A freight train carrying volatile chemicals derailed about 50 miles south of Toledo, Ohio, on Feb. 6, causing at least 15 tanker cars to catch fire and explode and forcing evacuations of nearby homes, a fire official said. No injuries …
A former New Jersey police officer who admitted setting fire to his personal vehicle to defraud his insurance company has been sentenced to three years’ probation. Thirty-five-year-old Kareem Spence pleaded guilty in November to one count of insurance fraud. The …
The Norfolk, Virginia medical examiner says the death of a city worker whose body was found in a recycling truck was accidental. The Virginian-Pilot reports that 51-year-old Jerry Holton was found dead in the back of the truck Thursday morning. …
OSHA has fined a Massachusetts restoration and masonry contractor $235,000 for exposing workers to fall, scaffolding and other hazards at a work site on Boston’s Rowes Wharf. The federal safety agency said employees of NER Construction Management Inc., of Wilmington, …
Ford Motor Co. is recalling nearly 363,000 F-150 pickup trucks in North America because of a potential problem with the interior door handles not working properly, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported Thursday. Ford has now recalled more …
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has reached agreements with two companies who the attorney general’s office says violated Missouri’s workers’ compensation law by knowingly failing to report worker injuries to the Division of Workers’ Compensation within the prescribed time frame. …
The Gulf of Mexico should recover from the massive BP oil spill by the end of 2012, the administrator of the $20 billion victims compensation fund said last week. By that time, most of the harmful effect of the worst …
Americans will consumer 30 million slices of pizza on Sunday, making Super Bowl Sunday one of the busiest day of the year for pizza chains. Papa Johns, the official pizza sponsor for Super Bowl XL, expects to have its single …
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced a $26 million settlement with CareSource, a Dayton-based managed health care company, and its related corporate entities. The settlement resolves allegations that CareSource submitted false data and received reimbursements from Medicaid for health care …
Massachusetts insurer Arbella cannot recoup from the state’s Workers’ Compensation Trust Fund a substantial portion of a $67,500 settlement with an injured carpenter, the Appeals Court has ruled. The ruling stems from a 2006 settlement with Keiran Kelly, who had …