Limousines that operate in California would be required to have emergency exits under legislation approved by the state Assembly in the wake of several limousine fire deaths. Democratic Sen. Ellen Corbett of San Leandro drafted the bill after two limousine …
A fired Montana employee from Bozeman Deaconess Hospital has filed a lawsuit contending he was dismissed after reporting to federal authorities safety concerns involving radiation treatment and nuclear waste storage. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported that medical physicist Lawrence Slate …
Workplace fatalities in Wyoming reached the highest number in five years in 2012, slightly surpassing the number of deaths the state has seen in each of the past several years. Last year, 35 people died on the job in Wyoming, …
Stephen Merrill was finishing his freshman year of college two years ago when he and a group of friends went to an indoor trampoline park in Utah for a day of flipping, jumping and bouncing. At one point, Merrill leaped …
A state appeals court ruling has cleared the way for stalled lawsuits involving a deadly 2006 Kauai dam breach to move forward. The state Intermediate Court of Appeals sent the case back to circuit court, vacating the lower court’s ruling …
An organization dedicated to building storm shelters in Oklahoma schools is getting another donation. Moore Supercuts will present a check to ShelterOklahomaSchools.org on Saturday to further the organization’s mission to equip all schools in the state with storm shelters. Several …
When a tornado siren went off during a meeting at Belleville’s City Hall and nobody took charge to move people to safety, it got the attention of Alderwoman Lillian Schneider. Her formal complaint to the Illinois Department of Labor led …
The family of a Klamath Falls girl who was burned in a fluke fire at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Oregon has notified officials of their intent to sue. The Oregonian reported a letter from a lawyer says hospital staff improperly …
Los Angeles officials have asked developers of a massive Hollywood skyscraper project to conduct more studies to determine whether it’s earthquake-safe. The request came last week after a USC quake expert voiced concerns. The Millennium project would build two towers …
The board that oversees Arizona’s state university system is expressing concern about student safety in the wake of dangerous and criminal activities that include alcohol-related injuries, sexual assaults and at least one fatality. According to The Arizona Republic, a letter …
