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Acid Mishap Forces Partial Evacuation of Fort Worth Dannon Plant - Worker Injured
Legal news from personal injury lawyer Michael Grossman:
An acid mishap has caused the partial evacuation of the Dannon plant in Fort Worth Texas. According to reports, at least one worker and one responding officer were injured. The worker was injured on May 24th by breathing vapors from the peracetic acid... read more
Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig in Gulf of Mexico Explodes | Several Workers Injured | Texas Personal Injury Attorney Michael Grossman
Legal news from Texas personal injury attorney Michael Grossman:
At least twelve people are missing and 7 people have been critically injured following an explosion & fire on the Deep Water Horizon oil rig on Tuesday, April 20th, 2010. The oil rig is located in the Gulf of Mexico... read more
Dallas Construction Attorney - Falls on a job site - Scaffolding Injuries
Given the nature of the work involved, injuries sustained by falling from scaffolding or some other object while on a construction site are all too common... read more
Dallas Workers Comp Attorney - The difference between workers' compensation and non subscriber cases
If you have been injured on the job and are debating hiring an attorney, there are some things you need to consider. Texas work injury laws are complex. Essentially, work injury cases fit in two distinct categories: injuries covered by workers' compensation insurance and injuries that are not.... read more
Wesley Harlow and two others injured in crane accident at Cowboys Stadium
On June 12, 2008 three construction workers suffered a workplace injury in a crane accident on the construction site at the new Dallas Cowboys stadium in Arlington, TX.... read more
Several injured in explosion at Goodyear plant in Houston, TX.
On June 11, 2008 an explosion and subsequent chemical leak at the Houston, TX Goodyear chemical plant resulted in the injury of several employees... read more
Every year more than 6,000 employees in this country die from injuries sustained in the workplace according to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration. Another 50,000 die from illnesses caused by exposure to workplace hazards. In addition, six million workers suffer non-fatal workplace injuries at an annual cost to US businesses of more than $125 billion.... read more
Three people were injured on the job when a scaffolding collapsed at a construction site in Grapevine Wednesday of this week. The accident occurred at the Gray Wolf Lodge.
Construction work is one of the most dangerous occupations in the country. Construction workers are exposed to a wide variety of hazards and face a greater risk of work-related injury or fatality than employees in any other U.S. industry. Recent labor statistics from Bureau of Labor Statistics Injuries, Illnesses & Fatalities (IIF) division demonstrate this. Findings show the largest number of fatal work injuries in 2003 was in the construction sector!
"An estimated 2.3 million construction workers, or 65% of the construction industry, work on scaffolds frequently. Protecting these workers from scaffold-related accidents would prevent 4,500 injuries and 50 deaths every year, at a savings for American employers of $90 million in workdays not lost. In a recent BLS study, seventy-two percent of workers injured in scaffold accidents attributed the accident either to the planking or support giving way, or to the employee slipping or being struck by a falling object. All of these can be controlled by compliance with OSHA standards." Source: OSHA.gov
The most dangerous jobs in the country in 2000 included construction workers in 7th place. Construction workers have 27.6 fatalities per 100,000 employees as compared to other occupations in total averaging 4.3 deaths per 100,000 employees.
There are a number of different types of construction accidents:
Grossman Law Offices represents clients who have been injured in construction accidents. For more information, visit us on line at Texas-Workplace-Injury-Lawyer.com
The petrochemical industry is one of the most intense industries in the world today, with a tremendous capacity to affect both national and international economies in the event of a catastrophic accident. It's also one of the most hazardous industries in the world in terms of product flammability, volume of processes, and extreme operating conditions.
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