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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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Houston Matters

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.

Tags chemical fires climate change congress ITC fire KMCO KMCO chemical plant fire lawsuits filed Lizzie Fletcher Lupe Mendez poet poetry politics property taxes property values sea level Sea Level Rise Why I Am Like Tequila worker deaths worker safety workplace fatalities

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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.

Tags gas pipeline South Texas Southcross Energy Partners Woodsboro worker death worker safety

News

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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News

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.

Tags construction injured on job Kyle Field worker safety

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.

Tags business news worker safety

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Officer-involved shooting prompted lockdown at Wisdom High School, suspects in custody

Ashley Brown

Posted on February 2, 2023 · Police said one of the suspects went into the school auditorium with at least 100 other students. Two of the suspects involved were students at the school. No students or staff were hurt. 

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Business

What Employers Can Do Now That The Coronavirus Is In Houston

Florian Martin

Posted on March 5, 2020 · Relaxed sick leave policies, hygiene and mandatory travel reporting are some things companies should consider.

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Housotn Matters

Full Show: TEA Completes HISD Investigation, Voices From El Paso, And The Santa Fe Resiliency Center (Aug. 8, 2019)

Abner Fletcher

Posted on August 8, 2019 · On Thursday's Houston Matters: What we know about the findings from TEA's investigation of HISD, stories from survivors of the El Paso mass shooting, inside a program to help victims of the Santa Fe school shooting, an examination of workplace accidents, and inside the world of competitive drum corps.

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Houston Matters

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.

Tags chemical fires climate change congress ITC fire KMCO KMCO chemical plant fire lawsuits filed Lizzie Fletcher Lupe Mendez poet poetry politics property taxes property values sea level Sea Level Rise Why I Am Like Tequila worker deaths worker safety workplace fatalities

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