An Ohio police officer was found guilty Wednesday of one count of companion animal cruelty after his K-9 partner died of heat stroke in his police cruiser Sept. 28, 2014. The officer, Sgt. Brett Harrison of the Montville Township Police Department, was found guilty for not providing his K-9 Beny with the necessary food and
Read more →The death marks the fourth fatality in the coal mining industry this year. A 34-year-old section foreman was killed March 16 in Paramont Coal Company Virginia LLC’s Deep Mine 41 near McClure, Va. The foreman, David Brummitte of Pound, Va., who had 10 years of experience, was pinned against the side of a shuttle car
Read more →“Some crews are not ready to work today due to sorrow and emotional distress. The company is sympathetic to this as in some cases the employees have lost good friends among the crew involved in the accident. Although they would not actually have been on duty, other crew members have reported voluntarily for work in
Read more →Manufacturers have enough challenges without having the extra burden of a workers’ compensation system that is rigged to protect fraud. Our current workers compensation system allows fraudulent injury and illness claims to be filed without recourse, supported by courts that too often bend over backwards to discriminate against the employer, robbing profits that are already
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