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January 24 marks the one-year anniversary of a deadly, devastating Houston explosion accident that forever altered the lives of workers at the Watson Grinding and Manufacturing plant on Gessner Road as well as for those living around the machining company facility. A great many questions remain as to the underlying cause of the Watson explosion accident. What is clear is that 365 after the blast that caused a considerable degree of devastation in and around the machining and manufacturing plant…

All of the nearly 3,000 residents of Warden, Washington were forced from their homes on Thursday night, January 21, 2021, as the result of a massive fire and ammonia tank explosion accident risk at the Washington Potato Company plant that anchors that community. Warden is located approximately 90 miles southwest of Spokane. The order for all residents to evacuate came at about 8:30 p.m. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office issued what is known as a Level 3 Evacuation Order to…

At the end of 2020, the California Public Utilities Commission, CPUC, fined Uber Technologies, Inc. $59 million. The fine is the result of the refusal of Uber to provide the rideshare regulatory agency with the full names and contact information of consumers who used the Uber app as riders and reported being sexually assaulted of sexually harassed drivers. The CPUC takes the position that the regulatory agency needs this information in order to undertake appropriate investigations of allegations sexual assault…

A massive explosion accident sent 14 oil storage tanks up in flames near New Town, North Dakota, this week. An investigation is underway regarding the underlying cause of the blast. Fortunately, no one was killed or appeared to be injured in the New Town explosion accident. The oil storage tank facility is owned and operate by Slawson Exploration Company. Firefighters were at the scene directly after the explosion. Officials explained that the plan of action was to permit the blaze…

The National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB, has completed an exhaustive investigation of multiple Dallas gas explosions that occurred over the course of a week and devastated a neighborhood near Love Field. The bottom-line determination of the NTSB, a federal investigatory agency, is that the deadly gas explosion that occurred after the first Love Field neighborhood blast was preventable if Atmos Energy had undertaken appropriate action. While the Dallas gas explosions at issue did occur almost three years ago, the investigation…