That requires thorough independent investigations and careful legal strategy to ensure there are no barriers between the family and the resolution they deserve.
So as concerning as these initial OSHA statements are, they may just be a small piece of the much larger puzzle.
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