In a story written up by the Associated Press and published on Opposing Views, the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) will soon consider whether or not to classify some pharmaceutical drugs as over-the-counter medications. In other words, the drugs will no longer...
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Month: May 2012
Fracking Tank Explodes, Injures Oil and Gas Workers in South Texas
As Kristen Hays and Erwin Seba report for Reuters, the oil and gas firm Vann Energy Services has been hit with a citation from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) after two oil and gas workers suffered injury from an exploding tank. The...
Road travel poses highest risk of serious injury for oil and gas workers: Part 3
In Part 3, we again focus on Ian Urbina's piece in the New York Times, which examines the problem of truck driving for the oil and gas industry, and how it's contributing to the rise in serious injuries and fatalities for those who work in the industry. We've covered...
Road travel poses highest risk of serious injury for oil and gas workers: Part 2
In last week's post on trucking in the oil and gas industry, we wrote about Ian Urbina's piece in the New York Times, which reported that the greatest danger to oil and gas workers isn't on the oil rig itself but on the highway. And it's because workers in the oil and...
Road travel poses highest risk of serious injury for oil and gas workers: Part 1
In the latest in a series by the New York Times examining the oil boom and its associated risks, Ian Urbina writes that workers in the oil and gas industry face the greatest dangers on our nation's roads and highways, going to and from well sites on the Eagle Ford...
Truck driver gets prison time for making false entries in logbook
As David Chang reports for NBC 10, a truck driver who caused a major accident - when in his logbook he'd indicated he was sleeping in the cab of his truck - got more than a year in prison for making that false entry. In fact, the driver was alleged to have made 15...
Shale Plays in America: A Brief Review of the Good and Bad of Today’s Oil Boom
Nearly halfway through 2012 and here we have a thriving oil boom in many areas of the U.S. The oil boom is our answer, our counterpoint, in an economy that continues to struggle in the aftermath of the 2008 financial collapse. And it's not just oil. It's natural gas,...
A whole new take on texting while driving | The Law Offices of Tyler & Peery
In a story by the Associated Press and published on NJ.com, one case making its way through the court system involves a terrible accident that resulted in the loss of a leg for both a husband and wife. The driver who caused the accident was texting while driving....
Driving While Sleepy Is a General Problem for Transportation Workers
A recent survey indicates that people who work in the transportation industry, including truckers, train workers and pilots, report being sleepy on the job. And their sleepiness has directly contributed to "serious errors" or "near misses," as Ben Wolfgang reports for...
Karnes County ‘Not Ready’ for Eagle Ford Shale 18-Wheeler Traffic
As Joe Conger reports for KENS 5 News in San Antonio, "It's not if you're going to have an accident. It is when you're going to have an accident," said the Karnes County sheriff. The sheriff is talking about the trucking traffic from the Eagle Ford Shale oil boom,...