An explosion and fire at a southeastern Oklahoma oil rig early on Dec. 19 killed two workers and injured three others, two of them critically. The explosion occurred around 1 a.m. on the deck of a rig about 2 miles …
Complaints about trucks tearing up parish roads have prompted the St. Landry Parish Council in Louisiana to re-examine how road-use permits are issued and how the parish can force those causing the damage to pay for repairs. Council member Pam …
Gus Pando lost his mother last year in a crash at an intersection where a county road crossed four lanes of vehicles barreling by at 75 miles an hour. At the same Odessa, Texas, junction in August, a family friend …
Specialty Insurance Group (SIG), a member of the Everest Re Group Ltd., and independently operated insurance brokerage firm Britton Gallagher have together launched a new insurance, loss control and safety program for the pyrotechnics market. The strategic partnership with Britton …
An internal audit has found that the Caddo Parish school system has been testing far fewer bus drivers than it should for drugs and alcohol. Federal regulations require random testing each year of at least half the employees with a …
Ounce by ounce, 30 Ferndale, Mich., city workers began to change their lives one year ago. Today, they are 1,0521/2 pounds lighter, and they’re saving the city big bucks – an estimated $131,000 this year alone – in health care …
The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) distributed 2,000 smoke alarms to firefighters in every corner of the state this month in honor of Fire Prevention Week. ICT’s We’re Out to Alarm Texas program provides the smoke alarms to fire departments …
New York is looking into creating its first statewide early warning system for tornadoes. A bill signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo directs a review into the feasibility of installing a system. The system could involve piercing sirens at …
The one sure-fire way to avoid dying in a grain bin is to stay out. That’s where Scott Haugan and some high-tech wizardry come in. The Des Moines Register reports Haugan, who runs the Howgan grain storage technology firm in …
Chicago City Council is to consider a ban on bicyclists texting while riding on city streets. The council’s Traffic Safety Committee endorsed the ban on Oct. 3. Bicyclists also couldn’t talk on cell phones without a hands-free device while riding. …
