The U.S. Department of Labor’ Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Demolition Contractors Inc. (DCI) for alleged failure to protect employees from safety and health hazards during demolition operations on a portion of the Crossroads Shopping Mall. OSHA …
After deciding it was safe to land in a snowstorm, the pilots of Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 overran the zone where the plane needed to touch down, losing hundreds of feet of runway that would have helped stop the jet …
Disaster Recovery Centers throughout Mississippi will close at 6 p.m. Dec. 23-26 in observance of the Christmas holiday, according to state and federal officials. “The holidays are a time when we come together with family and friends to celebrate the …
A Union County Grand Jury has indicted a Richwood, Ohio builder on one count of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity and multiple counts of theft, money laundering and telecommunications fraud, Attorney General Jim Petro and Union County Prosecutor …
Officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness encourage residents to be cautious when removing harmful debris from homes, yards and roadways. Debris piles are …
An outbreak of E. coli bacteria that has sickened 11 or more people, four critically, has been linked to a dairy that was ordered by Washington state in August to stop selling raw milk. Dee Creek Farm in Woodland, Wash., …
An Amtrak train collided with a semitrailer in southeastern Utah, killing the truck driver, injuring several Amtrak passengers and derailing the front wheel on the train’s lead engine, authorities said. The California Zephyr was carrying 119 passengers from Emeryville, Calif., …
Ketchikan Gateway Borough residents will now receive reduced flood insurance premiums as a result of the borough’s active participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Community Rating System (CRS). According to FEMA Regional Director John Pennington, they’ll not only …
Unitrin Specialty to date has paid or settled over 92% of our claims from the hurricanes that hit Louisiana. How have we settled claims so quickly? Within hours of the disaster, Unitrin Specialty created a claims catastrophe response team to …
In October, 2003, when the Florida Legislature approved an updated workers’ compensation program, legislators “drew a line in the sand,” according to Andrew Sabolic, chief of the Florida Bureau of Employer Compliance. Tanner Holloman, director of the Division of Workers’ …