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Houston Matters

Balancing worker safety and productivity on a construction site

Michael Hagerty

Posted on July 11, 2023 · A local builder and union rep discuss the challenges that come with completing projects on deadline, outside, in the Houston heat.

Tags Austin Commercial construction labor labor unions road construction Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation worker safety

Houston Matters

Property tax deal (July 11, 2023)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on July 11, 2023 · On Tuesday's show: Texas GOP lawmakers have reached a deal to cut property taxes. We learn what it took to achieve the compromise and what it might mean for property owners.

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Houston Matters

What Are The Most Common Workplace Accidents In Houston?

Abner Fletcher

Posted on August 8, 2019 · Houston's Fe y Justicia Worker Center has compiled information on rights violations local workers faced in 2018, including health and safety issues, wage theft, and discrimination.

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Full Show: The Effect Of Sea Level Rise On Property Values, And Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (April 23, 2019)

Abner Fletcher

Posted on April 23, 2019 · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: How rising tides are affecting property values, workplace fatalities in Texas, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher, how the state handles environmental crises, and Galveston poet Lupe Mendez.

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Energy & Environment

2 Workers Killed, 1 Hurt In South Texas Pipeline Accident

Associated Press

Posted on April 13, 2016 · Officials say two workers have been killed and another was hurt during a high-pressure release as the men did repairs on a South Texas gas pipeline.

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Update: Houston Fire Department Identifies Cadet Who Died In Training

HPM Digital Team

Posted on March 31, 2016 · A Houston fire cadet died on Thursday after collapsing during a training exercise.

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Energy & Environment

Mysterious Death Uncovers Risk In Federal Oil Field Rules

Emily Guerin, Praire Public Radio

Posted on March 30, 2016 · Oil worker Dustin Bergsing, 21, was found dead on top of a North Dakota oil tank in 2012. A journalist and a doctor looking into the death found a pattern of similar fatal accidents.

Tags oil-storage tanks oilfield fatalities OSHA worker safety

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Energy & Environment

Panel Formed To Investigate Gulf Platform Worker’s Death

Associated Press

Posted on March 15, 2016 · Roy Miller, a Nabors Drilling employee, was fatally injured last Thursday.

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Family Awarded $53M In Kyle Field Deadly Demolition Accident

Associated Press

Posted on February 11, 2016 · Jurors in Houston on Wednesday decided on damages in the negligence lawsuit filed on behalf of Angel Garcia's mother and two children.

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Business

Crimean Crisis Highlights Employers’ Responsibility For Workers’ Safety Overseas

Andrew Schneider

Posted on March 24, 2014 · Houston's workforce is unusually exposed to upheaval abroad.

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Posted on July 11, 2023 · On Tuesday's show: Texas GOP lawmakers have reached a deal to cut property taxes. We learn what it took to achieve the compromise and what it might mean for property owners.

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