Workplace Injuries

• 181 Miners in China Trapped, Presumed Dead

  Courtney Mills | August 20, 2007 3:00 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  181 Chinese miners have been trapped since Friday in a mining accident when a dike on a nearby river burst and sent water flooding into the mine and trapping the miners. Other victims were trapped in a nearby shaft in the Huayuan Mining Co. mine.According to media reports, rescuers have worked desperately since the dike breakage to pump out water that has poured into the mine from the river....

• Workplace Death Statistics Released

  Staff Writer | May 01, 2006 4:32 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  While I haven't seen Texs' stats yet, Under the Golden Dome's Bill brought to my attention a report released by the Massachusetts AFL-CIO and the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (MassCOSH) stating that MA had six more on-the-job deaths in 2005 than in 2004."It is unconscionable that this tragic loss of life continues unabated in workplaces across the Commonwealth,"...

• Victoria County Texas Workplace Accident Kills Man

  Mike Parker | October 06, 2008 12:33 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  On Wednesday, October 1, 2008, a man in his mid-20s was killed just south of Victoria, Texas at a grain silo. The man and two other workers were working inside the silo attempting to loosen up some...