Beaumont Personal Injury Lawyer

Cities and counties we serve in Southeast Texas

Patterson Law Group represents personal injury clients across Jefferson, Orange, Hardin, and Jasper counties — the heart of Texas's refinery row:

Counties covered: Jefferson, Orange, Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler, and Liberty.

What to do after an accident in Beaumont or a refinery incident

If you or someone you love has just been hurt in Southeast Texas, the next 24–48 hours matter — and at a refinery or chemical plant, the next few hours can be critical:

1. Get medical care immediately. Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas (Beaumont) and CHRISTUS Southeast Texas - St. Elizabeth (Beaumont) handle the bulk of regional emergency care. The Medical Center of Southeast Texas (Port Arthur) serves the southern Jefferson County area. Severe burns and complex trauma often transfer to UTMB Galveston or Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston.
2. Preserve refinery and plant evidence. If the injury happened at a plant, ask for copies of the JSA, hot-work permit, confined-space entry, lockout/tagout records, equipment maintenance logs, and any contractor agreements as soon as possible. OSHA and the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) may open investigations — their findings can be powerful, but they work to their own timelines and the plant operator's internal investigation usually runs in parallel.
3. Report the incident. Beaumont PD, Port Arthur PD, and the surrounding city departments handle local crashes. Jefferson County Sheriff handles unincorporated areas. DPS handles I-10, US-69, US-96, and US-287. Refinery and plant incidents are also reported to OSHA (within hours, by federal regulation) and often to the EPA and the U.S. Coast Guard for waterway incidents.
4. Photograph everything. The scene, equipment, signage, posted safety placards, and any visible injuries.
5. Do not give a recorded statement. Plant safety reps, contractor HR, and insurance adjusters are not on your side. You are not required to talk to them before a lawyer.
6. Do not sign any release or "incident report acknowledgment" without legal review. Some plant operators ask injured contractors to sign settlement-program releases that waive third-party rights. Call us first.

Beaumont's most crash-prone corridors

• I-10. The east-west spine through Beaumont and Orange. Heavy commercial trucking — including chemical and hazmat hauls — and frequent construction-zone backups. The Sabine River bridge stretch is a chronic problem.
• US-69 / US-96 / US-287 (Eastex Freeway). Routes that merge through Beaumont. Frequent rear-ends and merging crashes.
• SH-87. Coastal route through Port Arthur and Sabine Pass.
• MLK Pkwy / Eastex Fwy interchange. Major Beaumont interchange — frequent crashes.
• Twin City Hwy (SH-347). Connects Port Arthur, Nederland, Port Neches, and Groves — heavy plant-worker commuter traffic.
• SH-73. Cuts east from Port Arthur to Winnie. Heavy trucking and hazmat traffic.
• FM-365. Connects the refineries along the Sabine-Neches Waterway.
• Calder Ave, College St, Phelan Blvd, Dowlen Rd. Major Beaumont surface arterials — frequent intersection T-bones.
• Refinery and plant access roads. Shift changes at Motiva, ExxonMobil, Valero, and TotalEnergies produce concentrated crash windows.

Cases we handle in Southeast Texas

• Car accidents — I-10, US-69/96/287
• 18-wheeler and commercial truck accidents — refinery hauls and chemical trucking
• Refinery and chemical-plant injuries — third-party contractor cases
• Explosion, fire, and toxic-exposure cases
• Wrongful death
• Catastrophic injuries — burns, amputations, lung damage
• Slip and fall / premises liability
• Traumatic brain injury