- Bryan Pope | October 03, 2011 7:19 PM | Dallas, TX
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Workplace Injuries
A huge explosion this morning at the Magnablend chemical plant in Waxahachie, Texas caused a massive fire which created a potentially dangerous situation for the area around the plant. According to...
- Bryan Pope | October 12, 2011 5:23 PM | Dallas, TX
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Workplace Injuries
A worker at a Texas Instruments plant in Dallas, Texas was killed Monday in a major incident. Apparently, there was an explosion at a water purifier which resulted in the worker being impaled by the...
- Angel Reyes | June 28, 2010 10:02 AM | North Dallas, TX
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Workplace Injuries
Two construction workers were killed and two others were injured in an equipment accident Thursday morning at Denton County Transportation Authority's Hebron Park and Ride station, which is...
- Beth Janicek | November 02, 2009 6:14 PM | San Antonio, TX
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Workplace Injuries
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...
- Angel Reyes | September 10, 2009 3:38 PM | North Dallas, TX
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Workplace Injuries
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...
- Beth Janicek | January 28, 2009 1:46 PM | San Antonio, TX
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Workplace Injuries
The U.S. government wants to fine Deep South Crane and Rigging due to a crane accident that killed four employees in Houston, Texas. After an investigation that began July 18, OSHA announced that it...
- Beth Janicek | December 23, 2008 10:00 AM | San Antonio, TX
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Workplace Injuries
The Atlanta Botanical Gardens was closed last Friday because of construction that was intended to improve the park for visitors. Unfortunately, the renovations went horribly wrong when an...
- Beth Janicek | September 19, 2008 10:42 AM | San Antonio, TX
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Workplace Injuries
A couple of weeks ago I discussed a few of the OSHA requirements for crane operations. Now it is being reported that the U.S. Department of Labor will release the first crane regulations since 1971....
- Jeff Rasansky | June 20, 2008 10:46 AM | Dallas, TX
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Workplace Injuries
A wall collapse at a construction site on the Rice University campus has left one worker dead and seven others injured. The collapse happened at around 4 p.m. Five workers were trapped when some...