Showing posts with label Texas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Texas. Show all posts
Friday, September 1, 2023

Water Breaks for Construction Workers

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 A Texas judge has blocked a new state law prohibiting local governments from requiring water breaks for construction workers. House Bill 2...
Thursday, March 24, 2016

Opting Out Creates Savings Reports Stanford Study

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Today's post is shared from ssrn.com The “grand bargain” of workers’ compensation, whereby workers relinquished the right to sue the...
Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Are Uber Drivers Getting Their Tips?

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Today's post is shared from http://ncworkcompjournal.com/ A U.S. federal judge recently ruled that a ride-sharing service must face a ...
Thursday, July 24, 2014

Rick Perry Orders Dallas Cowboys to Mexican Border

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Immigration reform Texas Repuublican style. Today's post shared from newyorker.com DALLAS ( The Borowitz Report )—In his boldest ...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

FDA warns of compounded drug recall by Texas firm

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WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration warned doctors Wednesday not to use compounded drugs from a Texas specialty pharmacy due...
Sunday, June 29, 2014

Rick Perry, Texas and A Record of High Worker Fatalities and of Weak Benefits

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Rick Perry presidential campaign, 2012 (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Texas does not mandate workers' compensation coverage and injure...
Thursday, January 16, 2014

NLRB Office of the General Counsel Issues Complaint against Walmart

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Office of the General Counsel has issued a consolidated complaint against Walmart alleging that ...
Friday, January 3, 2014

North Dakota blast prompts review of oil train safety

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A federal safety alert Thursday warned that crude oil flowing out of new fields in North Dakota may be more flammable than expected, a...
Sunday, December 29, 2013

US flu activity keeps climbing

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Today's post was shared by CIDRAP and comes from www.cidrap.umn.edu Highly magnified, digitally colorized  electromicrograph o...
Friday, November 15, 2013

White House rejects asbestos bill

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Today's post was shared by Linda Reinstein and comes from www.politico.com President Barack Obama ’s administration came out agai...
Friday, November 8, 2013

At US’s favorite water park, 20 year old fatally crushed in wave machine, his fifth week on the job

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Today's blog is shared from the pump handle scienceblogs.com. “They sure kept that quiet.” My neighbors had that reaction when I t...
Monday, October 28, 2013

NTSB says Texas Spirit Air flight had "uncontained" failure

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Today's post was shared by WCBlog and comes from www.cbsnews.com A Spirit Airlines plane at Dallas -Forth Worth Airport on Tue...
Saturday, October 12, 2013

Where's the New Jersey Conference?

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Today's post was shared by WorkCompCentral and comes from daviddepaolo.blogspot.com There's going to be  lots of press  surrou...
Friday, October 11, 2013

Safety Agency Cites Owners in Texas Plant in Explosion

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Todays's post shared from the NYTimes.com The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the owners of a fert...
Thursday, October 3, 2013

Many Nursing Homes Operate Without Adequate Sprinkler Systems

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Today's post was shared by The New Old Age and comes from newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com A body was removed from the Greenwood H...
Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Do Cities Need Texting Zones?

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This post is shared from Nicole Ferraro, Future Cities from www.informationweek.com This week, New York's governor announced a pla...
Thursday, September 12, 2013

After West disaster, News study finds U.S. chemical safety data wrong about 90 percent

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Even the best national data on chemical accidents is wrong nine times out of 10. A Dallas Morning News analysis of more than 750,000 fede...
Thursday, August 29, 2013

After West disaster, News study finds U.S. chemical safety data wrong about 90 percent

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Today's post was shared by WCBlog and comes from share.d-news.co Even the best national data on chemical accidents is wrong nine ...