Even though fewer miles were logged in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related shutdowns, the number of traffic fatalities in 2020 rose, according to new research released b the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The NHTSA...
Three workers were killed and another was hurt on Oct. 5 after a stairwell collapsed in a 15-story building that is under construction in the City Centre area of West Houston. The building is being constructed as the Houston headquarters for...
The phrase “speed kills” is something you often hear when it comes to car accidents, but it turns out how fast you’re going isn’t the only factor in whether a crash proves to be fatal. A new three-year study from the Insurance Institute for...
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...
Our nation relies on truck drivers to deliver the many goods we use on a daily basis. Drivers routinely travel hundreds of miles a day to transport these goods. Driving for long distances can quickly become monotonous, and many truck drivers rely on...
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...
