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Commercial Truck Wreck Leaves Five Dead and Five Others Injured
As recently reported in the Houston Chronicle, five people were killed, and five were seriously injured after a truck overturned in central Illinois, causing a toxic substance to leak from its cargo and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of area residents. A semi truck, carrying…
Harris County Leads the Way with the Most Commercial Vehicle Accidents
The Texas department of transportation has recently released data from its reports from all counties across the state of Texas, indicating that Harris County has experienced the most commercial motor vehicle accidents for the past five years. As of the end of 2022, experts believe…
Deaths in Trenches and Excavations
As recently reported by OSHA, the construction industry is coming off the deadliest year for trenching and excavation in 18 years. In 2022, 39 people died while working in trenches or excavations, according to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. That is more than…
Harris County Leads the Nation in Driving While Intoxicated Deaths
According to the Texas Department of Transportation, from December 1, 2021 until January 1, 2022, 23% of all traffic deaths in the state involved drunk driving. Of those crashes, 98 people were killed and 236 were seriously injured. ABC 13 reported that Houston Police Chief…
Harris County Leaders Discuss High Workplace Fatalities
In Harris County, local labor and county leaders announced in a press conference that they will be making construction safety their priority in 2023. Recently, Harris County Commissioners voted to approve the new safety policy on January 10, 2023. This comes in response to an…
TPC Group’s Continuous Violations Put Workers and Residents at Risk
TPC Group, LLC has been found in violation of the Clean Air Act at its facility in Houston, Texas. These violations are similar to those which caused a catastrophic explosion in Port Neches on November 27, 2019. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency investigators reported visibly corroded…
NON-SUBSCRIBERS AND THE TEXAS LABOR ACT
The Texas Workers’ Compensation Act allows employers to subscribe to a workers’ compensation insurance program. This insurance allows employees of subscribers to recover for injuries without establishing the employer’s fault and without regard to the employee’s negligence. Subscribed Texas employers, in return for subscribing to…
BE CAREFUL ON THE ROAD
The COVID pandemic continues to take roller coaster highs and lows. However, for many of us, our confidence has risen and allowed us to get out onto the streets more by going back to work, visiting family, attempting to get back to normal road transit.…
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