Workplace Injuries

• BP Seeks to Block Expert Testimony in Deepwater Horizon Trial

  Scott Kappes | January 31, 2012 1:27 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  According to an AP report, BP and other companies involved have filed numerous motions to block the testimony of two expert witnesses in the trial over Deepwater Horizon explosion of April...

• Worker Killed in Industrial Workplace Incident at Texas Instruments in Dallas

  Bryan Pope | October 12, 2011 5:23 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  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...

• Massive Explosion and Fire at Texas Chemical Plant Causes Public Safety Concerns

  Bryan Pope | October 03, 2011 7:19 PM | 5 CommentsDallas, TX

  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...

• Parking Garage Collapse Caused by Negligence

  Beth Janicek | August 21, 2011 11:39 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Recently a group of Houston engineers confirmed that negligence led to the February 14, 2011, collapse of a partially completed University Hospital parking garage. The engineers’ review found...

• Worker Killed In Austin Construction Accident

  Angel Reyes | February 15, 2011 9:44 AM | 0 CommentsNorth Dallas, TX

  A fatal construction accident at a South Austin construction site is being investigated by the Occupational Health & Safety Administration (OSHA). Two workers were caulking brick work around...

• Behind the Minnesota Bridge Collapse Settlement

  Scott Kappes | August 23, 2010 6:18 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  A settlement has been reached in the lawsuit brought by the victims of the tragic Minnesota bridge collapse that claimed thirteen lives in 2007. The $52.4 million settlement came as the judge was...

• Study - Sepsis And Septic Shock Risk For Hospital Patients

  Angel Reyes | July 26, 2010 11:22 AM | 0 CommentsNorth Dallas, TX

  Patients in the U.S. have a greater chance of suffering from sepsis or septic shock than pulmonary embolism in the lungs or heart attack following general surgery, finds a new study in the the...

• Lawsuit Claims that Hospital Lost Portion of Patient’s Skull

  Scott Kappes | July 20, 2010 11:59 AM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  A lawsuit has been filed in the Galveston County District Court that claims physicians treating a man at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston lost a portion of the man’s...

• Grain Elevator Accident Claims one Life

  Bob Hilliard | July 01, 2010 10:02 AM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  Former Garden City Community College football player Brett Spresser died Tuesday morning in a grain elevator accident at the United Plains Ag Co-op in Weskan. Wallace County Sheriff Larry...

• Two Workers Killed In DCTA Construction Accident

  Angel Reyes | June 28, 2010 10:02 AM | 0 CommentsNorth Dallas, TX

  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...