Category: Work Injuries
Forklift workers face danger in the workplace every day in Houston, in Texas, and across America. Forklift workers face danger in the workplace every day in Houston, Texas and across America. A California building supply company has been slapped with a big fine in a forklift operator’s death. The California…
Chemical plants may be in your neighborhood – and that can be deadly for tens of thousands of Houston residents. The Houston economy depends on the chemical industry, yet many homes, schools and businesses sit beside the most dangerous chemicals on earth. A chemical accident could wreak a terrible toll…
Working in and around industrial cranes is dangerous work. And when a crane accident happens, different companies and their employees may share liability which means the injured worker and his family must have experienced legal counsel. In places like Houston and throughout Texas where industry regularly uses cranes, the danger…
Workers operating manufacturing equipment do dangerous work in Houston and across the nation. Ignoring safety can have tragic consequences. When companies neglect safety measures, workers can suffer catastrophic injuries. A young Alabama woman died in June 2016 just two weeks before her wedding day when a robotic machine at a…
The Environmental Protection Agency has delayed new regulations meant to safeguard you from serious harm, even death, in Houston and around the nation. Huge petrochemical plants including those found in and around the Houston and Beaumont-Port Arthur areas are surrounded by millions of people in so called “fence line” communities,…
Some of Texas’ largest employers do not carry state regulated workers’ compensation coverage, leaving employees to face financial ruin if hurt on the job. Workers’ Compensation benefits – medical expenses and lost wages – can be vitally important to an injured worker. The shock is some of Texas’ large employers…
Industrial machines can inflict terrible damage on people’s bodies. When companies neglect safety guards, workers get maimed for life. Industrial machines can inflict terrible damage on people’s bodies. When companies neglect safety guards, workers get maimed for life. In a city like Houston where tens of thousands of people work…
Construction work is dangerous in Texas. When contractors are repeatedly cited for serious safety violations, government regulators and the courts need to ensure that justice is done. Hazardous conditions often lead to workplace accidents around the country. In April of 2016, a 40 foot steel beam collapsed on a 47…
Petroleum processing plants are risky environments. When management puts workers at risk, tragedy can strike suddenly, in Texas and beyond. An earth shaking explosion and fire rocked the Williams Olefins petroleum plant southeast of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in June 2013. Two workers perished and 167 others were injured. Two court…
A North Texas man was sentenced after releasing hazardous substances in a 2nd offence. Some people have to learn the hard way. Such was the case with Bill Musgrove, a precious metals recovery business owner in North Texas. On Nov 18, 2016, William ‘Bill’ Lafon Musgrove, 61, was sentenced to three…
