Tragic Easter Accident Claims Three

Easter Sunday is usually a fun day for most Texans in the San Antonio area, but this past Easter Sunday wasn’t such a happy one for three families. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), a pickup that was driving on a slick, rain-soaked S.H 123 near Stockdale lost control at around…

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Final OSHA Silica Rule Released

Last week the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) finally released its final silica rule and practically the first thing Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez did was to apologize for taking so long. As part of the announcement, he recounted a number of stories about so many workers who died from having inhaled…

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Corpus Christi Crash Claims Lives of Three Teenage Girls

Yesterday, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced that they have initiated their own investigation of an accident near Corpus Christi that claimed the lives of three teenage girls from the Houston area. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, apparently, four teens were returning home from a spring break trip to South…

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OSHA Investigates Grain Elevator Accident

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has opened an investigation into the death of a man who was killed in a grain elevator accident last week in Kearney, Nebraska. According to reports, the accident happened last Wednesday, March 16, at around 1:30 p.m. at a grain storage facility located just south of…

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Texas Pistachios and Salmonella

Texas Pistachios and Salmonella Lead to Nationwide Recall Texas Star Nut and Food Co. Inc., a pistachio producer based in Boerne, Texas issued a voluntary recall on March 10 for pistachio products that had been shipped to retailers throughout Texas and Louisiana because of tests by a third-party lab contracted by the Food and…

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Sucralose and Cancer

Researcher Find Possible Link Between Sucralose and Cancer According to a new research study, the artificial sweetener sucralose, which has been promoted as a healthier alternative to sugar, may not be all that healthy, after all. The study in question linked sucralose to a possible increased risk of leukemia. For the study, a group…

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San Antonio Verdict Lays Bare Auto Seatback Defect

Just days after a Bexar County jury awarded a San Antonio family $124 million in a lawsuit, car safety experts nationwide are asking for action on what they refer to as a serious auto seatback defect that is very dangerous, even though it could potentially be fixed for a few dollars. The rear-end car…

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Oil & Gas WARN Act, FLSA Complaints

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…

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