California’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB) has decided not to adopt clarifying amendments to the state’s heat illness prevention standards, that would have enabled better enforcement, according to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Governor expressed disappointment with the decision. …
A section of facade at the Connecticut Post mall collapsed earlier this week, injuring one person and forcing several stores to close. Mall officials say the accident happened on the mall’s upper level at about 11:15 a.m. on Monday. The …
Officials from the Arizona State Fire Marshal’s Office and the Arizona State Forestry Division, along with the Arizona Insurance Council, have advised more than 60 local elected, staff and fire officials from across Arizona of the benefits of wildland urban …
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation, which recently implemented a multi-phase plan to help its district offices process paper into the Electronic Adjudication Management System (EAMS), said it has reduced the paper backlogs at its 24 district offices, some by more …
Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $2,693,734 dividend to the Texas Construction Association purchasing group. The dividend is based largely on the group’s favorable loss ratio. By committing to workplace safety and helping injured workers return to productive employment, the …
The Missouri Labor Department’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) recently announced it has issued more than $2.4 million from the Tort Victims’ Compensation Fund to 62 tort victims who filed claims in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Tort victims are individuals …
The Louisiana Department of Insurance has issued a bulletin to all authorized and surplus lines property casualty insurance companies writing business in Louisiana reminding insurers that final submission of loss data from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike for the Aug. 1, …
A roaring fire swept through a historic textile mill in Maine on Wednesday, sending burning embers through the air as thousands of people gathered to watch. The Cowan Mill, which was unoccupied, was engulfed soon after the fire was reported …
A federal study of a blaze that killed nine firefighters in a South Carolina city two years ago is expected to released by early fall. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is studying the June 2007 blaze which gutted …
Sheriff’s deputies say 25 churches in two South Carolina counties have been hit by vandals in the past month. The State reported this week that 19 churches in Lexington County and six in Newberry County have been struck by vandals. …