The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited two contractors for alleged violations of safety standards involving the death last August of a worker who fell from a New Hampshire water tower. An OSHA inspection found Bullins Painting Inc. …
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cleared GE Transportation of any wrongdoing in the death of a crane operator at the company’s Erie, Pennsylvania plant last month. Theresa Naim, OSHA’s area director, says the company’s equipment, workplace safety, …
New Hampshire fire investigators and police say two teenage girls set the fire that destroyed an 18th-century Colonial home in Rochester. Police Capt. Paul Callaghan and Fire Marshal Mark Dupuis tell Foster’s Daily Democrat the girls will be charged with …
A U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday asked a government watchdog to expand its review of how regulators handled recent Toyota Motor Corp. recalls to include other automakers. After 16 hours of testimony over two consecutive days of hearings in the …
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has lost its bid to deny workers compensation benefits to an employee who also received a $900,000 civil award from two third parties. The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruling on Feb. 19 in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. vs. …
Two companies — one based in Georgia, the other in North Carolina — have been cited for contributing to the conditions that led a worker to fall 90 feet to his death while working on a New Hampshire water tower …
Three flood control projects in Arkansas are among projects in five states that will share $9.4 million in federal funding. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the funding as part of the federal stimulus program. Arkansas will receive a total …
A fire has destroyed a Grand Junction, Colorado portable toilet business, and officials estimate the damage at $1.5 million. No one was injured in the fire, which was reported by a passer-by early Monday. The cause is under investigation. The …
The owner of a business that compiled medical reports for law firms representing injured workers has been sentenced to four years in prison for workers’ compensation fraud in Ohio, according to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s (BWC). The sentencing …
State Farm Insurance has sued Deschutes Brewery, saying it allowed an employee to drink too much free beer before he was involved in a traffic accident. The lawsuit filed Friday in Multnomah County Circuit Court seeks $230,000. It alleges the …