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Crash Leads to Oil & Gas WARN Act, FLSA Complaints The oil and gas boom created a lot of great opportunities for a lot of people, but the oil and gas crisis that has developed because of the price crash over the past year has created a lot of other problems. Unfortunately, the resultant…

When a new parent puts their young child into a car seat, the intention is to keep them  as safe as possible. They expect that, should there be an accident, the car seat will keep them in place and keep them from flying around the cabin or even out of the car. Sometimes, however,…

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…

The combination Valentine’s Day/Presidents’ Day weekend was anything but full of love on Texas roadways, as people seemed to be crashing into each other all over the state. For example, Friday night saw a rash of accidents all around the Houston area, taking the lives of at least five people. The carnage started at…

Driver Fatality Leads to Ford Airbag Recall According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 2015 was a record year for vehicle recalls, led by recalls for airbags manufactured by Takata, and 2016 seems to be starting out as a continuation of that trend, with Ford’s announcement yesterday that it has issued a voluntary…

Last week was not a good one for San Antonio when it came to hit-and-run drivers. For example, at about 3:45 a.m. Thursday morning, Bexar County Sheriff’s Office dispatchers received a 911 call from a woman who told them that a man had been hit by a black pickup truck that never stopped on…

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…

There were three potentially serious overnight accidents in the Houston area Saturday night, keeping police very busy and serving as a reminder that accidents can happen at any time, and drivers should always be alert. The first Saturday night crash occurred at around 11 p.m., near the Buffalo Bayou, which is just east of…

Worker Killed in Texas Oil and Gas Explosion According to investigators with the Midland County Fire Marshal’s office, a worker with a water treatment company was killed in a fiery explosion Monday while he was mixing chemicals at an oil and gas services facility near Midland. Currently, the exact cause of the explosion is…

Bottled Water E. Coli Recall Apparently, the problems with pathogens in the food supply have spread to processed water. The Niagara Bottling Company in Pennsylvania has issued a voluntary recall for water that was bottled  at the company’s Allentown and Hamburg plants in that state  because of a potential contamination with E. Coli. The recall affects…