The head of a federal safety board said snow-like accumulations of industrial dust were reported at a Georgia sugar refinery that exploded last month and that simple housekeeping probably would have prevented the deadly blast. In congressional testimony, Chemical Safety …
A new report is urging sweeping changes to Massachusetts medical malpractice system. The findings released by Uxbridge State Sen. Richard Moore’s office recommend a malpractice system based on early disclosure to patients, followed by an apology and an offer of …
The Board of Governors of the Alaska Timber Insurance Exchange (ATIE), a policyholder owned workers’ compensation insurance company, is paying a $2.8 million dividend to its members based on their performance in maintaining safe workplaces. The dividend, which was paid …
A federal judge called for more studies on how best to deal with mercury pollution in the lower Penobscot River caused by the former HoltraChem chemical manufacturing plant in Orrington, Maine. In a ruling, Senior U.S. District Judge Gene Carter …
A Knox County jury awarded a former state probation officer who claimed she was slandered at work $350,000 in damages. Jurors awarded Betty Brasfield a $250,000 judgment against ex-police officer and retired state probation officer Raymond Dyer. The panel also …
A lawsuit against Ford Motor Co. on behalf of a girl who was badly hurt in the rollover of a Bronco II has been rejected by a jury in Spokane, Wash. The nine-member U.S. District Court jury rejected a $30 …
The internal audit manager at North Dakota’s workers compensation agency has been fired. Kay Grinsteinner is said to have questioned whether the agency’s board of directors was aware of changes in the handling of injury claims. She apparently wondered whether …
Lawmakers approved $50 million in state money to match anticipated federal grants in an initial step to protect a flood-prone area of southwest Washington after last December’s damaging floods. The money will help fund construction of a yet-to-be-determined final plan …
More than eight years after a New Year’s Eve fire at Michigan State University, four people have been indicted related to an arson incident federal authorities said was an act of domestic terrorism. The government said the defendants had ties …
W.R. Grace & Co. agreed to reimburse the federal government $250 million for the investigation and cleanup of asbestos contamination blamed for sickening hundreds of people, some fatally, in the northwestern Montana town of Libby. Approval of a federal bankruptcy …