Posts in Workplace Injuries

Two employees of a chemical transportation plant in Pasadena, TX were found dead at the site. According to witness testimonies as reported by KHOU 11 news, “the men went into a tank to clean and were overcome by fumes around 1:30 a.m. Saturday [December 28, 2019].” It was described that the tank was part of…

On October 15, 2019, a fire began at the NuStar Energy facility in Crockett California, sending thick black smoke into the area. According to the Vallejo Fire Department, the fire started in the NuStar Energy storage tanks on San Pablo Ave. Major emergency response teams fled to the scene as smoke and flames began to…

The Ammons Law Firm has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Houston woman injured by an 18-wheeler on the West Sam Houston Parkway. After suffering a flat tire, the woman pulled her car over and parked. An 18-wheeler being operated by a courier service plowed into the disabled car’s left rear quarter panel. In the…

Rob Ammons has filed a lawsuit on behalf of two Texas residents, both age 21, who were seriously injured when their Ford Edge was rear-ended by a commercial crane in Galveston County, Texas. Damage to the Ford Edge was severe. Defendants in the lawsuit are a Louisiana-based company that operates oil and gas field properties and…

The Ammons Law Firm won compensation in a wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of the wife and three children of a 39-year-old worker killed at a tank battery site located on an Upton County, Texas oil lease.  While the worker was clearing the site of vegetation overgrowth, a large, heavy flare stack at the…

A 45-year-old Texas man was seriously injured when a large van plowed into the back of his sedan and pushed it off the road. The van was being operated by a commercial driver employed by the van’s owner. The officer investigating the crash determined that only two factors contributed to causing the crash: The van…

The children of a factory worker fatally injured at one of the company’s plants will be compensated $2.2 million, which was an amount consistent with the maximum damages recoverable under Chapter 41 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code limitations on punitive damages. In addition to the lump sum settlement, the worker’s children will also continue…

The Ammons Law Firm won compensation in a negligence claim made on behalf of a 34-year-old worker who was injured by superheated water at International Paper’s Selma, Alabama plant. The worker’s employer was hired to provide inspection services at the plant. While inspecting how well one of the heat exchanger tanks at the facility was…

A Texas worker, age 54, was seriously injured when scaffolding on which he was working came apart, causing him to fall. The worker suffered a lower back fracture in the fall. In a lawsuit filed by Rob Ammons on behalf of the injured worker, it is alleged that the company that erected the scaffolding failed…

A Lubbock factory worker attempting to fix a malfunctioning hydraulic press machine at Diamond Plastics Corporation’s Texas facility was fatally injured when he became pinned by the machine. In a lawsuit filed by Rob Ammons on behalf of the children of the 38-year-old worker, it is alleged that Diamond Plastics failed to provide a safe…