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A fire broke out the morning of Friday September 13th at the Formosa Plastics plant near Victoria, Texas. Four of the injured workers were transported to a Houston area hospital’s burn unit and a fifth worker was taken to a hospital in Victoria.  The company has not yet released the names of the injured men.  Channel 2 reports that when the fire started the men were doing maintenance on a tower in the polyethylene-II unit which produces a plastic pellet.  Formosa Plastics is currently under investigation for a May 2nd fire that sent 14 people to hospital.  The Victoria Advocate said the employees were initially treated at an on-site medical facility but were transferred because of the nature of their injuries.

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Un breve artículo en la pagina web del canal 13 informa que un trabajador se mató anoche en un accidente en Madden Bolt Galvanizing Corporation en la carretera Hempstead. El hombre fue según se informa atropellado por un montecarga, pero ningun otro detalles se an proporcionado. Ya, desde que el accidente fue una fatalidad, OSHA investigará.

Actualización: Noticias del canal 2 ha publicado un reportaje en su pagina web identificando el trabajador fallecido como Marco Aurelio Rodriguez 33 años. Según el artículo Marco fue a usar el montacarga para transportar un recipiente de metal cuando el montacarga golpeó una zanja de drenaje. Marco fue arrojado de el montacarge en donde cayo, y fue aplastando.

A brief article on Channel 13’s web site reports that a worker was killed last night in an accident at Madden Bolt Galvanizing Corporation on Hempstead Highway. The man was reportedly run over by a forklift, but no other details are provided. Since the accident was a fatality, OSHA will investigate.

Update: Channel 2 News has published a story on their web site identifying the deceased worker as 33-year old Marco Aurelio Rodriguez; according to the article Marco was using the forklift to transport a metal storage bin when the forklift hit a drainage ditch; Marco was thrown from the forklift which then toppled over, crushing him.

Source: Channel 2 News

There was a major car accident this morning on the southbound Gulf Freeway near Almeda Genoa. A car lost control around 8:00 a.m., hitting the railing on the Edgebrook overpass. The car then spun across the freeway hitting a pickup truck, then hit the railing on the opposite side of the freeway and flipped over. Fire fighters cut two people out of the car: the driver was helicoptered to Memorial Hermann and the passenger was taken by ambulance. Investigators told Houston’s Channel 11 that alcohol may be a factor in the accident; the freeway was closed for three hours while police investigated.

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Police say a woman was speeding around 1:00 a.m. this morning when she slammed on her brakes, losing control of her Nissan car before striking a concrete barrier, spinning out then rear-ending a Houston Police Department patrol car. Both vehicles are totaled. The officer in the patrol car was watching for speeders at the time of the accident on the Southwest Freeway near Beltway 8. KHOU said neither the officer nor the driver of the Nissan were injured in the accident; the driver faces two traffic citations.

Photo credit: KHOU

Photo credit: KHOU

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An 18-wheeler tanker truck overturned yesterday evening around 9:15 p.m. spilling 5,000 gallons of chemical onto the roadway and closing westbound 290 at Mueschke Road. A nearby restaurant and gas station were evacuated as a precaution and two Harris County Deputies were treated for exposure at the scene. Apparently a passenger vehicle was also involved, though exactly how the accident happened isn’t apparent from media reports. Channel 13 News said nobody was injured in the wreck.

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A construction worker fell 10 stories to his death Thursday at a construction project at 2800 Wesleyan near W. Alabama. Houston Fire Department responded but the man was already dead. It appears the construction project is a 35-story residential tower being developed by CF Jordan Construction, according to the Houston Chronicle. The construction worker was employed by a sub-contractor at the site. OSHA will investigate to determine what happened; wonder why this worker wasn’t wearing fall protection if he was on the tenth floor?

KHOU’s story. Channel 2’s story. Channel 13’s story. Houston Chronicle’s story.

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Police suspect the driver of a silver Mercedes car may have been drunk when he collided with a Toyota pulling out of a Valero gas station early Saturday morning. The accident happened at around 2: 30 a.m. according to Houston Police Department, at Fairbanks N. Houston Road and West Road. Three people in the Toyota were injured in the crash, two of them were taken by Life Flight in critical condition. The Mercedes driver was arrested at the scene.

Mercedes driver arrested on suspicion of DWI

3 people in Toyota injured, two transported via Life Flight

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Police that that just after 11:00 a.m. Friday a woman driving a Prius with a child passenger ran a red light at Red Bluff Road and Genoa Red Bluff Road in Pasadena, causing a Ford Explorer to broadside (T-bone) the Prius. The woman and the 4-year old were transported to hospital, fortunately they did not have life-threatening injuries.

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DPS Trooper John Sampa was injured in a two vehicle accident today.  While driving a DPS patrol car eastbound on FM 1960 West off Highway 249 a driver pulled away from a stop sign and in front of Trooper Sampa.  Both the civilian and Trooper Sampa were taken to Methodist Willowbrook in stable condition, according to Channel 2 News. Channel 13 reported that the Trooper may have broken his arm in the accident: hopefully not, that would probably mean an extended leave of absence from work. Video on KHOU’s web site shows the drivers being loaded into ambulances at the accident scene.

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