The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited S.J. Louis Construction of Texas Ltd. based in Austin, Texas, with 10 alleged serious and two other-than-serious violations for exposing workers to multiple safety hazards, including a possible …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Kinney’s Commercial Inc. in Austin, Texas, with alleged willful, serious and other-than-serious violations for exposing workers to possible excavation cave-ins. Proposed penalties total $40,750. “This employer put its …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Behr Dayton Thermal Products LLC in Dayton, Ohio, with six serious and two repeat safety violations for failing to provide proper personal protective gear and lockout procedures for …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited highway construction company R. A. Cullinan and Son Inc. in Tremont, Ill., a division of United Contractors Midwest Inc., with one alleged willful and two serious alleged safety …
Attorneys have reached a settlement in a lawsuit over a fatal crash on the Bay Bridge in the summer of 2008. Fifty-seven-year-old John Short died after he swerved his tractor-trailer to avoid hitting Candy Baldwin’s oncoming car. The truck crashed …
Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Rod Bordelon recently announced final disciplinary actions taken in August by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC). Commissioner’s orders are subject to appeal to state district court within 30 days after …
The Virginia Department of Transportation will receive $6.2 million in federal funding to help pay costs stemming from a severe winter storm in 2009. The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced the funding Thursday in a news release. The storm that …
The Fire Marshal’s Office in Frederick County, Maryland said it is investigating an intentionally set fire that damaged a vacant house in downtown Frederick. Chief Fire Marshal Marc McNeal says the fire was spotted shortly before 6 a.m. Wednesday. He …
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Hurricane Karl, which made its second landfall in Mexico last Friday as a Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale, has caused several rivers and canals to overflow, inundating large portions of …
Tropical Storm Matthew formed over the western Caribbean Thursday and was expected to hit Central America as early as Friday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The storm, which had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph [72 kph], could disrupt …