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Feds probing Indiana's workplace safety agency
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The federal government's workplace safety agency says it's investigating its Indiana counterpart agency. Occupational Safety and Health Administration spokesman Scott Allen tells The Indianapolis Star ( http://indy.st/10Q1SKn )...Tags: Health and Safety at Work
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Heat on Benton Harbor Public Safety Department after house fire
WSBT-TVBENTON HARBOR, Mich. – "Fix it, before someone else gets hurt or killed." That's the message from the Michigan Firefighters Union president about the Benton Harbor's Public Safety Department. The department is under a microscope following a...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Safety of Citizens, Politics, Government
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City admits missteps in response to Benton Harbor fire
WSBT-TV Reporter"A number of things went wrong." That's what Benton Harbor's public safety director, Roger Lange, says about the fire at 1034 Jennings that nearly killed Lt. Doug Bell. Lange has interviewed two public safety officers that were on the scene with...Tags: Fires, Services and Shopping, Vehicles, Safety of Citizens, Politics
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Benton Harbor fire 911 calls, injured firefighter's family responds
WSBT-TVBENTON HARBOR – Dramatic 911 calls from eyewitnesses begging for help for a Benton Harbor firefighter injured in a house fire. LISTEN TO THE CALLS HERE The calls are from March 14 when veteran firefighter, Lieutenant Doug Bell, was trapped and...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Fires, Safety of Citizens, Politics, Government
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Injured SW Mich. firefighter improving
BENTON HARBOR – A Benton Harbor firefighter severely burned in a house fire is improving. Lt. Douglas Bell is listed in good condition at a Kalamazoo hospital. Bell had severe burns on his hands and less severe burns on his ears, forehead, and...
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Homeowner: Benton Harbor firefighter entered blaze by himself
Lt. Doug Bell, A Benton Harbor firefighter, is recovering in a Kalamazoo burn unit after reportedley entering a burning house by himself. The homeowner says he didn't think there was enough help from firefighters. And he only saw Bell go inside. A union...
Tags: Fires, Safety of Citizens, Politics, Government
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Federal cuts hit Ind. jobless, National Guard
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana agencies are cutting jobless benefits, furloughing National Guard members and losing food funds for the Women Infants and Children program because of the automatic federal budget cuts, officials said Monday. The state...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Layoffs and Downsizing, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Norfolk Southern ordered to pay fired worker $438K
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A federal agency has ordered Norfolk Southern Railway Co. to rehire an Indiana employee fired in 2010 and pay him nearly $438,000 in damages. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said the Fort Wayne-based crane...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Employees, Career and Workplace, Norfolk Southern Corporation
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REPORT: IOSHA inspections, fines are down
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — The state agency charged with keeping Indiana workplaces safe inspects fewer than a third of the businesses it did in the 1980s, issues fines for serious violations that average less than half the national rate and issued...Tags: Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Punishment, Newspaper and Magazine, Employment, Business
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Class-action suit could involve 1,700 residents near plant
South Bend TribuneA federal judge has granted class-action status to an environmental lawsuit concerning a controversial wood recycling facility in Elkhart, creating about 1,700 potential plaintiffs in the case. Residents of neighborhoods surrounding the facility at 29861...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Laws, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Worker dies in accident at NW Indiana power plant
WHEATFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say a contractor performing maintenance work at a northwestern Indiana power plant has died after an apparent fall. Porter County Coroner Chuck Harris says 49-year-old Troy Jabaay of Hebron died Tuesday at...Tags: Health and Safety at Work
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State: Shops should take Black Friday precautions
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Department of Labor is encouraging retailers to take precautions to ensure employees and shoppers are safe during "Black Friday" sales and other major shopping days. The department says a lack of adequate crowd...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Employment, Career and Workplace, Employment Opportunities
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