The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Evanston, Ill.-based Spartech Plastics LLC with 16 serious safety violations for exposing employees to unguarded machinery and electrical shock hazards, and for failing to protect workers from fall …
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A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of Tunisia’s BEST RE, both with stable outlooks.The ratings of BEST RE reflect its “significant importance to its …
As more New Mexicans feel the pinch of economic hardship, insurance fraud-related crimes are on the increase, prompting investigators with the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission’s Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) to investigate suspected fraud. As of July 2010, IFB had …
The owners of the shipyard in Sparrows Point, Maryland are suing a neighboring steel mill, claiming it has contaminated their docks and repair yard with benzene and other hazardous materials. The federal suit was filed last week in U.S. District …
The Honolulu City Council has passed a bill that would ban all consumer fireworks except small amounts of firecrackers on holidays and special circumstances. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser says acting Mayor Kirk Caldwell is expected to sign the measure in the …
A man shot and wounded three people at a cold-storage facility in Crete, Neb., where he worked before apparently shooting and killing himself, authorities said. Saline County Sheriff Alan Moore told the Lincoln Star Journal that about 35 people were …
The company behind a pipeline leak near Chicago estimates it will cost up to $60 million to clean up the area where hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil spilled this month. Enbridge Energy Partners said its estimate of $40 …
A forensic accountant told jurors in Aaron Jones’ federal insurance-fraud trial on Sept. 22 that, contrary to the claims of Jones’ lawyer, the real estate developer and attorney was facing major financial problems when his west Little Rock, Ark., family …
Hail damage is adding up in some neighborhoods in eastern Iowa. In Marion, near Cedar Rapids, storms on Sept. 21 dropped hail the size of golf balls. The Gazette says one homeowner, Michelle Chayer, stashed some of them in her …