Four motorists who say potholes in Bozeman, Montana damaged their vehicles have filed claims against the city this year. The Montana Municipal Interlocal Authority is the city’s insurance company. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports that the company has denied two …
According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration, federal inspectors issued 166 citations and orders during special impact inspections conducted at seven coal mines and one dimension stone quarry last month. The seven coal mines were …
A landmark suburban Philadelphia inn, dating back to the 1800s, has been destroyed by fire. According to authorities, the Churchville Inn in Southampton, Bucks County, was gutted by a fire early Sunday. Two brothers who manage the restaurant for their …
More than 200 of Kentucky’s 1,000 dams are considered high hazards threatening property, people, and animals if breached. This is according to a recent report, “The Cost of Rehabilitating our Nation’s Dams,” published by the Association of Dam Safety Officials. …
A citation and full penalty issued to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for inadequate crowd management following a November 2008 trampling death of a worker at one of the company’s retail locations in New York has been upheld by the Occupational Safety …
After diverting nearly $6 million in client funds, 58 year old St. Louis resident Victoria McGee-Harris has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count each of mail fraud and engaging in a monetary transaction of around $10,000 in …
Officials announced today that Chief U.S. District Judge Ralph E. Tyson sentenced Chemical and Metal Industries Inc. (C&MI), a company based in Colorado, to two years probation, a $1,000,000 fine, and $2,000,000 in restitution to the victim’s estate, including his …
A roofing contractor in Wichita, Kan., has been cited for two willful and two serious alleged violations of federal safety standards. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed a total of $116,000 in penalties against Gerardo …
The top U.S. nuclear regulator has approved the launch of a safety review of U.S. nuclear reactors sought by President Barack Obama in response to the ongoing crisis at Japan’s Fukushima plant. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted to create an …
Risk modeling company AIR Worldwide tightened its estimate for insured losses from the Japan earthquake and tsunami, forecasting the insurance industry will have to pay out $20 billion to $30 billion in claims. That estimate, issued late Thursday night, compares …