The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Superior Energy Services Inc., payroll company SESI LLC and five subsidiary companies in Louisiana with 38 violations of the OSHA recordkeeping standard. Proposed penalties total $337,500. OSHA’s Baton …
On issues ranging from the air we breathe to the noise factories make, business leaders want the government to stay out of their way. And the Republicans, looking toward the 2012 elections, are listening. The House’s principal investigative panel, the …
FARA Insurance Services has opened a new office in Princeton, New Jersey — part of a push into the Northeast by the Louisiana-based firm that specializes in claims administration and risk management services. The new office will handle more complex …
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing $49,000 in penalties against Montana-based NorthWestern Energy after an apprentice lineman was seriously injured when he came into contact with 7,200 volts of electricity. OSHA area director Christine A. Webb of …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Protech Environmental South Inc., doing business as U.S. Erosion Control Products Inc., following an inspection that uncovered 46 alleged safety and health hazards including worker exposure to heavy accumulations of combustible …
Recent high-profile accident cases have put a regulatory spotlight on grain elevators. Speakers at the North Dakota Grain Dealers Association annual meeting in Fargo talked about a range of financial perils elevators must deal with today. Mike Maslowski, compliance assistance …
OSHA has fined a Massachusetts restoration and masonry contractor $235,000 for exposing workers to fall, scaffolding and other hazards at a work site on Boston’s Rowes Wharf. The federal safety agency said employees of NER Construction Management Inc., of Wilmington, …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited North Central Power Co. Inc. of Radisson, Wis., following an investigation into the death of a lineman who was electrocuted while working to repair a 7,200-volt power line …
Mutual Insurance Co. announced that two National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) group discount programs earned a combined $908,586 in workers’ compensation dividends. Both dividends were based largely on each group’s overall loss ratio. The larger dividend — $693,148 — …
Americans will consumer 30 million slices of pizza on Sunday, making Super Bowl Sunday one of the busiest day of the year for pizza chains. Papa Johns, the official pizza sponsor for Super Bowl XL, expects to have its single …