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Fisher-Price Infant Swing Recall
When new parents buy products for their infant children, they rightfully expect the products to have been tested and determined to be safe for their child to use. Unfortunately, sometimes a manufacturer fails in their duty. Case in point: Due to a possible risk of the baby falling, Fisher-Price has decided to issue a voluntary…
Texas Airbag Fatality
A rear-end collision that occurred on March 31 in Fort Bend County, near Houston, has taken the life of a 17-year-old Texas girl. According to the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Department, the crash was “moderate” and wouldn’t have caused any serious injuries. However, the exploding Takata airbag, which was supposed to save her life,…
Texas FLSA Overtime Ruling
According to a federal judge for the Western District of Texas, personal trainers who work at Texas locations of Gold’s Gym, which are owned by Gold’s Texas Holding Groups Inc., are not exempt employees, based on definitions laid out in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). What that means is, they are eligible to…
Texas Pedestrians Warned of Jaywalking Danger
Just this past weekend, a pedestrian in San Antonio was struck and killed while attempting to cross the access road for Loop 1604 between Rogers Ranch and Military Drive. One vehicle managed to swerve to avoid the pedestrian, but the driver of a second vehicle apparently did not see him, so he had no…
Tragic Easter Accident Claims Three
Easter Sunday is usually a fun day for most Texans in the San Antonio area, but this past Easter Sunday wasn’t such a happy one for three families. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), a pickup that was driving on a slick, rain-soaked S.H 123 near Stockdale lost control at around…
Final OSHA Silica Rule Released
Last week the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) finally released its final silica rule and practically the first thing Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez did was to apologize for taking so long. As part of the announcement, he recounted a number of stories about so many workers who died from having inhaled…
Corpus Christi Crash Claims Lives of Three Teenage Girls
Yesterday, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced that they have initiated their own investigation of an accident near Corpus Christi that claimed the lives of three teenage girls from the Houston area. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, apparently, four teens were returning home from a spring break trip to South…
OSHA Investigates Grain Elevator Accident
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has opened an investigation into the death of a man who was killed in a grain elevator accident last week in Kearney, Nebraska. According to reports, the accident happened last Wednesday, March 16, at around 1:30 p.m. at a grain storage facility located just south of…
Texas Pistachios and Salmonella
Texas Pistachios and Salmonella Lead to Nationwide Recall Texas Star Nut and Food Co. Inc., a pistachio producer based in Boerne, Texas issued a voluntary recall on March 10 for pistachio products that had been shipped to retailers throughout Texas and Louisiana because of tests by a third-party lab contracted by the Food and…
Sucralose and Cancer
Researcher Find Possible Link Between Sucralose and Cancer According to a new research study, the artificial sweetener sucralose, which has been promoted as a healthier alternative to sugar, may not be all that healthy, after all. The study in question linked sucralose to a possible increased risk of leukemia. For the study, a group…