Year: 2017
Trampolines and other amusement parks carry inherent risks, but when park owners don’t promptly fix damaged attractions, tragedy is too often the result. Amusement parks are places for fun and laughter. But for one family in Houston, the laughter was swept away by horror when their son fell through a…
Petroleum processing plants are risky environments. When management puts workers at risk, tragedy can strike suddenly, in Texas and beyond. An earth shaking explosion and fire rocked the Williams Olefins petroleum plant southeast of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in June 2013. Two workers perished and 167 others were injured. Two court…
Many states hide engineering studies on dangerous roads and intersections. While the safety improvement of the roadways slows, people suffer more tragic accidents. Many states hide engineering studies on dangerous roads and intersections. While the safety improvement of the roadways slows, people suffer more tragic accidents – and it can…
When companies keep big rig drivers with an unsafe driving history on the road, they put the public at risk – in Texas and beyond. A central Texas man perished in a crash with an 18-wheeler driven by a trucker with multiple accidents and tickets which were known by his…
For long haul truckers, miles mean money. But a tired driver is a dangerous driver and this can result in mayhem – a bad thing for Texas drivers. With just a few strokes of a pen, truckers trying to cover more miles on insufficient rest can falsify a paper logbook….
