Whenever someone has been victimized by a criminal attack, such as an assault, rape, robbery, or another violent crime, the aftermath can often be devastating to them and their families. The emotional toll it takes is often quite serious, but often, the costs incurred to return their life to something resembling “normal” is often substantial as well. Sometimes, a life
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), construction accidents are among the most common causes of worker injuries nationwide and among the most catastrophic construction accidents, meaning those with the most devastating effects, are accidents involving cranes. Crane accidents can happen for any of a number of reasons, but the most common including: Contact with live electrical sources – Most
Birth injuries are far too common these days. Even with the wealth of medical knowledge and medical procedures available to medical personnel, medical malpractice during childbirth happens too often and one of the most serious birth injuries that occurs is cerebral palsy, which is something of an umbrella medical term that refers to a number of neurological disorders in which body movement
It’s almost impossible to drive in Texas without encountering many large trucks; sometimes, it feels like they’re everywhere. When a tractor-trailer is fully loaded, it is a potentially extremely dangerous weapon, because a fully loaded trailer is carrying more than 80,000 pounds. That much weight makes the truck inherently less responsive than a truck carrying far less, as well as
In Texas, as in much of the country, slip, trip, and fall accidents are the second-most common cause of workplace injuries and fatalities, right behind vehicle accidents on the job. This, despite the fact that safety standards, developed, implemented and enforced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) directly address such problems as walkways and working surfaces for most industries, including those
Earlier this year in downtown Houston, six construction workers were injured in a construction. The accident happened just blocks from Minute Maid Park, the home of the Houston Astros, and video from the scene showed the twisted metal wreckage of the scaffolding covering almost a full city block, which isn’t surprising, since the scaffolding covered most of the block and reached a
