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Build a neutral timeline

Create a dated account while details are fresh. Note where the event occurred, what happened immediately before and after it, who was present, and when medical care or work restrictions began. Preserve photographs, video, messages, receipts, clothing, equipment, and physical objects without altering them. Keep original files when possible and record how each item was obtained.

• Write down the location as specifically as you can, while avoiding assumptions about property ownership or agency jurisdiction.
• List witnesses and their contact information separately from your description of what they may have seen.
• Save each photograph, video, message, and document with its original date and source when available.

Match the record to the event

For a vehicle-related event, official crash-report and crash-data starting points are available through the Texas Department of Transportation. That resource does not establish that the agency investigated or controls a particular scene. For a boating event, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department publishes official boating accident duties and reports. The relevant record path depends on the facts.

Keep parallel medical and work files

Keep a treatment chronology that identifies appointments, symptoms, testing, recommendations, medications, restrictions, and changes over time. Preserve discharge materials, bills, explanations of benefits, mileage notes, and communications about scheduling or follow-up. Do not alter medical records or try to summarize a provider’s opinion beyond what the record says.

• Record missed appointments and reasons without guessing how they may be interpreted.
• Keep copies of work restrictions, time records, wage statements, leave communications, and return-to-work materials.
• Note practical effects on ordinary activities in contemporaneous, factual language.

Separate employment and treatment issues

The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation provides official information about injured-worker claims, coverage, and employer records. Chapter 74 identifies the official Texas health-care-liability subject area. Which records matter depends on the event, the treatment, and the work relationship; those questions require a case-specific review.

Select by event and evidence

Use the detailed topic that best matches the event and the evidence available. A vehicle event may fit Car Accidents, Bicycle Accidents, Bus Accidents, or Aviation Accidents. An event involving a vessel may fit Boating and Jet Ski Accidents. A worksite or equipment event may fit Construction Site Injuries, Amputation Injuries, Burn Injuries, or Catastrophic Injury. A medical event involving an infant may fit Birth Injuries. A product question may call for Products Liability review; Chapter 82 identifies that official subject area without establishing that a product is defective.

• Car Accidents: vehicle positions, crash materials, witnesses, and treatment chronology.
• Construction Site Injuries: work records, employer information, equipment details, and site evidence.
• Catastrophic Injury, Amputation Injuries, and Burn Injuries: long-term treatment, functional changes, and preservation of physical evidence.
• Boating and Jet Ski Accidents: vessel information, incident materials, and the official boating-report subject area.

Use more than one topic when needed

Topic labels are organizing tools, not conclusions. If more than one topic fits, keep the shared evidence in the main file and create separate subfolders for the distinct issues. Link to the relevant detailed page only after identifying the event type and the records available.