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As the Texas economy booms, so does the construction industry.  But recently, that's coming at a high cost to workers.  Recently, the University of Texas and the Worker's Defense Project released a study showing the costs --- primarily in on-the-job injuries and wage theft --- to workers. An NPR story...

Last week, the Dallas Morning News had a good article on the number of workplace deaths in Texas. While the number of deaths have decreased in almost all parts of the nation, they remain high in Texas.  Indeed, in 2010, the last year for which statistics are available, Texas was...

This afternoon, a construction worker was seriously injured when a crane collapsed at the Westminster Manor construction site. These types of on-the-job injuries raise a number of interesting legal questions.  But today, I'm not worried about legal questions; instead, I'm worried about a safety question. This is not the first...

Crane accidents are on the rise at construction sites in the US. Many of these accidents involve fatalities. “A Port Arthur, Texas, refinery had some bad news recently when a contract construction worker was killed after a crane accident at a work site. The mishap happened in an area slated...