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Workplace Safety
Feds probing Indiana's workplace safety agency
April 12, 2013
Associated PressThe federal government's workplace safety agency is investigating its Indiana counterpart—a department that documents indicate
is trying to boost its inspections without hiring new staffers.
MoreReport: IOSHA loses its teeth as workplace safety watchdog
February 24, 2013
Associated PressThe state agency 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 violations at a lower rate than the national average the past decade,
according to a newspaper report.
MoreGlass company faces more fines for safety violations
January 29, 2013
Dan HumanThe state wants to fine Pilkington North America $231,000 following another round of safety concerns at a Shelbyville factory.
This is at least the third time in less than a year, and fourth time since 2010, that the state has stepped in to address
problems at the plant.
MoreHead of Indiana safety agency resigns after 7 years
January 2, 2013
Associated PressThe head of Indiana's workplace safety agency has stepped down after seven years in the job, during which the department
issued some of the largest safety fines in the state's history.
MoreBill would crack down on convenience store safety
December 8, 2012
Stores with crime problems that wanted to remain open overnight would have to do one of the following: have two employees
working, install a bulletproof enclosure, have a security guard or conduct business through a pass-through trough.
MoreGlass factory's safety under state's lens yet again
November 24, 2012
Dan HumanUnion leaders say working conditions are improving at the Pilkington glass factory in Shelbyville, but an employee’s
injury in October has led to another visit from state safety officials and possibly more fines.
MoreFarm fatalities fall in Indiana; no children die
November 8, 2012
Associated PressA new Purdue University report says farm-related deaths in Indiana fell to 16 last year and none involved children for the
first time in 13 years.
MoreIndiana workplace deaths up slightly last year
September 24, 2012
IBJ Staff and Associated PressA new report says the number of people dying on the job rose slightly in Indiana last year, to 122, the Indiana Department
of Labor said Monday.
MoreLawsuit tests Indiana's 'take your gun to work' law
September 22, 2012
Associated PressNew provisions of Indiana gun laws that allow people to keep guns in their cars at work and prohibit employers from asking
about gun possession will get their first test in a lawsuit filed by an Indianapolis man.
MoreShelbyville factory in trouble again, faces record IOSHA fines
August 23, 2012
Dan HumanPilkington North America faces $453,000 in proposed penalties after state inspectors detected 29 new safety violations at
the plant, according to agency documents.
MoreViolations persist after fatality at Shelbyville glass factory
August 18, 2012
Dan HumanA Shelbyville glass factory has had almost two years to address safety violations resulting from a worker’s death, but
the state says the plant still has a lot of the same problems. Pilkington North America faces $150,000 in fines after an Indiana
Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspection in March and April.
MoreFlavor-maker under siege fights back in court
January 14, 2012
Greg AndrewsLocally based Sensient Flavors LLC is fighting back with a fury in federal court, following months of intense federal and
state scrutiny of the health risks at its Indianapolis plant.
MoreClosed meeting angers wounded store clerk's family
January 11, 2012
Associated PressThe family of a convenience store clerk critically injured in an October shooting harshly criticized an Indiana agency's
decision to hold a closed-door meeting Wednesday with trade groups on efforts to boost safety at the 24-hour facilities.
MoreFatal shooting creates human resources issue for Kroger
December 28, 2011
Associated PressKroger officials are reviewing the actions of a manager who fatally shot a would-be robber inside a grocery store while it
was busy with customers.
MoreState scrutinizing Village Pantry for workers' safety
November 12, 2011
Greg AndrewsThe Oct. 21 shooting of a clerk at a north-side Village Pantry came just four months after the convenience-store chain settled
allegations by state inspectors that another of its Indianapolis stores failed to establish and maintain “reasonably
safe” working conditions.
MoreAvon security company beefing up work force
October 31, 2011
Nolan Security & Investigations said it plans to add as many as 300 part-time and full-time workers to serve new clients.
MoreIndiana workplace injury, illness rate remains flat
October 21, 2011
Associated PressIndiana workplaces reported 4.3 injuries and illnesses per 100 workers last year. It marked the 13th straight year when the
statewide rate didn't increase.
MoreWorkplace fatalities fall to record low in Indiana
August 25, 2011
In 2010, 115 workers died on the job in Indiana, a decrease of eight from 2009, according to the state Department of Labor.
MoreCan't stand the heat? Get off the job site
July 11, 2011
Andrew SmithThe combination of rising temperatures and humid air have prompted the National Weather Service to issue a heat advisory for
central Indiana through 8 p.m., but some area workers can’t stay out of the elements.
MoreForklift accident kills worker at Indianapolis plant
March 16, 2011
Associated PressIndianapolis fire officials say a forklift operator was killed at Royal Food Products Inc. when a floor collapsed beneath
the machine at the food manufacturing plant.
MoreElevator company wants indemnity from IRT
February 17, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinAn Illinois elevator company wants a judge to force the Indiana Repertory Theatre to protect it from liability in a lawsuit
brought by a catering worker who fell down the elevator shaft at the downtown theater in 2007.
MoreWorkplace safety rules a part of ND death probe
October 30, 2010
Associated PressState regulators are investigating whether the University of Notre Dame violated safety rules when it allowed a student to
videotape football practice from a tall hydraulic lift that toppled in high winds, killing the young man.
MoreFederal audit knocks state's safety, health program
October 4, 2010
Scott OlsonThe report from the U.S. Department of Labor raises concerns over whether Indiana's Occupational Safety and Health program
is properly funded and staffed. Overall, the report provided 45 recommendations to improve procedures within the program.
MoreFamily of woman killed by falling bottled-water pallets files suit
August 31, 2010
Cory SchoutenThe estate of a woman killed when pallets of bottled water fell on her at a Kroger store in Franklin is suing the bottler,
suggesting a new eco-friendly bottle design may have contributed to the accident.
MoreEDITORIAL: New gun, booze laws make no sense
July 3, 2010
IBJ StaffBusinesses no longer can prohibit their employees from
bringing firearms to work, and everyone buying alcohol must show ID. Say what?
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As a St. Vincent employee of over 20 years, I am saddened and disheartened by this announcement. Unfortunately, as the healthcare "industry" continues on this political and corporate path, all that St. Vincent Hospital has stood for spiritually for its employees and this community is being sucked dry. I know it truly has no choice. It is not just Obamacare or just competition or just any single thing. This trend started long before I was even born when the government became involved in healthcare and it became an "industry." I grieve for those who will lose their jobs, one of whom may be me, but I also grieve for this hospital which I have served for over 20 years. May God give us and it the grace to withstand the future of healthcare.
Why do people constantly harp on this issue and act ignorant about what a city population measures? A city's population is the city's population. There is no argument or debate about it. If you want to measure the density of a city--measure it. If you want to measure the size of a metropolitan area, then measure the metropolitan population. City boundaries cover different sized areas--and they always have (though the disparity has probably increased since about 1900 or so when more cities began annexing their surrounding communities). For example, San Francisco only covers 49 square miles while Houston cover nearly 600 square miles. No one argues about the population rankings of either city even though they clearly cover extremely different sized areas. Indianapolis is the 13 largest city by population in the U.S. That is a fact. While the population of a metropolitan area may give you a better sense of how large a community is, as noted, even metro areas can vary widely in the size of geographic area they cover--so that is not a perfect comparison either.
If Whole Foods went in, I doubt the Nora one would stay open, and with all those customers coming to Broad Ripple traffic would be horrible, and forget about a run to the grocery on weekend nights. I think concern over the number of apartments is misplaced, but the 400 space parking garage has me concerned - someone needs to ask the developer just how much traffic they think this development is going to generate. I am not against more neighborhood residents, but heavy commercial traffic going in and out at that location sounds like a mess.
I thought everyone was innocent until guilt was proven. Seems people have already convicted Reggie in the press. My nephew was a good kid and is a good man, more to this story im sure
Going by the Marion County population only is of little use. 13th largest? No Way! To judge the real size of a metro area, the easy way is to look at the Arbitron rating list. Indianapolis hovers around 40th largest in the nation--sometimes more, sometimes less. Advertisers want to know exactly how large the population is before they buy radio advertising. Arbitron figured it out long ago. Indianapolis is estimated at 1,427,500. The real #13 is Seattle-Tacoma with a metro population of 3,470,400. So, the population of just Marion County is completely irrelevant to anything useful as far as metro area planning.