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As the Labor Day weekend drew to a close, the Houston Texans announced that they had benched the team’s quarterback Deshaun Watson. According to the Texans, Watson was benched by the NFL team as a result of multiple allegations of sexual assault and other types of misconduct. 25-year-old Deshaun Watson signed a four-year extension with the Texans in 2020. The contract included the second-highest guaranteed salary in NFL history, with a total value at $111 million. Length of Suspension Undetermined…

A yet to be controlled fire at a Harris County waste management facility has resulted in the evacuation of everyone within a half mile radius of the VLS Recovery Services plant. While no injuries have yet been reported in the Harris County industrial accident, a thick plume of toxic smoke is spreading from the blaze and over the surrounding area. As of midafternoon, officials have not reported what toxins are thought to be contained in the spreading black smoke plume….

A large fire of currently unknown origins caused an industrial facility outside Hockley to go up in flames mid-morning on Saturday. The Hockley industrial fire resulted in the release of a sizable and growing plume of black smoke, spreading over the facility and the surrounding area. The substances or chemicals involved in the Hockley industrial fire have not yet been identified. However, officials from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office believe that the smoke plume contains toxic substances. Firefighters from multiple…

At least two workers are dead and four others have been injured as a result of a La Porte LyondellBasell chemical plant leak. As of 11:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 27, not all workers at the facility had yet been accounted for by company officials or emergency rescue personnel. It is not yet known if the death toll and the number of injured at the La Porte LyondellBasell chemical plant will increase. A company spokesperson, Chevalier Gray, finally did release a…

Death came to Margaritaville on Lake Conroe, Texas over the past weekend. One man lost his live, having been electrocuted. Another was sent to the hospital with what are described as nonlife threatening injuries as a result of what officials are calling an “industrial accident” involving a pair of workers at the popular Texas resort. Contract Workers Undertaking Underground Electrical Job The fatal electrocution accident occurred while the two men were involved in some type of work involving some sort…