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Cases involving abuse and neglect at behavioral health facilities are alarmingly widespread in their rate of occurrence and appalling in their circumstances. While nursing home abuse and neglect does garner media and public attention with some regularity, far less attention is paid to the horrors that do occur behind the doors of behavioral health facilities. A detailed report on behavioral health facility abuse and neglect was presented to the West Virginia Legislature in May 2021. While the report to the…

Eight workers were injured last week in a catastrophic Colorado steel mill explosion in Pueblo. Three of those individuals remain in critical condition with no clear prognosis yet in site. An alarming additional fact has now been made known about the Colorado steel mill explosion. EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel, the owner of the plant where the massive blast occurred, has previously been cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA, for putting its workers at risk of an explosion…

A massive fire of yet to be determined causes completely destroyed the Brentwood Oaks Apartments in the Nippers Corner district of Nashville, Tennessee. The fire was so huge it could be seen from a considerable distance. A large plume of smoke dominated the skyline during and for a period following the blaze. A total of 18 individual apartments were destroyed in the Nashville fire. A yet to be determined number of residents have been impacted by the fire. No fatalities…

A Colorado steel mill explosion has sent seven workers to the hospital, three with critical injuries according to plant officials. The initial prognosis for all of the injured workers is that they are expected to survive. The most seriously injured workers suffered from respiratory system damage as well as burns.   Severe Injuries, Extensive Damage Caused by Colorado Steel Mill Explosion  The furnace blast at the EVRAZ steel mill, located in Pueblo, Colorado, occurred Saturday night. Firefighters arrived soon after…

An increasing number of veterans are coming forward in regard to injuries they’ve sustained as the result of using 3M combat earplugs while in the service. Veterans maintain that they’ve suffered permanent injury by using the 3M combat earplugs. On a few occasions, some servicemembers were able to obtain some relief to issues they believe were caused by the use of 3M combat earplugs. The majority of members of the armed services that used the 3M combat earplugs who report…