Nearly 90 fires were reported near Ohio State’s campus early in the morning on Jan. 13 after the Buckeyes won the first national title game in college football’s playoffs, the Columbus Fire Department said. The fires involved trash bins, Dumpsters …
The owner of a Portland, Maine, apartment building where six people died in a fire has one week to clean up fire safety issues at another building he owns in the same neighborhood. City officials inspected Gregory Nisbet’s Dartmouth Street …
Insured losses due to natural catastrophes down 38 percent in 2014, according Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team. The Annual Global Climate and Catastrophe Report, released this week, evaluates the impact of the natural disaster events that occurred …
A DuPont and Co pesticide plant where four people died in a gas leak in November had been cited for emissions violations by a state agency on several occasions before the accident, the Houston Chronicle reported. The newspaper cited public …
Work to fill a sinkhole that opened up over an old mine shaft, nearly swallowing an SUV, is set to begin in Lafayette, Colorado. Crews plan to start work Wednesday and have the 15-foot-deep hole filled by the end of …
Overexertion and falls account for more than $25 billion in workers compensation costs in the U.S., according to Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety’s 2014 Workplace Safety Index. In its 15th year, the annual ranking of top 10 causes of …
Contrary to a nationwide trend, Texas automobile crashes resulting in injuries and fatalities have risen for the past three years, the Insurance Council of Texas reports. Nationally, roadway crashes involving injuries and fatalities have been going down. Since 2011, however, …
Higginbotham has hired Steven Stick as senior loss control consultant in the independent insurance, risk management and financial services firm’s Dallas office. Higginbotham’s control department serves customers throughout the state. The department helps businesses identify their property and liability exposures …
A Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard that has been a focus of complaints by nearby residents is paying a $144,545 civil fine for environmental violations including allowing sandblasting particles and paint to become airborne. VT Halter Marine agreed to pay the fine …
The Oxford Board of Aldermen has approved a new ordinance that allows owners of older homes to rebuild after a natural disaster, even if the house doesn’t meet current setback codes and other newer regulations. City Planner Andrea Correll tells …