Authorities say two men have died after being overcome by toxic fumes while working with a mobile fertilizer truck near a Houston high school. Houston Fire Department Deputy Chief Richard Galvan says one worker had opened a hatch on the …
The Houston Fire Department says nine workers were taken to hospitals after they were injured when part of the roof of a building under construction collapsed. Firefighters responded to the roof collapse Monday morning at a hotel under construction north …
An automotive glass manufacturer has been cited by federal workplace safety officials for exposing employees to multiple safety and health hazards at its production plant in Moraine, Ohio. Fuyao Glass America Inc. faces $724,380 in penalties imposed by the U.S. …
Workers’ compensation insurance carrier, Omaha National, is expanding into Illinois and Pennsylvania, issuing policies with an effective date of Sept. 1 or later. In addition to workers’ compensation insurance, Omaha National also provides payroll services to small and mid-size businesses. …
The board of the California Self-Insurers’ Security Fund has approved the 2019/20 Alternative Security Program. The ASP provides a financial backstop to replace security deposits required to collateralize self-insured workers’ compensation liabilities. It reportedly has freed $6.6 billion in working …
ArcelorMittal has been fined $14,000 after a steelworker died in an April train accident at the company’s Indiana Harbor steel mill in northwestern Indiana. The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports the Indiana Department of Labor Occupational Health and Safety Administration found …
Slip and falls, flying tools, poor posture. The workplace can be dangerous, and now you can add pets to the risks that Oregon workers face. Dogs and cats have accounted for more than 1,900 claims since 2014 received by SAIF, …
California financial advisor Tom Fallon, 65, has been sentenced in Long Beach Superior Court after being convicted in an open plea of 25 criminal counts of money laundering and grand theft. Fallon was sentenced to 10 years and four months …
A Spokane, Wash.-area woman faces a felony theft charge for allegedly running a construction business while claiming she was too disabled to work. Deborah J. Steeneck, 59, is accused of stealing more than $11,000 in workers’ compensation cash benefits from …
A shipping business in Ohio says two workers died after they were trapped in a silo filled with grain. The workers became trapped Friday morning inside the silo operated by The Andersons in Toledo. A Toledo fire department spokesman says …
