When the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the coast of the Gulf of Mexico on April 20th, 2010, 11 workers lost their lives, and the biggest oil spill in US history began. Hundreds of millions of gallons of oil leaked into the water, and soon began making its way to the shore. In […]
An experienced carpenter with a stellar safety record died on the job at a North Dakota remodeling project. The man’s untimely death doesn’t make sense when you look at his day to day practice of producing high quality work safely. Something must have gone wrong somewhere along the way. The investigation into the accident revealed […]
When you are a whistleblower, and you expose your employer for placing you in a position that you are not qualified for, it would make sense if your employer wanted to find you a different position. However, what would you think if your employer placed you in a different position for which you were just […]
The good that can come from whistleblowers doing what they do can come in many forms. Sometimes, the information that whistleblowers bring out into the open brings awareness to safety risks, some of which could be life-threatening if they are allowed to persist. One such situation happened recently when a whistleblower exposed fuel risks that […]
One person died in a recent three car pile-up accident in George County. The wreck occurred when a truck hit another truck from behind, pushing it into the garbage truck stopped in front of it. Two workers had been on the back of the trash truck, one on either side. The crash sent both of […]
A recent Marine Corps aviation accident is raising questions about the safety of our nation’s military aircraft. A KC-130 crashed in rural Mississippi, killing sixteen people. Debris from the accident scattered over a wide area and people want to know what happened. Airplanes can crash for so many different reasons that thorough investigation is the […]
After the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, the environment and the economy of the Gulf Coast were in ruins. Fortunately, a claims process got set up that enabled people whose lives were impacted by the oil spill to seek compensation for the damages that they experienced. People filed claims for economic losses sustained by […]
Most of us think that Fast and Furious is a series of action-packed movies full of danger, drama, and fast cars. There’s another Fast and Furious out there, though, and most people had no idea it was happening until federal agent John Dodson exposed the secret federal case that enabled thousands of weapons to get […]
The shoddy safety record of one Mississippi shipbuilder is getting a lot of attention lately, as the company continues to get awarded federal contracts over the objections of officials who have asked United States Navy to stop awarding contracts to companies with concerning job safety records. The company, VT Halter Marine Inc. recently got awarded […]
A Tennessee cyclist got struck by a hit-and-run driver in an SUV while he was riding on Natchez Trace Parkway. Fortunately, the man did not get any life-threatening injuries although he did get hurt in the crash. The driver of the SUV got charged with failing to immediately notify of an accident, failure to render […]
