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A large explosion occurred at the Wichita Falls Vitro plant on Sunday afternoon. Nine people were injured in the Wichita Falls Vitro plant explosion. Eight were taken to area hospitals by ground ambulance, one victim was airlifted. The current status of eight of Wichita Falls Vitro plant explosion victims is not known. The individual who was airlifted is in critical condition at this time. The names of the victims have not yet been released to the public, pending notification of…

Remote Workers, Workplace Injury, and Workers’ Compensation As a result of COVID-19 stay at home directives and mandated workplace workforce reductions on the city and state levels across the country, more people are working remotely or working from home than at any time in U.S. history. Many of these displaced workers will return to the workplace fold, a process that is likely to commence in some states are “early” as May. Texas businesses are likely to be on the forefront…

Follow-up: 2 Confirmed Dead, 1 Missing After Hard Rock Hotel Collapse Two workers have been confirmed dead and a third is missing but presumed dead three days after the partial collapse of a hotel that was under construction near New Orleans’ historic French Quarter. The cause of the accident, which occurred at the site of a Hard Rock Hotel that was being erected along Canal Street, is under investigation by state and federal workplace safety agencies, including the Occupational Safety…

New Orleans Hard Rock Hotel Collapses: Catastrophic Building Disaster Revisits Tragedy in the Iconic French Quarter Without warning, an 18-story building under construction on Canal Street at the edge of the New Orleans French Quarter began to collapse just after 9:00 on Saturday morning. The building was to be a New Orleans Hard Rock Hotel when completed. More than 100 workers were in the structure at the time of the deadly calamity. By mid-afternoon, emergency personnel reported that at least one…

One Dead After Hard Rock Hotel Construction Collapse in New Orleans New Orleans officials have confirmed that one person has been killed and two more are missing after a partial collapse at the Hard Rock Hotel. The upper six floors of the hotel, which was under construction on Canal Street near the city’s famous French Quarter, collapsed onto each other just after 9 a.m. this morning. Although the number of victims injured in the accident was reported to be “in…