Workplace Injuries

• 12 Missing; 7 Critically Injured After Oil Rig Explosion

  Scott Kappes | April 21, 2010 1:02 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Seven workers were critically injured and another 12 are still missing following a massive oil rig explosion off the Louisiana coast last night. Most of the 126 people on board were able to escape...

• Jones Act Lawsuit Filed Ship Engineer in Galveston

  Scott Kappes | January 14, 2010 4:21 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Alabama seaman, Leslie Vincent Tapia has filed a lawsuit against his employer seeking $75,000 for injuries he claims were sustained while on the job. The lawsuit accuses the Supreme Offshore...

• Texas City Man Sues Employer Over Burns from Torch

  Scott Kappes | September 24, 2009 1:55 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Machinist, Michael Allemand, has filed a personal injury lawsuit against his employer Land Enterprises Inc. in which he claims that he was severely burned when an acetylene torch he was using...

• Lawsuit Alleges Wash Station Could Have Prevented Permanent Injury

  Scott Kappes | April 14, 2008 3:50 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  A lawsuit filed late last week by Juan G. Martinez-Garcia alleges that Total Petrochemicals USA Inc. was negligent in not providing a wash station and failed to train employees. Martinez-Garcia...