Home improvement injuries increase during the winter months. Home Improvement Injuries in Winter: When Are Contractors or Homeowners Liable in Texas? February in Texas often brings cooler weather. Many people spend more time indoors and decide it is the perfect time to start home projects. Some take on small…
Construction sites have unique hazards in January. Cold Weather Construction Accidents in Texas: Who’s Liable When Jobs Resume After the Holidays? Returning to work after the holidays can be tough. Schedules change, workloads increase, and crews must adjust quickly. For construction workers, January also brings cold-weather risks. Texas may…
OSHA’s Safe and Sound Week is held every year in August. Outdoor Workers and the Texas Heat: Your Rights During OSHA’s Safe + Sound Week August in Texas is notorious for extreme heat, and outdoor workers like construction crews, landscapers, and utility employees face some of the toughest conditions.…
Recently, two employees died, and 30 others suffered injuries after a chemical leak at a LyondellBasell Industries (LBI) plant in Texas. The company is one of the largest plastics, chemicals, and refining companies in the world. The Texas company boasts that its chemicals have provided modern ways to enhance food…
Many Texans spend the majority of their time at work. As a result, San Antonio workplace accidents are very common, even for those with jobs that are not physically demanding. Indeed, an on-the-job accident can occur at any moment, and for almost any reason. Thus, all employees need to understand…
Google Earth Bryan, Texas, February 8, 2020: A second explosion happened at one of Chesapeake Energy’s oil wells in the Eagle Ford Shale just two weeks after a Jan. 29 deadly explosion at a Chesapeake Energy oil well site in nearby Burleson County. Three men were killed and one…
Photo Credit: KWTX (BURLESON COUNTY, Texas, Feb 3, 2020) Three oil field contractors have died and another is still in the hospital after an oil well blowout and the resulting fire in Burleson County, Texas. The accident happened at a well site near Deanville, on County Road 127 and FM…
Photo Credit: KTRK (HOUSTON, January 27, 2020) Two people were killed in a gas explosion in northwest Houston at a manufacturing warehouse on Friday the 25 at around 4:30 a.m. After the explosion the Houston Fire Department reported that 48 people had to be sheltered and 18 people were sent…
December 31, 2019 Hutto, Texas – A local man was killed in an industrial accident Monday morning at Starfire Manufacturing located in the Tradesman Park Loop in Hutto. The Williamson County Sheriff’s department reported that a man in his 60’s was at the location to borrow a forklift. A large…
Residents of West, Texas recently commemorated the one-year anniversary of a major fertilizer explosion that killed 15 people, injured 200, and destroyed homes, schools, and a nursing home. One concern of many is that despite this deadly lesson, not enough has been done to implement new safety rules that would…
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