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18 Jun

What is the Leading Cause of Death for Construction Workers?

[caption id="attachment_2053" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo of construction workers on a jobsite[/caption] According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), falls are the leading cause of death ...

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11 Jun

OSHA Cites Contractors Working on A&M Football Stadium

[caption id="attachment_2030" align="alignright" width="199"] Photo of construction workers on a jobsite[/caption] According to YourKatyNews.com, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Lindamood ...

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6 Jun

Where Does Austin Rank in the Nation for Pedestrian Accidents?

According to KVUE, Austin is the 24th most dangerous city for pedestrian fatalities and accidents. A study conducted by the National Complete Streets Coalition (NCSC) found that between 2003 and 2012, the Austin and Roun...

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4 Jun

What is the Leading Cause of Occupational Deaths in Agriculture?

According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), tractor overturns are the leading cause of occupational agricultural deaths. Nearly 1,500 farm workers died from tractor overturns between 1...

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2 Jun

Wrecks Caused by City of Austin Employees are Costing Taxpayers

A recent investigation by KXAN revealed that taxpayers in Austin are on track to pay more than $800,000 in liability claims this year for accidents caused by City of Austin employees driving city-owned vehicles. As of f...

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28 May

Texas to Consider Construction Reforms for Workers’ Comp

According to In These Times, the Texas House Business and Industry Committee (TBIC) is looking into ways to reform the construction industry in our state before the legislature reconvenes in 2015. Currently, employers ha...

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12 May

Are Texas Oil Companies Overworking Their Truck Drivers?

According to a Fox 7 news report, police officers from Karnes County believe that “many oil field workers are probably driving longer hours than the law allows.” The oil companies are increasing the workload on their...

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25 Apr

Austin City Worker Struck By Lightning On The Job

According to KXAN, a city worker was indirectly struck by lightning and hospitalized after a severe thunderstorm on April 16. Lightning often strikes several miles away from the center of the storm, even as far as 10 to...

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23 Apr

TxDOT Remembers Fallen Worker During Work Zone Awareness Week

According to The El Paso Times, dozens of Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) employees, dressed in orange safety vests, gathered on April 11 to honor one of their own. The family of a man who was hit and killed...

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18 Apr

Austin Construction Worker Hospitalized After an Elevator Crushed His Head

According to KXAN, a construction worker in his 30s is in the hospital with critical, life-threatening injuries after EMS officials say an elevator crushed him at a downtown Austin construction site. The accident happene...

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14 Apr

43-Year-Old Texas Man Killed By Heavy Equipment at Ohio Facility

According to NaturalGasIntel.com, a Texas man was crushed by a large piece of equipment and killed on April 5 at a Rice Energy Inc. drilling site in Belmont County, Ohio. The 43-year-old Victoria, Texas man was working ...

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7 Mar

MoPac Construction Causes Confusion and Dangerous Road Conditions for Drivers

Like we have discussed before, the construction started along MoPac has caused much confusion and has created dangerous driving conditions for motorists and construction workers on the Austin roadway. Unfortunately, on F...

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5 Mar

Work-Related Deaths in Oil Industry on the Rise, More Regulation Needed

According to ThinkProgress.org, on February 21, a 26-year-old worker was struck by a welding truck and died at a drilling site in Converse County, Texas. This young worker’s death is evidence of how deadly and dangero...

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5 Feb

Construction Worker Falls to His Death after Equipment Fails at Baylor Football Stadium

According to KXAN, a construction worker on a footbridge at Baylor University’s new football stadium in Waco, Texas died after he plummeted to his death when the construction equipment he was harnessed to fell from a f...

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