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| OSHA to Companies: Don't Send Us Your Employee Injury Logs |
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Federal workplace regulators quietly announced this week that they will seek to extend the deadline for companies to submit their employee injury logs. The decision comes a week after a Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting story highlighted how the Occupational Safety and Health Administration had failed to set up a website for roughly 450,000 companies required to electronically submit data from their injury and illness logs by July 1. OSHA was ready to launch a website with information for employers in February, but it was never posted. Instead thousands of companies remained in limbo: 'OSHA is not accepting electronic submissions,' the agency's website said.
Jennifer Gollan, The Center for Investigative Reporting 05/19/2017   
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| Four Car Makers Settle Takata Inflators Claims for $553M |
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Four automakers agreed to a $553 million settlement to address class-action economic loss claims covering owners of nearly 16 million recalled vehicles with potentially defective Takata airbag inflators, court documents filed on Thursday showed.
Toyota Motor Corp's share of the settlement costs is $278.5 million, followed by BMW AG at $131 million, Mazda Motor Co at $76 million and Subaru Corp at $68 million.
David Shepardson & Naomi Tajitsu , Reuters 05/19/2017
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| Florida Woman Severely Burned by Starbucks Coffee Awarded $100K |
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A Florida woman who was severely burned after the lid popped off a cup of Starbucks coffee and spilled on her lap was awarded $100,000 for her injuries Thursday.
Joanne Mogavero, a mother of three, sustained first and second degree burns on her mid-section after the lid popped off a 20-ounce cup of coffee in 2014, pouring 190-degree liquid in her lap, according to a statement from her attorneys.
Mary Bowerman, USA Today 05/19/2017
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| Texas Family Files Suit Against Hospital for Overdose Death |
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A Texas family is seeking damages in a wrongful death lawsuit over a woman's apparent overdose at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center. The 35-year-old Corsicana woman died 48 hours after she was admitted to the hospital for lower back pain. According to her family's lawsuit, Scott & White Memorial Hospital, which operates as Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center, is responsible for the woman's alleged overdose due to poor record keeping and inattention to detail. The trial for the case is expected to last two weeks.
Tommy Witherspoon, Waco Tribune Herald 05/15/2017
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| North Carolina High School Facing Lawsuit Over Football Player's Death |
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A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by the family of a North Carolina high school football player who died after suffering a head injury during practice. The Rolesville High School athlete died Sept. 29, 2014, from a stroke that a medical examiner determined was caused by the head injury during practice. The high school has been accused by the student's family "of not following the state's concussion protocol and of not acting after the teen complained of headaches prior to his collapse before a football game two days later."
T. Keung Hui, News & Observer 05/18/2017
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| Utah State Settles Cyclist Slackline Death Lawsuit |
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Utah State University has settled a lawsuit over the death of a bicyclist who hit a slackline on campus. The university was named in a lawsuit by the family of the student who died after hitting a slackline that was hanging on Old Main Hill on campus. The lawsuit alleged that the slackline was difficult to see and that it severed the cyclist's trachea when he rode into it. In addition to $172,500 for the student's family, the university has agreed to make safety cones available for free to students who slackline on campus.
Pamela Manson, The Salt Lake Tribune 05/19/2017
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