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Remote-scene documentation

Begin with a simple sequence: what task was assigned, who gave instructions, what training or warnings were provided, which equipment or product was used, what changed before the injury, and what happened immediately afterward. Preserve the names of people present and the exact location as it was identified at the time.

• Photograph the equipment, controls, guards, attachments, clothing, footwear, tools, containers, labels, and visible scene conditions when it is safe to do so.
• Save photographs, video, texts, work messages, schedules, invoices, instructions, inspection notes, and product packaging in their original form.
• Record weather, lighting, terrain, access conditions, and the route used for emergency response without altering the scene.
• Identify witnesses, including people who saw the assignment, heard warnings, observed the equipment, or arrived after the incident.

Vehicle or roadway events

If emergency personnel responded, preserve dispatch information, transport details, treatment records, and the names of responding organizations. A crash report or statewide crash-data starting point may be relevant when a road-vehicle event is involved, but TxDOT materials do not by themselves establish that TxDOT investigated or controlled a particular scene.

Preserve first, organize second

Use a consistent sequence so that physical evidence, personal records, and organizational records remain connected to the event.

• Write a timeline while memories are fresh, including the assigned task, instructions, equipment or product used, incident, response, and later communications.
• Create an evidence index listing each photograph, video, document, item, witness, and record holder, with the date and source.
• Ask that potentially relevant equipment, components, containers, personal protective items, and electronic records be preserved rather than discarded, altered, or repaired without documentation.
• Keep medical and wage-related documents together with the event timeline, and note the dates of appointments, restrictions, and communications without adding assumptions about legal entitlement.
• Identify whether the event may involve an employment claim, product-liability subject, public-entity subject, or another legal category before relying on a single record set.

Start with a fact inventory

Obtain appropriate medical attention and follow the treating provider’s instructions. Preserve the event timeline, photographs, equipment and product information, witness details, employer communications, and emergency-response records. Avoid discarding or altering relevant physical items, and keep copies of communications and requests for records.

• Confirm the legal names and roles of the landowner, employer, contractor, equipment owner, product participant, animal owner, and any public entity connected to the facts.
• Ask each potential record holder to preserve incident, assignment, training, maintenance, inspection, communications, and response materials.
• For a work-related event, consult the Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation’s official injured-worker materials.
• For a product-related subject, identify the product and preserve labels, manuals, warnings, packaging, and purchase information.
• Review the official Texas limitations, proportionate-responsibility, public-entity, and products-liability sources that may correspond to the facts.