Federal regulators have fined a Texas company for failing to provide fall protection at a Dripping Springs work site. Proposed penalties total $48,180. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Jr Stucco for five serious …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued more than $100,000 in fines to an Arkansas chemical company. The federal agency alleges that Great Lakes Chemical Corp. exposed employees at the El Dorado facility to unexpected releases of the chemical …
Memphis, Tenn., firefighters say they’re concerned that a realignment plan that includes decommissioning four ladder trucks and replacing them with two multi-functional trucks will threaten public safety. The Commercial Appeal reports that the dispute involves two so-called “quint” fire trucks …
A federal building in Oak Ridge, Tenn., has been shut down indefinitely after an inspection found asbestos inside. The building houses about 350 Department of Energy workers and contractors along with staff members of U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann’s office. The …
Milwaukee, Wis., police say a dog walker required surgery after a pit bull leaped from a second-story balcony and attacked his own dog. Police say the 55-year-old man came to the defense of his pet and wrestled the pit bull …
Terry Miller was on a whirlwind tour after arriving in the U.S. from his home in Perth, Australia. Friday morning he woke up in a Wichita motel, having spent the past days chasing storms from eastern New Mexico through western …
Michigan authorities say they suspect an arsonist set a blaze that broke out in the former headquarters of the Highland Park Fire Department. The fire was burning Sunday afternoon at the former fire station. It’s is across the street from …
A rural home near Motley, Minn., should have been fully engulfed by the time firefighters arrived. It wasn’t. The Brainerd Dispatch reports that’s because the fire caused flooding that saved the house. Pequot Lakes Fire Chief Tom Nelson says the …
Texas-based System Engineering And Laboratories (SEAL), provides forensic engineering, expert witness, certified fire, arson, accident investigations, safety engineering and product testing services, has launched its new PHP-based website, at http://www.sealcorp.com. The dramatically redesigned site, created by the Company’s in-house marketing …
A new report suggests that 2011 is on track as yet another consecutive year of declining vehicle thefts, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). Four of the top 10 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) reported more thefts in 2011, …