Workplace Fatalities
Workplace Accidents

Workplace Fatalities on the Rise in Texas

Recent data shows that work-related fatalities in Texas rose by 25% in 2019 – up from 488 in 2018 to 608 in 2019. The incident rate of fatal occupational injuries in Texas was 4.7 per 100,000 full-time employees, with private-sector workers representing 94% of fatalities at 573. The industry with the highest number of fatal […]

Workplace Injuries Affecting Trash Collectors
Workplace Accidents

Workplace Injuries Affecting Trash Collectors

Trash collectors help keep our homes, places of business, and entire city clean. Waste collectors handle our garbage, recycling, and heavy trash, doing lots of heavy lifting and riding on and in large commercial vehicles. These workers have much more dangerous jobs than most people realize. The companies that employ trash collectors must provide them […]

Heavy Equipment Injuries | Workplace Accident Attorneys
Workplace Accidents

Heavy Equipment Injuries

Many industries require their workers to use heavy equipment and machinery every day as part of their regular job duties. Cranes, loaders, backhoes, compactors, forklifts, mixers, plows, haul trucks, and more are all used in warehouses, manufacturing plants, construction sites, metalworking plants, and in oil and gas extraction and on processing sites. This equipment helps […]

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Workplace Accidents

Houston’s Most Dangerous Factories

When most people think of Houston, they immediately think of the oil and gas industry but that is not all that Houston has to offer. As the nation’s fourth largest city, it comes as no surprise that our city also has a thriving and diverse manufacturing trade. From steel, textiles, and digital tech to medical […]

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