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In Texas, a job is more likely to kill
![Joe Register (bottom center) of Early and other ironworkers watched a rappelling safety drill Saturday during a fall prevention and safety training session in Arlington. To qualify for a full journeyman’s wage — $23 an hour in Texas — ironworkers have to complete the 30-hour course.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141113194315im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140815-1a_safety_.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w440/1A_safety_.jpg)
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More workers die here than in any other state. On average, a Texas worker is 12 percent more likely to be killed on the job than someone doing the same job elsewhere, according to a Dallas Morning News analysis of federal data.
How safe is your hospital? Chance of serious complications varies widely
![Dr. Sabatino Bianco operates at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital. The chains’s chief clinical officer attributes its record to a focus on getting “the basics” right.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141113194315im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140621-patient_secondary-.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w440/patient_secondary-.jpg)
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The chance you will suffer a serious, preventable complication varies dramatically based on where in Texas you’re hospitalized, a Dallas Morning News analysis shows.
Temps with criminal pasts slip by Dallas County officials
![County supervisors often know little about who shows up when staffing contractors send them temps. That’s even after a temp using a false name once stole $1,360 from the tax office. Several contractors who have supplied temps said they conduct background checks. Two firms called it an unintentional mistake that some workers slipped through.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141113194315im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140621-nad_06election3.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w440/NAD_06election3.jpg)
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Contractors don’t always catch criminal records, and county officials say they sometimes don’t know about temps’ histories.
![Joe Register (bottom center) of Early and other ironworkers watched a rappelling safety drill Saturday during a fall prevention and safety training session in Arlington. To qualify for a full journeyman’s wage — $23 an hour in Texas — ironworkers have to complete the 30-hour course.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141113194315im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140815-1a_safety_.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/1A_safety_.jpg)
In Texas, a job is more likely to kill
![Dr. Sabatino Bianco operates at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital. The chains’s chief clinical officer attributes its record to a focus on getting “the basics” right.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141113194315im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140621-patient_secondary-.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/patient_secondary-.jpg)
How safe is your hospital? Chance of serious complications varies widely
![County supervisors often know little about who shows up when staffing contractors send them temps. That’s even after a temp using a false name once stole $1,360 from the tax office. Several contractors who have supplied temps said they conduct background checks. Two firms called it an unintentional mistake that some workers slipped through.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141113194315im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140621-nad_06election3.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/NAD_06election3.jpg)
Temps with criminal pasts slip by Dallas County officials
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