The Food and Drug Administration says it has uncovered potential safety problems at 30 specialty pharmacies that were inspected in the wake of a recent outbreak of meningitis caused by contaminated drugs. The agency said its inspectors targeted 31 compounding …
A Louisiana man will spend time in prison for lying about worker injuries at Tennessee Valley Authority nuclear facilities, allowing his company to collect $2.5 million in safety bonuses. A federal court news release said 55-year-old Walter Cardin, of Metairie, …
Earlier in April, the federal government announced that it would not give grants to repair homes badly damaged by Superstorm Sandy unless the owners agreed to make sure they are in compliance with new advisory flood maps. In New Jersey, …
Firefighters have a dangerous job. They run into burning buildings in the midst of panic and chaos, wade through thick smoke in search of life and keep precious mementos from turning to ash. That’s why most people expect that when …
The FBI said the investigation of the explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon is a “criminal investigation that is a potential terrorist investigation.” The FBI, with Special Agent Richard DesLauriers in charge, has taken the lead in …
R-T Specialty LLC named Gloria Lam to its workers’ compensation specialty division. Lam joins April 23 as a senior vice iresident in the Irvine, Calif. office. Lam has worked in the wholesale industry for seven years, with a focus on …
Wholesale Trading Co-Op Insurance Services LLC in Northern California named wholesale brokerage industry veteran Sheryl Smith as the firm’s director. Smith will be based in WTCI’s San Francisco office. Smith joins WTCI from AmWINS Group Inc., where she specialized in …
The death toll in the bombings at the Boston Marathon has risen to three. More than 140 people are being treated at area hospitals for injuries, some of them grave and involving amputations. There were two explosions around 2:50 p.m. …
A 100-car “naturalistic” driving study conducted by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute says that fatigue is a cause of 20 percent of car crashes, rather than the two or three percent previously estimated based on surveys, simulator studies and test …
The federal government’s workplace safety agency is investigating its Indiana counterpart – a department that documents indicate is trying to boost its inspections without hiring new staffers. The Indianapolis Star, which obtained those documents, reported that they show the Indiana …
