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California Nightclub Shooting Leaves 2 Dead

Police in California say a man who was denied entry into an Oakland nightclub opened fire with an assault rifle, killing two and wounding four others. Authorities are searching for the suspects in the shooting, which happened shortly before 1 …

Ambulance Driver Files Lawsuit in New Mexico Crash

A 19-year-old woman who was severely injured when a wrong-way drunken driver slammed into the ambulance she was driving on Interstate 25 near Santa Fe last December has filed a lawsuit in state district court. Vanessa Carrillo’s lawsuit names the …

Minnesota Wind Farm Service Company Receives OSHA Fine

A Minnesota wind farm-service company, located in Livingston County about 35 miles northeast of Bloomington, was fined $378,000 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) following an accident that injured an employee working on a central Illinois wind turbine. …

OSHA Cites Texas Bakery Following Finger Amputation

Lone Star Bakery Inc., a private commercial bakery that employs about 500 workers, has been cited by OSHA for 32 serious, one repeat, and 16 other-than-serious violations following following a finger tip amputation incident on the pie processing line and …

55 Gallon Drum Explodes Injuring Upstate New York Worker

A 42-year-old upstate New York man is hospitalized after the 55-gallon drum he was cutting up exploded and shot into the air, hitting him on the head. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office says Ricky Poore was using a cutting torch …

Injury Sciences Releases New Auto Claims Analysis Software

WrExpert Pro is the newly released software for the scientific analysis of vehicle damages and related auto injury claims, announced San Antonio-based Injury Sciences LLC. The software leverages data integration with client systems and leading third party technology providers and, …

Tyson Cited for Alleged Violations at Nebraska Plant

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued eight violations against a Tyson Foods Inc. meatpacking plant in Lexington. The federal agency on Monday cited the plant for one repeat and seven serious violations. They include failing to cover an …

New York Samaritan Charged with Insurance Fraud

A man who helped victims of a truck crash on one of New York’s busiest highways has been charged with insurance fraud. Police say Gabriel Hernandez wrongly claimed he’d been injured in the Sept. 22 accident on the Major Deegan …

Team to Study Blaze That Injured Five District of Columbia Firefighters

A team of investigators plans to study how five District of Columbia firefighters seriously injured in a blaze became trapped in a building. DC fire spokesman Pete Piringer said Saturday that one of the firefighters remained in critical but stable …

Illinois House May Scrap Workers’ Compensation

The Illinois House is considering a plan to scrap the state’s much-criticized workers’ compensation system. That means workers and employers would have to battle in court over each injury and whether the worker should be compensated. Legislation ending the system …