On May 19, 2023, a Texas court upheld a jury’s decision to award $116 million to a family impacted by an 18-wheeler crash. The family of five was traveling in a pickup on I-20 west of Odessa, Texas, through a winter storm. At the time of the accident, black ice covered the roadway, freezing rain…
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For years, Texas has led the nation in occupational deaths, with the top percentage typically arising from construction. Despite apparent efforts to combat the inherent risk in construction and other industrious trades, employers have touted that new employees receive mandatory OSHA training in the hopes of mitigating the risk present while on the job. Still,…
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Shortly after 9:30 am CST on Monday, May 15, a fire broke out at the Marathon Petroleum Refinery in Texas City. According to Marathon officials, workers were performing routine maintenance when a pump deal near them failed, resulting in a fire. Three workers were rushed to the hospital and unfortunately, one succumbed to their injuries. …
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A 71-year-old woman was hit and killed last Tuesday shortly after 11:15 p.m. near the 6600 block of Hillcroft Street. According to Houston police, the woman had just gotten off a METRO bus and was attempting to cross the street when she was struck by a vehicle. The woman was transported to the hospital where…
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On April 19, 2023 at approximately 2:25 a.m., Joseph McMullin was struck and killed by a vehicle in the 1200 block of Westheimer Road in Houston, Texas. Court documents reveal that 32-year-old Kristina Chambers was behind the wheel of the vehicle with a blood alcohol limit nearly four times the legal limit of .08%. Authorities…
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Figure 1 – The Stone Basyx warehouse in Charlotte, North Carolina following the death of “Al” Abedi-Aslon on September 20, 2019. Photo credit: www.WSOCTV.com. On September 20, 2019, Behzad “Al” Abedi-Asl, then aged 63, was shopping with his wife, Angela, at Stone Basyx warehouse. Inside the warehouse were racks holding 1,000-pound slabs of stone. Unfortunately,…
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On Thursday, April 20, 2023, an American Airlines employee working at Austin-Bergstrom Airport in Austin, Texas, died from traumatic injuries sustained at Austin-Bergstrom Airport. Not all details pertaining to the Incident have been disclosed at this time. However, news outlets are reporting the employee was injured in a “crash” that occurred “on the tarmac.” Allegedly,…
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Around 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 Denton police and rescue crews were called to the scene of a major crash near the 8400 block of West University Drive near Cottonwood Lane. The crash involved a pickup truck and a sedan, which were both traveling westbound. According to the Denton Police Department’s preliminary investigation,…
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