Contact a Houston workplace accident attorney near you as soon as possible after an industrial accident in Texas. As a general rule, you only have two years from the date of your accident (or the date of injury or illness discovery) to file a personal injury claim. If your loved one passed away in a fatal industrial accident, you have two years from the date of his or her death. If you wish to file a workers’ compensation claim, you have 30 days to report the injury to your employer and 1 year to file a claim. These are Texas’s statute of limitations, and they have only rare exceptions.