Monthly Archives: <span>March 2019</span>

Second Black Box Found from Plane in Amazon Cargo Crash

Searchers combing a shallow Texas bay have recovered the second of two flight recorders from a cargo plane hauling Amazon packages that crashed last week, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday, two days after finding the first. The …

Federal Safety Agencies Investigating 2 Fatal Tesla Crashes in Florida

U.S. authorities are investigating a fatal Tesla Inc. Model S crash in Florida last Sunday that killed the driver and caused a massive fire, the second fatal Tesla crash in the state this week being probed, the National Highway Traffic …

Pedestrian Fatalities Rise to 16% of Traffic Deaths

A new report projects that 6,227 pedestrian fatalities occurred in 2018, the highest number in nearly three decades. Pedestrians will account for 16 percent of all traffic deaths in 2018, compared to 12 percent in 2008. While advancements in motor …

Companies Still Learning About Fire Risks Around Robots

The Andover fire brigade was alerted at 2.34 a.m. About 2 miles across town, a fire had broken out in the early hours of Feb. 5 at a state-of-the-art Ocado Group Plc warehouse. Within minutes, firefighters were tackling a blaze …

Limo Drivers Settle for $750K Over Misclassification as Contractors, Not Employees

A limousine company dispute in Connecticut has resulted in a $750,000 settlement for 23 current and former drivers. The Connecticut Law Tribune reports that drivers for Connecticut Limousine recently agreed to settle their lawsuit over allegations the New Haven-based company …

Preventing Spreading of Infectious Diseases in the Workplace

It may be obvious when people get injured at work, but it may not always be apparent when people acquire infections resulting from exposures at work. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) reviewed infectious disease investigations in …

House Passes Bill to Extend Background Checks to All Gun Sales, Transfers

The Democratic-controlled House on Wednesday approved a measure requiring federal background checks for all firearms sales and transfers, the first major gun control legislation considered by Congress in nearly 25 years. Democrats called the 240-190 vote a major step to …

San Francisco Gas Pipeline Explosion Linked to Excavation Work

A gas pipeline that exploded in flames in a San Francisco neighborhood earlier this month shows damage consistent with being ruptured by third-party excavators, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday. In a preliminary report, investigators also say the Feb. …

3 Areas Where Property Insurers Disappoint Customers in Claims Process

Property insurers are falling short in some key areas of the claims process even as they earn high marks for overall customer satisfaction, according to the J.D. Power 2019 U.S. Property Claims Satisfaction Study. J.D. Power said that insurers continue …

Allianz Policy Protects Wind Farmers’ Revenue

Wind farm operators can’t predict the weather. But they can hedge it. Investment manager Nephila Holdings Ltd. and insurance giant Allianz SE have banded together to offer an insurance policy of sorts to wind farm developers known as a “proxy …