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Chemical Plant Explosion in Louisiana Thursday and Friday were deadly in southern Louisiana, as two fatal chemical plant explosions occurred at two plants within a few miles of each other on those days. The first one took place Thursday morning, when an explosion and fire broke out at the Williams Olefins chemical plant, which…

Heavy Equipment Operator Faces Charges On June 5, a four-story building being demolished near downtown Philadelphia collapsed onto an adjacent Salvation Army thrift shop in one of the busiest areas of the city, killing six and injuring 13. While police and city officials aren’t releasing specific details as to the cause of the accident,…

The Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion in West, Texas was a terrible tragedy that shook many communities to their cores.  As the people of West, Texas try to pick up the pieces after one of the worst disasters in years, other Texas communities should really think about what can be done to prevent the next…

Corpus Christi Industrial Accident: Worker Crushed in Workplace Accident A 22-year old worker, Christopher Michael Cantu, was crushed and killed in an industrial accident at the Coastal Plating Company in Corpus Christi, on May 28. He was working in their factory when an overhead crane was moving a 13-ton cylinder of sand blasting material…

Oil and gas workers have a lot to worry about in the course of their jobs. According to some measures, their industry’s workplace fatality rate is as much as seven times higher than the average workplace. And one of the greatest hazards facing such workers is the danger inherent in exposure to such chemicals…

Dust Explosions Targeted by House Bill Grain dust, sugar dust, flower, and other type of dust are commonplace in many workplaces.  A lot of people look at a dusty workplace and see hard work, not a deadly workplace hazard which can take down the building they’re working in with just one explosion. In response…

San Antonio and Texas Have Many Fertilizer Plants:  San Antonio and Texas Have Many Potential West Fertilizer Risks While we all continue to read about and think about the tragedy that happened in West, Texas three weeks ago, people living in other areas of Texas might want to consider the potential of such tragedies…

In addition to the devastation to the town itself, the explosion at the West, Texas fertilizer plant has brought the issue of worker and worksite safety into the forefront of the public discussion.  Without serious regulations and oversight, employers have once again shown that they will take advantage of workers and will not focus…

3 Years Since Macondo Tragedy Last Saturday marked the third anniversary of the disastrous Deepwater Horizon accident. And while the cleanup of the Gulf of Mexico continues, and is the subject of numerous commemorative articles, let’s not forget that the oil spill started with a horrific workplace accident, when an oil rig exploded and…

Owner Issues Statement Regarding Tragedy Over the past 24 hours, the news has been laden with stories of death, destruction, loss, and tragedy related to the West, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion.  It appears, at this time, that a combination of fire and chemicals, likely ammonium nitrate, led to an explosion that killed many and…