A Texas appellate court upheld summary judgment dismissing the negligence claims against the operators of an oil drill site for a worker’s death.

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The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a temporary worker injured on his one-day assignment could not maintain a civil suit against the employer.

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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a finding that a coal miner’s radiculopathy was related to his on-the-job fall and that he was entitled to

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Thursday that it cited a Georgia plumbing contractor after a worker died in a trench collapse in

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday it cited an Alabama brick manufacturer for exposing workers to a substance that could potentially cause