U.S. Sen. Max Baucus says a Lincoln County clinic has secured a $10 million, four-year federal grant to screen people for asbestos-related disease. The Montana Democrat announced Monday that the Center for Asbestos Related Disease, also known as the CARD …
Caterpillar Inc. in East Peoria has been hit with proposed penalties of $66,000 for three safety violations for failing to follow proper procedures to lock out and tag out the energy sources of equipment, according to OSHA. This follows an …
Little Rock police have arrested a suspect in at least two of the recent robberies that have left convenience store and fast food restaurant operators on edge. Police said Tuesday that 22-year-old David Henry Johnson of Little Rock turned himself …
A health inspection of Delta Granite and Marble Inc.’s facility on Sable Lane, where employees fabricate marble and granite counter tops, resulted in citations for 10 serious and one other-than-serious violation, according to OSHA. Proposed penalties total $42,000. The company …
AXA UK has announced that it will no longer accept referral fees from personal injury lawyers and has issued a call for whiplash injury reform to eliminate fraud within the industry. The announcement noted that the company “has been a …
A Nevada man claims boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. directed his bodyguards to attack him at a Las Vegas casino last year after the man tried to take a photograph of the undefeated champion and asked about a fight with another …
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a man who lost four fingers in a workplace accident on a metal-cutting machine cannot sue the British maker of the equipment in the state of New Jersey. The court voted 6-3 Monday …
A 35-year-old man from southern California has drowned at a Kauai waterfall. The Kauai Fire Department says the man from Irvine jumped off the top of Kipu Falls Sunday afternoon. He was swimming toward the shore when he went underwater …
Since 2007, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has recalled more than 11 million dangerous cribs. These recalls follow 3,584 reports of crib incidents, which resulted in 1,703 injuries and 153 deaths. In response, U.S. Senators and U.S. Consumer …
Sony Corp. believes it was targeted by hackers because it tried to protect its intellectual property, CEO Howard Stringer told a shareholders’ meeting at which he sidestepped a call for him to step down over the incident. Sony has been …