Safety officials are inspecting more than 250 apartment and condominium buildings near Toledo, Ohio following the March deaths of two people in a blaze at an apartment complex plagued by fires. That fire destroyed a 24-unit building and displaced about …
Wyoming has hired seven employees to do workplace safety checks with new funding from state lawmakers. The director of the Department of Workforce Services, Joan Evans, told KCWY-TV that the new employees will work under the state branch of the …
The airline and aviation manufacturing insurance markets turned a profit in 2011 “following one of the safest years in recent times in terms of numbers of losses and passenger fatalities,” according to a review from Willis Aerospace, a unit of …
Outside the windows of Steve Foster’s pickup, Armageddon was coming. A rampage of smoke – white and streaked with black – crested the ridge to his left and bore down. It began blocking the sun, turning daylight to twilight. Glowing, …
Thousands of Nevadans have been ticketed for violating a new state law prohibiting the use of cellphones while driving. According to the Office of Traffic Safety, Las Vegas Metropolitan police issued 2,261 tickets in the first quarter of this year, …
What happens when a series of massive earthquakes hits a five-story medical facility with an intensive care unit, operating room and elevator? Structural engineers at the University of California, San Diego, hope to find out by repeatedly shaking such a …
Elected officials concerned about safety and the image of the Las Vegas Strip are funneling $581,000 in hotel room tax money into a three-month study of pedestrian areas on the tourist corridor. The Clark County Commission on Tuesday called for …
A man who was found dead in his burned home was among the confused and panicked residents who called Colorado authorities as a wildfire raged near them. Police tapes obtained by KMGH-TV show that Sam Lucas expressed surprise after responders …
All Metrolink commuter trains will be outfitted with GPS-based tracking devices by next year, two years ahead of a federally mandated deadline for the safety system, Metrolink officials said. The $200 million system, known as positive train control, will be …
The cities of South Bend, Elkhart and Fort Wayne each have been awarded grants worth $2.3 million to clean up lead from at-risk homes, train workers in lead safety methods and increase public awareness about childhood lead poisoning. The Centers …
