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To qualify for a full journeyman’s wage — $23 an hour in Texas — ironworkers have to complete the 30-hour course." width="440" height="295" onclick="location.href='https://web.archive.org/web/20140908103449/http://res.dallasnews.com/interactives/2014_workplace';" rel="widget116574-story1863098-picture1863138-info" class="stories-topstoriesswitchable-topPicture inpage-cropable inpage-image-1863138-ALTERNATES-w440 inpage-dim-440-295 viziwyg-section-7924 "/> <div class="tssCredit"> Photos by Andy Jacobsohn /Staff Photographer </div> </div> <div class="DMNStoryTease">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.</div> </div> </div> <div id="topStories_1761233" class="article news tssHide default "> <script type="text/javascript"> function printResponse1761233(response1761233) { var commentCountHTML1761233 = 'Comment(s) {0}'; if ( response1761233.errorCode == 0 ) { commentCountHTML1761233 = commentCountHTML1761233.replace("{0}", '' + response1761233.streamInfo.commentCount + ''); $('#gigyaCommentCount1761233').html(commentCountHTML1761233); } else { commentCountHTML1761233 = commentCountHTML1761233.replace("{0}", '' + response1761233.errorMessage + ''); $('#gigyaCommentCount1761233').html(commentCountHTML1761233); } } var params1761233 = { categoryID: "News", streamID: "ece-http://www.dallasnews.com/-1761233", callback:printResponse1761233 }; gigya.comments.getStreamInfo(params1761233); </script> <div><div class="slcgm_metadata cgminfo"><a id="gigyaCommentCount1761233" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140908103449/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140621-how-safe-is-your-hospital-chance-of-serious-complications-varies-widely.ece#commentsDiv">Comment(s) {0}</a></div></div> <h1 class="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140908103449/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140621-how-safe-is-your-hospital-chance-of-serious-complications-varies-widely.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1761233-TITLE viziwyg-section-7924"> How safe is your hospital? Chance of serious complications varies widely </a> </h1> <div class="text"> <div id="widget116574-story1761233-picture1761232"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140908103449im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140621-patient_secondary-.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w440/patient_secondary-.jpg" alt="" title="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." width="440" height="295" onclick="location.href='https://web.archive.org/web/20140908103449/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140621-how-safe-is-your-hospital-chance-of-serious-complications-varies-widely.ece';" rel="widget116574-story1761233-picture1761232-info" class="stories-topstoriesswitchable-topPicture inpage-cropable inpage-image-1761232-ALTERNATES-w440 inpage-dim-440-295 viziwyg-section-7924 "/> <div class="tssCredit"> Vernon Bryant / Staff Photographer </div> </div> <div class="DMNStoryTease">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.</div> <div class="DMNRelatedItemsSection"> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140908103449/http://res.dallasnews.com/news/data/hospitals/"> Individual results: Texas Patient Safety Check </a> </p> <p class="DMNBulletLink"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140908103449/http://watchdogblog.dallasnews.com/2014/06/surgery-gone-right-ticking-the-boxes-for-safety.html/"> Surgery gone right: Ticking the boxes for safety </a> </p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="topStories_1761487" class="article news tssHide default "> <script type="text/javascript"> function printResponse1761487(response1761487) { var commentCountHTML1761487 = 'Comment(s) {0}'; if ( response1761487.errorCode == 0 ) { commentCountHTML1761487 = commentCountHTML1761487.replace("{0}", '' + response1761487.streamInfo.commentCount + ''); $('#gigyaCommentCount1761487').html(commentCountHTML1761487); } else { commentCountHTML1761487 = commentCountHTML1761487.replace("{0}", '' + response1761487.errorMessage + ''); $('#gigyaCommentCount1761487').html(commentCountHTML1761487); } } var params1761487 = { categoryID: "News", streamID: "ece-http://www.dallasnews.com/-1761487", callback:printResponse1761487 }; gigya.comments.getStreamInfo(params1761487); </script> <div><div class="slcgm_metadata cgminfo"><a id="gigyaCommentCount1761487" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140908103449/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140621-temps-with-criminal-pasts-slip-by-dallas-county-officials.ece#commentsDiv">Comment(s) {0}</a></div></div> <h1 class="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140908103449/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140621-temps-with-criminal-pasts-slip-by-dallas-county-officials.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-1761487-TITLE viziwyg-section-7924"> Temps with criminal pasts slip by Dallas County officials </a> </h1> <div class="text"> <div id="widget116574-story1761487-picture1761485"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140908103449im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140621-nad_06election3.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w440/NAD_06election3.jpg" alt="" title="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." width="440" height="295" onclick="location.href='https://web.archive.org/web/20140908103449/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140621-temps-with-criminal-pasts-slip-by-dallas-county-officials.ece';" rel="widget116574-story1761487-picture1761485-info" class="stories-topstoriesswitchable-topPicture inpage-cropable inpage-image-1761485-ALTERNATES-w440 inpage-dim-440-295 viziwyg-section-7924 "/> <div class="tssCredit"> File 2008 / Staff Photo </div> </div> <div class="DMNStoryTease">Contractors don’t always catch criminal records, and county officials say they sometimes don’t know about temps’ histories.</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="tssThumbs"> <div id="tssThumb_1863098" class="tssThumb tssThumbActive w140" onclick="document.location.href='https://web.archive.org/web/20140908103449/http://res.dallasnews.com/interactives/2014_workplace'" onmouseover="showTopStoriesSwitchable(1863098)"> <div class="tssThumbImage"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140908103449im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140815-1a_safety_.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/1A_safety_.jpg" alt="" title="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."/> </div> <div class="tssThumbTitle"> In Texas, a job is more likely to kill</div> </div> <div class="tssThumbFiller w140"> </div> <div id="tssThumb_1761233" class="tssThumb w140" onclick="document.location.href='https://web.archive.org/web/20140908103449/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140621-how-safe-is-your-hospital-chance-of-serious-complications-varies-widely.ece'" onmouseover="showTopStoriesSwitchable(1761233)"> <div class="tssThumbImage"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140908103449im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140621-patient_secondary-.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/patient_secondary-.jpg" alt="" title="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."/> </div> <div class="tssThumbTitle"> How safe is your hospital? Chance of serious complications varies widely</div> </div> <div class="tssThumbFiller w140"> </div> <div id="tssThumb_1761487" class="tssThumb w140" onclick="document.location.href='https://web.archive.org/web/20140908103449/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140621-temps-with-criminal-pasts-slip-by-dallas-county-officials.ece'" onmouseover="showTopStoriesSwitchable(1761487)"> <div class="tssThumbImage"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140908103449im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20140621-nad_06election3.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/NAD_06election3.jpg" alt="" title="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. 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