You would think that the bigger the company is, the more likely it is to invest in workplace safety measures because it has more resources to take precautions and protect workers. It turns out that isn’t true, according to a recent international...
Two workers were hurt when an oil tank exploded Tuesday at the Pelican Island Storage Terminal at 3801 GTI Boulevard in Galveston, local news reported. Crews were thought to have been welding near the oil tank at the storage terminal when the tank...
Two young children lost their mother on Friday in a horrific multi-vehicle crash on the North Freeway, which also left another man dead and forced one victim to jump off the side of an overpass to keep from being hit, ABC 13 reported. The tragedy...
We all have a duty to keep ourselves, our families, our neighbors, and our communities safe right now. This means temporarily reshaping the way we live our lives to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). At the Law Offices of Hilda Sibrian™, we...
In early January, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced that it is planning to conduct a study on crashes involving large trucks. The last time the FMCSA conducted this type of study was more than 15 years ago, from 2001...
There is more than one reason to be concerned about cellphone addiction. According to a study published recently in the health care journal JAMA, head and neck injuries related to cellphone use have been on the rise for the past 20 years. The young...
When there is a collision between vehicles, a pedestrian, or a bicyclist, it is often described as an accident. New research, however, shows that this type of rhetoric is dangerous. The term “accident” indicates that no one was at fault and...
Bicyclists in the Houston area know how crucial it is to be careful both on the busier streets and the backroads. A recent report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) highlighted just that. The NTSB report, titled “Bicyclist...
Early Thursday morning, an 18-wheeler crashed into the rear of a Greyhound tour bus on Interstate 45 near The Woodlands. The bus was stalled on the outside shoulder of the southbound lanes at Lake Woodlands Drive around 5 a.m., according to the...
It was the middle of August when the Trump administration made strides to relax the federal guidelines governing the length of time truck drivers can be on the road. The trucking industry has been pushing for this type of move for years, while...