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Alcohol, Drugs Factors in Fatal Fall at Colorado Rockies Game

A 27-year-old man who died when he fell from a stairway during a Colorado Rockies game had marijuana and alcohol in his system at the time. An autopsy report released Monday says the amount of alcohol in Robert Seamans’ system …

Honda Civic off Consumer Reports Recommended List

Honda Motor Co’s redesigned Civic LX small sedan dropped precipitously in Consumer Reports ratings and no longer rates well enough to be on the publication’s “recommended” list, the consumer magazine said Monday. The Civic fell from “very good” in the …

Contract Worker Dies in Fall at Ill. Refinery Site

Federal workplace-safety officials are investigating the death of a contractor who fell nearly 50 feet while doing welding on an above-ground tank at a southwestern Illinois oil refinery. Madison County Coroner Stephen Nonn said Bradley Edmund, 38, of Taylorville died …

North Carolina Party Supplier Fined in Worker’s Death

The North Carolina Department of Labor has cited a Concord company for workplace rules infractions after an employee died in a fall. The Salisbury Post reported Wednesday that the Occupational Health and Safety Division has fined Sysco Guest Supply $12,500 …

OSHA Fines Illinois Steel Erection Contractor $75,460 for Fall Hazards

Quinco Steel Inc., located in Chicago Heights, has been cited by OSHA for four repeat safety violations after people were observed working at heights without fall protection during a January job site inspection in Chicago. The steel erection contractor faces …

Toddler Falls Off Second-floor Balcony in Orlando

A toddler suffered head injuries after falling from a second-floor balcony at the University of Central Florida’s Millican Hall. Orange County Fire Rescue officials say the incident happened just before 3 p.m. Tuesday. He was taken to Arnold Palmer Hospital …

Teen Joins New York Fire Department After Rescue

A teenager who had to be rescued after he fell off a western New York cliff last year has joined the fire department that helped bring him to safety. Andrew Carriero of Gowanda was hunting last November in the gorge …

Dow Chemical Worker Dies After Fall in Plant

A Dow Chemical employee died on Thursday after falling inside the company’s Midland, Michigan manufacturing complex, Dow said in a statement. Dow, the largest chemical maker in the United States, declined to release the man’s name until his family could …