Health and Safety at Work

  In 1998, Jerome Mack's best friend was killed in a grain bin accident.  He had entered the top of a nearly full bin to break up a crust of corn interfering with grain flow. The kernels were stuck and not discharging out the bottom of the bin. He stepped...

The state agency charged with protecting workers and the public from safety hazards has cited a local farm labor company for what it says is the first confirmed heat-related fatality in 2011. The state Division of Occupational Safety and Health issued...

Baltimore County school employees have reached a tentative agreement with the school system that would raise the contributions employees make to their health care plans over the next five years in exchange for guarantees that there will be no layoffs or...

As Newt Gingrich lashes out at "liberal elites," Mitt Romney is casting the 2012 campaign as "free enterprise on trial" -- and Mr. Romney defines free enterprise as achieving success through "risk-taking." U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donahue,...

CHARLEVOIX — Charlevoix County leaders changed the county's retiree health insurance policy to match employees'. County commissioners voted Wednesday to approve a new health care plan for retirees, one that mirrors the one held by full-time...

Area Catholic colleges and other religious-based employers are considering their options in the wake of a federal order that they must provide birth-control coverage to women employees by Aug. 1, 2013. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services...

WASHINGTON (AP)— One of the most popular provisions of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul — consumer-friendly summaries of what your insurance plan covers — suddenly seems to be at risk. Consumer groups say it’s...

Washington County residents have, on average, higher rates of cancer, heart attacks and strokes than the rest of Maryland, and one place to begin improving those statistics is in the workplace, a state disease expert said Friday. Maryland has...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A prayer group is getting special access to the Statehouse for the opening day of the 2012 session. People attending Capitol Commission Indiana's prayer day at the Statehouse can show a copy of an email message to skirt an...