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Even though it’s relatively easy to prevent workplace tragedies involving forklifts, there seems to be a spate of these accidents in recent months. In one example, George Fischer Central Plastics LLC and Nationwide Plastics Inc. have been cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for 16 safety and health violations. The citations…

Shop Towels Create Health Risks: New Study Released According to a new study recently published in Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, a large number of workers in manufacturing plants throughout the United States are actually being exposed to significant amounts of lead and other hazardous metals when they use laundered shop towels in the…

Houston Wrong Way Accident: Drunk Driving Blamed Wrong way accidents seem to be on the increase in Texas lately, and a disturbing number of them seem to be caused by people who choose to drive while under the influence of alcohol. One such accident occurred on the Katy Freeway recently. The wrong-way accident, which…

Airbag Recall Record: More than 6 Million Vehicle Recalled in 2013 We have come to rely so much on airbags to keep us safe while driving the roads and highways of Texas that we hardly think about them/ But perhaps we should. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released records showing that…

Discrimination Lawsuit filed by Hill Law Firm: Racism, Sexism and Homophobia Alleged On Thursday, November 7, 2013, Hill Law Firm, along with our co-counsel, Rodney Pat Ramsey of Waxahachie, Texas, and Melissa Fletcher Morales and Lawrence Morales of the Morales Law Firm in San Antonio, Texas, filed a Complaint in the United States District…

There seems to be an increase in all sorts of bus accidents recently, and it seems that no one is immune. For example just this week, a tour bus carrying country music star Jason Aldean hit and killed a man named Albert Kennedy, who police claim simply “walked out into the middle of the…

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited United Ethanol for 15 health and safety violations for an accident at a Wisconsin ethanol manufacturing plant in which a worker in a grain storage bin died when he became engulfed in corn last April and suffocated. According to OSHA, the worker entered the grain…

The Texas Department of Public Safety and the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office are investigating two crashes that happened Thursday, October 24 that should serve as a reminder that there is a lot to watch out for on Texas roads. The first accident happened when a passenger car collided with an 18-wheeler that was owned…