Houston Matters
Balancing worker safety and productivity on a construction site
Posted on · A local builder and union rep discuss the challenges that come with completing projects on deadline, outside, in the Houston heat.
Tag: worker safety
Houston Matters
Property tax deal (July 11, 2023)
Posted on · 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.
Houston Matters
What Are The Most Common Workplace Accidents In Houston?
Posted on · 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.
Houston Matters
Full Show: The Effect Of Sea Level Rise On Property Values, And Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (April 23, 2019)
Posted on · 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.
Energy & Environment
2 Workers Killed, 1 Hurt In South Texas Pipeline Accident
Posted on · 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.
News
Update: Houston Fire Department Identifies Cadet Who Died In Training
Posted on · A Houston fire cadet died on Thursday after collapsing during a training exercise.
Energy & Environment
Mysterious Death Uncovers Risk In Federal Oil Field Rules
Posted on · 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.
Energy & Environment
Panel Formed To Investigate Gulf Platform Worker’s Death
Posted on · Roy Miller, a Nabors Drilling employee, was fatally injured last Thursday.
News
Family Awarded $53M In Kyle Field Deadly Demolition Accident
Posted on · Jurors in Houston on Wednesday decided on damages in the negligence lawsuit filed on behalf of Angel Garcia's mother and two children.
Business
Crimean Crisis Highlights Employers’ Responsibility For Workers’ Safety Overseas
Posted on · Houston's workforce is unusually exposed to upheaval abroad.