The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on July 25 announced it has proposed penalties totaling $8,777,500 against Houston-based Imperial Sugar Co. and its two affiliates alleging violations at their plants in Port Wentworth, Ga., and Gramercy, La. OSHA initiated …
North Carolina officials arrested a Durham man and charged him with one count each of insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense, according to Insurance Commissioner Jim Long. Officials processed Reginald Woods, 35, at the Durham County jail under …
Two Sioux Falls, S.D., men charged with burning down their business to collect the insurance money have pleaded guilty to conspiracy and their alleged accomplice has been charged. Dai Thanh Ong, 27, and Chad Michael Blair, 31, acknowledged in federal …
Texas troopers have stopped more than 5,000 vehicles in their testing phase of the state’s Auto Insurance Verification Program (TexasSure) and thus far, the program has worked flawlessly, the Insurance Council of Texas reported. Unfortunately, 25.5 percent of the vehicles …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Mississippi is continuing investigations into two separate jobsite cave-ins in March that led to the deaths of four workers. Both cave-ins require up to six months to investigate, said Clyde Payne, Mississippi OSHA …
John King, a former West Virginia osteopathic surgeon named in dozens of malpractice lawsuits, faces two more legal challenges. King, who now lives in Alabama, is scheduled to be in court July 30 following a challenge to his bankruptcy petition …
State Police say a factory worker has been seriously injured after an explosion at a New Jersey plastics processing plant. State Police Sgt. Stephen Jones says seven workers were inside ICO Polymers in Bethlehem Township when a piece of machinery …
West Virginia investigators are still working to determine the cause of a blaze in a historic Welch apartment building that has left dozens homeless. The fire in the Tyson Towers apartments, located in the old Carter Hotel building, raged from …
A Vermont state official says recent heavy rains and flooding in the state have caused damage — mainly to local roads — that could reach the $400,000 mark. Ross Nagy, deputy director of emergency management for the state, says state …
Last week’s severe tornadoes and thunderstorms in New Hampshire have prompted the state’s insurance chief to allow temporary emergency licensing of property/casualty claims adjusters to speed up recovery. Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny has also written to insurance companies urging them …