No one was injured when a small quantity of hydrogen cyanide leaked at the Bayer CropScience plant in Institute. Plant spokesman Tom Dover says the leak from a distillation column was detected late last Saturday night. He says the problem …
Jackson County Coroner Vicki Broadus said a contract worker from Louisiana died over the weekend night following a scaffolding accident at a V.T. Halter Marine, Inc., project site. Broadus said that 23-year-old Andrew L. Magee died as a result of …
A man fined in the most destructive wildfire in South Carolina history is facing a court date to answer to charges. Court documents show the trial for Marc Torchi is set for Wednesday in Central Jury Court in Conway, a …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced various rating actions on ING Groep N.V. and subsidiaries, following completion of the European Commission (EC) investigation into state aid [See IJ web site – . https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2009/10/26/104811.htm]. S&P outlined the rating actions as follows: …
The U.S. healthcare system is just as wasteful as President Barack Obama says it is, and proposed reforms could be paid for by fixing some of the most obvious inefficiencies, preventing mistakes and fighting fraud, according to a Thomson Reuters …
Poverty and climate hazards make the southeast United States the country’s most vulnerable area to climate change impact, Oxfam America said. A report released by the relief organization identified high-risk “hotspots” across 13 southeast states from Arkansas to Virginia where …
Massachusetts police say they are searching for two men suspected of robbing a woman of $27,000 after she flashed the cash in a Springfield bar. Sgt. John Delaney said on Friday that the 22-year-old woman was robbed Monday night by …
Nearly three years after a chemical explosion rocked a Danvers neighborhood, homeowners have received their share of a settlement with two companies. The Nov. 22, 2006 pre-dawn blast at an ink and paint factory shared by CAI Inc. and Arnel …
Federal workplace safety officials are investigating the death of a New Jersey construction worker crushed by a concrete slab at a job site near Pittsburgh. Police in Plum Borough say 29-year-old Yamil Gonzalez was killed about 2 p.m. Thursday while …
A metal foundry in Franklin, New Hampshire has been fined more than $250,000 by the federal government after tests showed lead particle levels more than three times the legal limit inside the building. The Occupation Safety and Health Administration says …