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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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26 May

What City Has the Most Dog Attacks on Letter Carriers?

According to CBS News, Houston has the highest number of dog attacks on United States Postal Service (USPS) mail carriers. State Farm Insurance and the Insurance Information Institute (III) recently released research ...

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23 May

Has a Drunk Driver Injured You in a Pedestrian Accident? We Can Help

We have always said that pedestrians have the same right to safe transit as motor vehicles. Unfortunately, Austin has had an increasing drunk driving problem that is putting all pedestrians at risk of being injured or ki...

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21 May

Fertilizer Plant With Troubled Past Disregards Safety Requirements Yet Again

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued 12 citations for violations of the safety and health practices of American Plant Food Corp.’s (APF) Bartlett Facility. OS...

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14 May

Medical Costs for Workers’ Comp Have Gone Down

On April 22, the Texas Department of Insurance workers’ compensation commissioner Rod Bordelon gave testimony before the Texas House Business and Industry Committee on the latest trends in workers compensation since 20...

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2 May

One Year after West, Texas Plant Blast, Still No New Safety Laws

According to the US Chemical Safety Board, the fertilizer plant explosion that killed 15 people last year in West, Texas could have been prevented, even if it is not clear what started an initial fire that triggered the ...

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28 Apr

Officials Say There are a Half-Million Texas Workers Without Workplace Insurance

According to The Brownsville Herald, at least a half-million Texas workers have no occupational insurance coverage, either from a state-approved workers’ compensation plan or from a private equivalent. The figures, pr...

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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 Apr

Texas Company Sued After Worker Is Severely Burned in Explosion

According to The Southeast Texas Record, a Galveston County man is suing after sustaining injuries while working at a Texas City facility. The worker filed a lawsuit on February 27 in the Galveston County Court against M...

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2 Apr

Houston Company Cited by OSHA after Worker’s Arms Were Crushed by Machinery

According to The Houston Chronicle, after a machine operator’s arms were crushed, federal regulators proposed penalties against Custom Rubber Products in Houston for creating a dangerous work environment. Custom Rub...

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31 Mar

The Law Offices of Aaron Allison Now Offers Representation for Injury Victims in Temple!

The Law Offices of Aaron Allison is pleased to say that we offer representation for injury victims in Temple! Our Austin injury lawyer has been serving the needs of Texans since 1978. We are a small firm by choice: we c...

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26 Mar

Baylor University Construction Worker’s Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit

According to The Waco Tribune, the family of a construction worker killed in January while working on Baylor University’s new football stadium has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the university and several const...

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