Workers’ compensation giant Liberty Mutual has developed a new predictive model that lets it more quickly identify and manage high cost workers’ compensation claims that typically make up about 20 percent of all workers’ compensation claims. The new model is …
A Cargill Inc unit is being sued by an Oregon family who said their young daughter was hospitalized after eating Salmonella-contaminated turkey, the subject of one of the largest U.S. meat recalls ever. The lawsuit is one of the first …
Royal Dutch Shell said Tuesday that a leak at one of its North Sea oil rigs has been reduced to 2 barrels – or 84 gallons – a day. Glen Cayley, technical director of Shell’s European exploration and production activities, …
An investigation into the mysterious deaths of five foreign tourists and a Thai tour guide in hotels in northern Thailand suggests a link to toxic chemical exposure but has failed to determine exactly what killed them, the government said Tuesday. …
A billboard worker has died after falling about 30 feet from a sign near Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office on Tuesday identified the victim as 40-year-old John Burnette of Boyd. Arlington police say the accident …
Fire has destroyed a New Jersey home that was so chock full of surplus military equipment, dressers, refrigerators and other material that a fire official called it “one of the most extreme examples of hoarding.” Avenel Assistant Fire Chief Frank …
Children are returning to school in Ohio during an era of safer school bus travel in the state. State Highway Patrol records show crashes involving school buses have declined steadily in recent years, from 1,671 in 2006 to 1,579 last …
A Slidell contractor is suspected of taking money to perform concrete work for the Killona Fire Department and then disappearing without finishing the job. The Times-Picayune reports that 64-year-old Phillip Livesay is wanted in St. Charles Parish for contractor fraud. …
The Texas Forest Service says five people have received medical attention following a brush fire that destroyed 15 mobile homes. Spokeswoman Lexi Maxwell said Tuesday that crews are working to contain the blaze that started with a 30-acre fire in …
Minnesota State Fair officials say they have standards to keep stages as safe as possible for concertgoers and performers. But they acknowledged Monday that the company that erects its temporary stages faces charges in Canada for a fatal stage collapse …