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Trench Collapse at Construction Site Leads to Pearland Worker Fatality Regardless of the work they do, every worker at every workplace or job site in Texas or anywhere else in the country is entitled to the safest possible workplace, and they are entitled to as much protection from injury and illness as possible. Unfortunately, around…

Ex-employee Gets $225,000 in OSHA Whistleblower Protection Case All employers, in Texas and elsewhere are required to keep all workplaces as safe and healthy as possible for the people who work there. When an employee finds a hazard on the job, they should bring it to the attention of the employer or at least an…

Just within the last few weeks, at least three workers with landscape companies in Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas have been killed on the job when the riding mowers or tractors overturned into a stream bed or other source of water. This sudden spate of fatalities has caught the attention of the U.S. Occupational Safety and…

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…

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…

Earlier this month, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an alert about newly discovered oil and gas worker hazards. This new alert is related to those workers who manually gauge or sample fluids on production and flow back tanks. What are the New Safety…

Pasadena, Texas Chemical Plant Explosion Leaves 1 Dead, 2 Injured At about 12:45 p.m. on January 26, there was a deadly explosion at the PeroxyChem chemical plant in Pasadena, Texas that left one worker dead and three others injured. According to the Pasadena Police Department, the explosion happened when a tank containing nearly 1,000 gallons…

Houston Metals Company Slammed With OSHA Violations Under both federal and state law, all employers, in Texas and elsewhere are required to maintain a safe and healthy workplace for all workers, regardless of the business they are in and regardless of the job a employee does. Despite the legal requirements, however, many employers still cut corners…

Texas Food Processor Faces OSHA Safety Fines San Antonio, Texas-based specialty food processor Surlean Foods has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for a total of nine violations in the wake of the death of one of their employees, 68-year-old Raul Saucedo, who was struck and killed…

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) are in the process of investigating a fire that occurred at the Thanksgiving Tower in Dallas on Thursday, in which three workers became trapped in a 35-foot-deep chiller tank described by witnesses as “dilapidated.” The three deceased workers were later identified by the Dallas County medical…