Blog Posts in September, 2010
Posted on Sep 23, 2010 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
Reports say some commercially packaged Leadbetter Cowboy Beef Burger has been the cause of five possible E. coli infections, with at least one more suspected case being investigated. The cases have ...
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Posted on Sep 10, 2010 By Personal Injury Lawyer
A North Carolina machinist was killed earlier this month as a metal rod departed the high-speed lathe on which he worked, striking and killing him. The accident, which occurred at the Statesville ...
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Posted on Sep 9, 2010 By Personal Injury Attorney
A 21-year-old operator of the monorail at Walt Disney World died recently when the monorail he was piloting crashed into another train. Reports say the accident happened at the Transportation and ...
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Posted on Sep 7, 2010 By Personal Injury Attorney
A Kentucky machinist was killed last month when a generator malfunctioned during testing, allowing the air pressure inside the generator to pop a steel plate off its mounts, mortally striking the ...
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Posted on Sep 6, 2010 By Personal Injury Attorney
A gas drilling rig worker was killed last month when he fell from a natural gas drilling rig, owned by Nomac Drilling Inc. of Towanda Township, PA, according to reports. The accident occurred while ...
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Posted on Sep 5, 2010 By Personal Injury Lawyer
An investigation began in April into the drilling rig accident that took the life of a 35-year-old Big Spring, Texas man, reports say. OSHA officials will look into whether any safety standards were ...
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Posted on Sep 4, 2010 By Personal Injury Lawyer
A pair of CareFlite crew members were killed in early July when their helicopter experienced mechanical problems and crashed near Dallas, TX, reports say. The Bell helicopter apparently lost its rotor ...
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Posted on Sep 3, 2010 By Accident Attorney
While trying to get a drilling rig running in Snyder, Texas Brandon Garrett was sliced in half by a motorized spool of steel cable, adding yet another fatality to an already dangerous profession. ...
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Posted on Sep 2, 2010 By Personal Injury Lawyer
A huge explosion in rural Johnson County, about an hour southwest of Dallas, TX, killed one worker and injured seven others last month, reports say. The blast, which involved a massive explosion and ...
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Posted on Sep 1, 2010 By Personal Injury Attorney
An Ohio grand jury has indicted a southwest Ohio company, United Oil Recovery Services Inc. and its environmental health and safety manager, with involuntary manslaughter, reckless homicide, criminal ...
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