Officials in a southern New Jersey town say a facility there cannot continue to store 2,400 cars damaged in Superstorm Sandy. The Mansfield Zoning Board of Adjustment declined Monday to grant a variance to Vanco, a truck trailer manufacturer that …
Vermont State Police say a section of an Interstate 89 bridge in Colchester came loose, damaging seven vehicles that crossed the bridge. Police say that just before 9 p.m. Tuesday a portion of a bridge plate in the right lane …
Scientists say a 30-foot boat that washed ashore on Gleneden Beach on the central Oregon coast appears to be debris from the March 2011 Japan tsunami. Oregon Fish and Wildlife Department spokesman Rick Boatner says it is believed to have …
Children could soon sled down some public property without stressing out city managers under a bill approved Tuesday by a Iowa State House committee. The legislation would limit the liability if someone was injured on city property designed and designated …
Federal safety officials have fined a Michigan-based metal-making company almost $275,000 for alleged safety violations in Wisconsin. Grede Wisconsin Subsidiaries LLC is accused of exposing workers to hazardous dust at its iron foundry in Browntown, a village in southern Wisconsin. …
Student athletes need access to health care professionals, better-trained coaches and up-to-date equipment, a coalition of groups recommended Wednesday in a call to action aimed at protecting the nearly 8 million students participating in high school sports each year. The …
Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Administrator/CEO Steve Buehrer recognized Haltec Corporation in Columbiana County for attaining Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) status through the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA). The company is now one of only …
Baton Rouge, La., fire investigators have arrested a bookkeeper accused of setting fire to a local business the evening before she was to be questioned in an embezzlement investigation. Authorities tell The Advocate 51-year-old Revelea Jacks Lamartiniere was booked Monday …
The use of lithium ion batteries to power aircraft systems isn’t necessarily unsafe despite a battery fire in one Boeing 787 Dreamliner and smoke in another, but manufacturers need to build in reliable safeguards, the top U.S. aviation safety investigator …
The state Fire Marshal’s office says an explosion at a Fitchburg, Mass., auto parts store was caused by a natural gas leak in a pipeline, and has ruled it an accident. The office released its finding into Tuesday’s explosion on …