Police and fire chiefs says staff cuts will
Police and fire chiefs says staff cuts will jeopardize public safety
Fort Madison Daily Democrat - Fort Madison's police chief and fire chief warned city councilors that recommended staff cuts in the departments will likely jeopardize the safety of Fort Madison residents as well as their officers and firefighters. During the first of a series of
Deaths prompt harsh look at absent oversight
Daytona Beach News-Journal - In 2000, the state Legislature eliminated the Division of Safety and ended all inspections of public facilities. Gov. Jeb Bush urged local governments to police themselves using the same stringent federal standards private businesses must meet
Rush on to probe Daytona blast
Daytona Beach News-Journal - DAYTONA BEACH -- A federal safety agency announced Friday it plans to conduct a full investigation into the city wastewater treatment plant explosion that killed two employees and severely burned a third this week. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard
Former OSHA official pleads guilty in federal bribery case
KXAN - EL PASO, Texas A former federal job safety official in El Paso today pleaded guilty to his role in a bribery case. Prosecutors say Mario Martin Solano was with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Solano pleaded guilty to one count of
OSHA cites Titan Electric after fatal accident in Auburn
WAFF - MOBILE, Ala. Walker County-based Titan Electric would be required to pay nearly 53-thousand dollars in fines for an August fourth, 2005 fatal accident at an Auburn worksite. The proposed penalty by the U-S Labor Department's Occupational Safety and
OSHA criminal convictions rare in deaths
Cincinnati Enquirer - Patrick Walters died when the rain-soaked dirt walls of this 10-foot-deep trench next to a new house in Miamisburg collapsed on June 14, 2002. Michelle Marts of Morrow and her ex-husband Jeff Walters of Hamersville stand at the crypt of their son
Tent company cited in Jamboree deaths
Anchorage Daily News - Workers responsible for putting up the tent involved in the electrocutions of four Boy Scout leaders last summer were not properly trained or qualified for the job, a federal investigation concluded. Three of the Scout leaders killed at the big
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