October 30, 2013
A southern Indiana military base where an explosion and fire injured five workers earlier this year has made safety improvements and continues to work with regulators on other changes, a spokesman said Monday. The Crane Army Ammunition Activity about 70 …
September 19, 2013
A workplace safety inspection prompted by the death of an Indianapolis trash collector has resulted in 10 violations and proposed fines of $80,000 for the city’s public works department. The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing the largest …
September 9, 2013
A company has agreed to pay more than $1.33 million in penalties and fines for the death of a Canton, S.D., worker. Forty-two-year-old Larry Kinzer, of Sioux Falls, was killed in November 2011 at Adams Thermal Systems Inc., which makes …
October 18, 2012
An 18-year-old woman who nearly died last year after she inadvertently hanged herself from a noose while working at a suburban St. Louis, Mo., haunted house says she’s still struggling to recover. Jessica Rue slipped off a tub and got …
June 12, 2012
Serious safety violations at a chemical plant in Arkansas have resulted in a proposed $122,000 in fines for an Indiana company, federal regulators say. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited West Lafayette, Ind.-based Great …