The code of criminal procedure bans the execution of a person in a state of “non compos mentis” (not of sound mind), which means being not mentally competent. It applies to pregnant women ...

A quarter of a century since the material was banned, asbestos-related diseases remain the greatest cause of work-related deaths in Britain, accounting ...

According to the Houston Fire Department, the incident occurred around 12:19 p.m. at Main Street and Rusk Street. Officials ...

Workers scrambled to safety Tuesday morning when four stories of scaffolding collapsed at the site of a building under ...

One person was injured Tuesday afternoon after a large piece of scaffolding collapsed in downtown Houston, the Houston Fire Department said. Firefighters received a call around 12:19 p.m ...

Scaffolding laws first arrived in the city in the 1980s after a Barnard College student in Upper Manhattan was killed by a piece of debris falling from a building.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A construction worker was rescued after being trapped in an elevator at a construction site in downtown Houston where a scaffolding collapsed, according to officials.

A concern group representing scaffolding workers on Friday said they opposed the idea of stopping the use of bamboo scaffolding in construction. A scaffolding collapse at a construction site in ...