Ford Motor Co. is being sued by three vehicle owners in Ohio because of alleged defects in the automaker’s six-cylinder EcoBoost engine. Two of the plaintiffs, a married couple, claim their 2010 Ford Taurus SHO lost power and stalled several times. Another plaintiff says he lost power while accelerating his F-150 pickup. According to the…
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has recently been cracking down on U.S. construction sites for health and safety violations. When a worker is injured, an OSHA citation may seem like a justified response. However, this citation may result in the injured worker getting less compensation for his or her injuries in civil cases….
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Recently, two women filed suit against Chevron U.S.A., Inc. after being trapped in an elevator in Chevron’s building located at 1400 Smith Street in Houston, Texas. The lawsuit alleges that the two women were trapped in the malfunctioning elevator for approximately 40 minutes near the 39th floor of the skyscraper before the unthinkable happened. Apparently,…
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An oil storage tank belonging to Newfield Production exploded last week, killing one man and injuring another. The 400 gallon tank was undergoing routine maintenance when the fatal workplace explosion. A 28-year-old contract welder from Boren Construction was killed in the blast. The site of the oil storage tank explosion is an active oil well…
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A man from Texas and another from Oklahoma were killed in a fatal truck crash southwest of Wichita Falls on U.S. 277. Investigators believe that Jerry Jones of Noble, Oklahoma, veered into the path of an oncoming truck, causing a fatal head-on collision that resulted in an explosive fire. Noble was driving a pickup pulling…
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According to a recent article in the Austin American Statesman, Texans who want to learn more about the risks posed by chemical plants in their communities receive their instructions: no photocopying or cellphone pictures of the provided documents, which sketch out the worst-case scenarios at individual facilities and the safety measures company officials have taken….
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As Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month gets underway, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is reminding drivers to look out for and share the road with motorcycle riders. Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month is a national initiative designed to encourage drivers of all kinds of vehicles and motorcyclists to “share the road”…
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In an interesting article from the Dallas Morning News, the paper noted that the state of Texas makes bounce house operators actually carry liability coverage, but there is no similar requirement for fertilizer plants like the West Fertilizer plant that exploded. In the West Fertilizer case, the plant had ammonium nitrate that detonated leveling the…
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