Firefighters have pulled three workers out of the rubble of a New York City construction collapse. The Fire Department of New York says five people were injured in the collapse at the five-story building in Brooklyn. One person is in …
Fire officials say fumes from glue used to install carpet caused several employees at Boca West Country Club to feel sick. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue spokesman Donald DeLucia says about 50 new employees at the country club had gathered …
The Kentucky surface coal mine where two workers were killed by falling rock was cited earlier this year over the stability of a highwall. U.S. Mine Health and Safety Administration records show the agency cited operator Armstrong Coal in April. …
The battle for pizza supremacy has taken a wrong turn in Florida. Two managers of a Domino’s Pizza restaurant in Lake City, in north-central Florida, have been charged with burning down a rival Papa John’s location. The motive? Police say …
U.S. prosecutors charged 11 people Thursday in connection with an alleged $1 billion fraud involving hundreds of railroad workers filing false disability claims. In some cases, workers claimed they were unable to work even while they played golf, shoveled snow …
At least 12 contract employees hired to repair the Surry nuclear power plant have been exposed to asbestos. State Department of Labor and Industry reports obtained by the Daily Press, found that flakes of the cancer-causing substance went airborne in …
Federal safety regulators are investigating a construction accident in southern New Jersey that sent five workers to hospitals. The roof collapsed at a Quick Chek construction site in Berkeley Township Wednesday. Detective Sgt. James Smith told the Asbury Park Press …
The death toll from a coal mine explosion in southwestern China has risen to 17. The official Xinhua News Agency says 28 miners were in the shaft when the blast occurred Tuesday in Guizhou province. Eleven were rescued and being …
An attorney for workers who sued over the collapse of an elevated walkway under construction in the treetops at the Atlanta Botanical Garden said settlements totaling more than $15 million have been reached in the case. A portion of the …
State investigators will probe an explosion at a northern Indiana fertilizer plant that injured four people, including two who are in critical condition at a Fort Wayne hospital. Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration spokeswoman Chetrice Mosley says investigators were …