The construction industry is the largest industry in the United States and unfortunately construction site accidents kill and injure thousands of workers each year. Numbers show 1 of 10 workers suffers some kind of on-the-job injury, making a construction site an accident waiting to happen. Every day we see federal reports that reveal an increase…
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In a post a few weeks ago, we blogged about the dangers of mining. In this post, we’ll examine two more inherently dangerous jobs that often result in on-the-job fatalities: loggers and construction workers. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the fatality rate for every 100,000 workers in the logging industry is 92. While that…
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Hyundai Motor Company is recalling 22,500 Sonata sedans from the 2012 and 2013 model years because their side air bags can go off without warning. Hyundai is South Korea’s top automaker and is simultaneously recalling 200,000 units of its Santa Fe sport utility vehicle. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) the sensors…
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Seven years after a deadly explosion at a refinery in Texas City, Texas, the oil company BP Plc has settled most of the safety violations uncovered in a follow-up inspection after the explosion. Earlier this month, BP agreed to a $13 million settlement with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The settlement clears…
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Last week, Ford Motor Company recalled thousands of its 2013 Escape models for a hazardous risk of fire. Ford recently filed documents with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) indicating that the cause of the recall was due to defective fuel lines that resulted from a manufacturing defect at a supplier’s plant. Ford’s part…
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According to a recent article in the Austin American Statesman, the state advocacy group for insurance customers, Texas Watch, is claiming that the Texas Department of Insurance intentionally blocked nearly 900 emails which were being sent to the agency’s commissioner Eleanor Kitzman as part of a mass email campaign. Texas Watch had organized a mass…
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For almost 25 years, the law protected injured workers by allowing them to pursue an action against workers’ compensation insurance carriers when they act in “bad faith” during the handling of workers’ compensation claims. That protection no longer exists for those who are most vulnerable: workers whose ability to earn a living has been interrupted…
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A recent federal court decision determined that Taser International is not responsible in the wrongful death of a 38-year-old man. In August 2004, police responded to a call that a man was “behaving erratically.” When they appeared on the scene, two officers had difficulty subduing the man, and ended up shooting him several times using…
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