For the second time this year, someone working on the new CPS Energy coal plant on Calaveras Lake fell to their death. In January, a scaffolding builder with Calaveras Power Partners, died in an...
A man fell to his death while working at a CPS Energy power plant on Monday, according to officials from the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) and San Antonio Police...
A former employee of Burris Transfer and Storage Co. has filed a lawsuit against his former employer, claiming that he severely injured his neck while working for the company. Gary Crissman claims...
Machinist, Michael Allemand, has filed a personal injury lawsuit against his employer Land Enterprises Inc. in which he claims that he was severely burned when an acetylene torch he was using...
Labor Secretary, Hilda Solis, is taking a good hard look at Texas’ safety record as it relates to working conditions here in the Lone Star State. The Labor Department is looking at several...
Recently released federal statistics show the number of Hispanic workers who have died on the job has risen by 76 percent. Particularly worrisome is the number of work related deaths in...
Every 2.5 days a construction worker dies in Texas, according to a recent study released by Workers Defense Project. The report Building Austin, Building Injustice: Working Conditions in...
KXAN is reporting that a scaffold collapsed at the construction site of the 21 Rio condos in Austin (near the UT campus). All three people on the scaffold were killed. This incident is another...
A utility subcontractor was killed when a trench wall collapsed at a water tower site within two miles of the University of Texas at Arlington this morning. The collapse occurred when Rob...
Each morning when I arrive at work – usually by about six - I’m surprised to see the construction crews already on site next door. Next door to our Dallas office another...
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