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Salmonella on Chicken Caused by Roaches As if their problems weren’t bad enough, having seen sales drop 25 percent in recent months because of a salmonella outbreak traced to their plants, a Foster Farms chicken processing plant in California that just reopened on Saturday after being shut down for a major cockroach infestation has…

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently took the relatively rare step of filing a lawsuit to hold the former owner of an Internet sales sensation, Buckyballs, personally responsible for the cost of recalling the product, a prospect that could end up costing as much as $57 million. Buckyballs is a small desk toy…

52 Companies Ordered Shuttered Every year, the motor coach industry carries nearly 700 million passengers a year to destinations spanning the United States. Those passenger numbers are comparable to those in the domestic airline industry. Because of a spate of bus accidents over the past few years, especially a tragic April accident in the…

The epidemic of bus crashes seems to continue unabated. The situation has been bad enough in recent years to cause the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to crack down on bus companies that don’t follow the rules. The campaign, which they named “Operation Quick Strike,” has resulted in the closing of 52 bus…

Bus Accident Involves Musicians: Willie Nelson Cancels Shows It’s been a horrible year for bus crashes throughout the country this year, with a large number of them happened in Texas. The problem is so bad, The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has been conducting a serious crackdown on bus companies for most of…

Texas Holiday Roadway Safety: Be Careful During the Holidays The 2013 holiday season has thus far seen a slew of accidents on Texas roads, once again demonstrating that the state’s highways are becoming more dangerous to navigate these days. Here are a few examples of the carnage on the roads just in the last…

Do you own a horse, and need to know if you’re at risk for a horse injury liability lawsuit? Have you been injured by a horse, and want to know the next steps you can take? The first step in horse injury cases is deciding whether or not the owner of the horse is…

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…