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Unsafe Shipbuilder: Multiple OSHA Violations According to a news release, Houston shipbuilder that specializes in manufacturing barges, Sterling Shipyard LP, has been slapped by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) with 16 workplace safety violations for exposing their workers to numerous safety hazards. These violations, which included serious, repeat and failure-to-abate violations, were…

Foster Farms Chicken Recall: No Outbreak Cited Finally, after 16 months of continuous problems and after their chicken sickened at least 621 people in 29 states since March 2013, Foster Farms has announced a voluntary recall of chicken released from three California plants. Though the current outbreak has been going on for a long…

Lawsuits and Car Safety: Lawyers Should be Thanked Over the past thirty plus years, automobiles in the United States have become safer.  In large part, these safety advances were the result of people suffering serious catastrophic injuries in foreseeable automobile accidents and attorneys and other advocates standing up for these victims and demanding changes…

Summer began last week, and we all know that summer in Texas brings lots of traffic and very hot roadways, which means more hazards on the roadways. This past week gave us a preview of what this summer could hold for Texas drivers if we’re not careful. To begin the weekend, a fatal accident…

Velveeta Recall: Preservatives Insufficient Just a few months after a shortage of Velveeta cheese threatened to impact Super Bowl parties everywhere, there’s another “crisis” involving the popular cheese product that’s a little more serious. Kraft Foods has announced a voluntary recall of 260 cases – or more than 6,000 pounds – of Velveeta cheese,…

Airbag Defects: Moisture One Cause Ideally, when you drive Texas highways, you hope to never get into an accident. But when the unthinkable happens, you count on your vehicle’s safety devices to keep you safe. But according to Takata Corp., one of the largest suppliers of airbags in the world, your airbags may not…

Oil Rig Transport Helicopter Crash: 2 Fatalities Officials with the U.S. Coast Guard have announced the recovery of two bodies and the helicopter that had crashed in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday afternoon, June 11, about 90 miles from Houma, Louisiana. According to the Coast Guard, the civilian helicopter carrying two passengers crashed at…

Nap Nanny Recalled: Infant Deaths Prompt Action Sometimes, even after a product is recalled, a terrible tragedy can still occur. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued yet another consumer alert designed to warn parents who may still be holding onto a Nap Nanny infant recliner to not just cease using it, but…

Norovirus in Restaurants: More Common than Cruise Ships Though we tend to think of the norovirus as an illness one usually contracts on a cruise ship, the release of a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that you are actually far more likely to be contaminated by the…

Ford Steering Defect Prompts Recall The parade of serous recalls for major safety problems continues, with the revelation that on Thursday, May 29, Ford Motor Co. announced a recall of nearly 1.4 million sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) throughout the U.S. and Canada for several issues that could result in the loss of power steering suddenly….