Blog Posts in 2012
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Posted on Dec 20, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin
A carpenter working as a contractor for Alabama Power Co. was seriously injured when a beam fell on him, striking him in the head. The beam fell from an upper level of a power plant, coming off of ...
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Posted on Dec 19, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin
The Texas Railroad Commission (TRC) is investigating the December 5 th gas pipeline explosion that occurred in Ector County, in close proximity to the DCP Midstream natural gas plant. The TRC Pipeline ...
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Posted on Dec 12, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin
Underneath the ground, a network of pipelines and metal tubes carry gases and liquids from one county to another. While pipelines can accomplish a lot of essential jobs, there are times that the pipes ...
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Posted on Nov 26, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin
In Springfield, Massachusetts, locals were out on the town as a part of the holiday weekend when they were confronted by a terrifying blast. More than 20 people were taken to the hospital after a ...
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Posted on Nov 19, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
From falls to burns to crush injuries injuries incurred in industrial work environments are often severe and even deadly. In one terrible example of the danger present in industrial workplaces, ...
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Posted on Nov 6, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
Michael E. Pierce and Caroline Montaño Chapman of Arnold & Itkin LLP recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of their client, an injured oil refinery worker. The employee sustained a serious ...
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Posted on Nov 6, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
An explosion at a propane cylinder exchange this morning injured several individuals in Conroe, Texas. So far reports indicate that two people were emergency airlifted to receive medical treatment at ...
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Posted on Oct 30, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin
Plant and refinery fires can be a threat to their surrounding cities, not just the workers on site. As a result to our fast growing society, industrial plants are everywhere in our country; therefore ...
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Posted on Oct 3, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin
The ExxonMobil plant covers 5 square miles of Baytown, Texas and just this evening one of the columns of the plant caught fire, creating a dangerous threat to the employees as well as the surrounding ...
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Posted on Sep 6, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin
Hydraulic fracturing is commonly explained as the process that breaks away at rock layers using pressurized water power. This process is also known as “fracking”, and is specifically done ...
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Posted on Sep 4, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
The State of Washington has recently fined British Petroleum (BP) for more than $80,000 because of safety violations recently uncovered at the company's Whatcom County oil refinery. The Department ...
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Posted on Aug 31, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
Koswire, a Korean-based company, has recently been fined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ( OSHA ) for safety violations at their Flowery Branch in Georgia. The OSHA is fining the ...
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Posted on Aug 29, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
A recent employee death has sparked an Occupational Safety and Health Administration ( OSHA ) citation of Tyson Foods, Inc. The corporation was cited because of a failure to maintain certain safety ...
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Posted on Aug 27, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
A giant fire that could be seen for miles erupted at the crude distillation unit of Chevron's Richmond, California oil refinery on August 6, burning uncontained for four hours and continuing as a ...
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Posted on Aug 23, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
At 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 22, during a planned maintenance operation, a flash fire struck ConocoPhillips' natural gas processing plant in Lost Cabin, Wyoming before quickly extinguishing ...
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Posted on Aug 23, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
Investigations are still underway to uncover the cause of an accident that killed a Cargill Inc. industrial worker. The 48-year-old man from Central Illinois fell last week at the soybean processing ...
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Posted on Aug 6, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
Current workplace rules established by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ( OSHA ) dictate that workers who are exposed to noise levels of 90 decibels must wear hearing protection after ...
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Posted on Aug 3, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
The now defunct Port Arthur Chemical and Environmental Services has been named in a 13 count federal indictment after two facility truck drivers died within a four-month period. According to the ...
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Posted on Aug 2, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
Construction workers face numerous on-the-job hazards, and, unfortunately, industry employees suffer numerous serious injuries or fatalities each year. Some of the most common construction accidents ...
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Posted on Jul 31, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration ( OSHA ) levied over $400,000 in fines against plants that violated the agency's safety laws in the past few months. The three offenders were ...
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Posted on Jul 27, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
Kurt Arnold and Paul Skrabanek of Arnold & Itkin LLP recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of a worker who was injured in an industrial accident. The man was directed to unhook a hose that was filled ...
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Posted on Jul 16, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
Yes, it's really happening again—BP will have to pay another substantial fine over even more safety violations that occurred at its Texas City oil refinery plant, the largest facility of its ...
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Posted on Jun 5, 2012 By Industrial Injury Attorney
A Houma, Louisiana man was killed in an industrial accident this past Monday, according to sheriff's deputies in Terrebonne Parish. Police arrived at the scene and found first responders providing ...
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Posted on May 24, 2012 By Houston Injury Attorney
With all the dangers inherent in oil and gas retrieval work, new evidence has emerged that the majority of industry deaths occur in highway accidents. The reason behind this surprising statistic is ...
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Posted on May 22, 2012 By Houston Injury Lawyer
A new study published in Science magazine says that randomized inspections conducted by the Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) improves safety in high risk industry jobs without ...
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