Worker Injury Articles

An investigation by a Texas news outlet has showed that federal officials do not keep adequate records about businesses that provide services for cleaning the interior of certain railroad tankers. The Houston Chronicle investigation showed that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is not sure which firms actually perform that service, nor are records kept…

As drilling and fracking become more common throughout Texas towns, an increase in oilfield accidents has also been occurring. During the period between 2008 to 2012, more than 200 people died during oilfield workplace accidents in Texas alone. Add that to increasing figures in Pennsylvania and North Dakota, and the oil industry certainly has some…

Statistics from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration show that Texas workers are at risk of suffering a variety of injuries from workplace incidents. Some of these workplace accidents even lead to death, including those involving disgruntled employees and even dissatisfied clients. American workplaces have a responsibility to keep their workers safe from on-the-job violence,…

Officials from Northwest Pipeline say that last week’s dramatic explosion at an East Washington storage facility was caused by a pressure vessel rupture. The Washington Post reports that the rupture occurred on a vessel that removes the carbon dioxide from the gas prior to liquefaction. Five people were hospitalized after the explosion, which occurred at…

Authorities reported that there was an explosion at a liquefied natural gas storage facility in Eastern Washington last Monday. Komo News reports that no one was killed despite 250-pound pieces of steel being thrown into the air. The explosion happened at the Williams Northwest Pipeline LNG storage facility near Plymouth, Washington. Five employees of the…

Research assistants in university laboratories in Texas deserve the same workplace protections as those provided to other professionals. However, many of these university workers are forced to work under unsafe conditions, which can lead to devastating workplace accidents. That is what happened to one University of California, Los Angeles research assistance, who suffered such severe…

The recent spill of 168,000 gallons of heavy oil into the Houston Ship Channel creates immediate and obvious environmental concerns. In addition, it has disrupted shipping for several days, with the channel only now being partially reopened. Perhaps overlooked at this point is the fact that the cause of these problems was a maritime collision….

A fire is currently burning out of control at an apartment complex currently under construction at West Dallas and Montrose in Houston. There is no word yet on injuries, but one construction worker was rescued from the third floor and potentially another worker was sighted on the roof. It is clear that the complex will be…