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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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The Fringe! Plus, the simple fact that there are so many local faves in such close proximity to each other.
I remenber, watching the toll road, being built, through South Bend, when I was 10 years old. I believe, back then that it was estimated, that the toll road, would be paid for in 20 years and then it would be free. I am now 71, what happened? Since the power is in the people, by that, I mean that, we the people are in total control of everything. I, suggest that no one ever use the toll road again, let it go broke. We the people can control the price of everything, from groceries to gas, if we would just do it. If we don't pay the asking price, the sellers will lower the price and if we wait awhile, they will lower the price to what we accept as reasonable. I would like to know why a highway like interstate 94, is so well maintained, a much better highway, than the toll road, but has no tolls. I would also like to know why, a sitting governor, with a term limit, maximum of eight years, can lease, public property, for 75 years. Even though I have transponders in both of my trucks and will not be affected by the increase, I have been and will contine to avoid using the toll road. I make many trips from northern Indiana to Chicago, every year, and I prefer the better highway, I94!
Coming from her background,she should be used to those kinds of advances! Menard probably figured it was ok to tuck a buck!
I'm still waiting for the list of available, high quality apartments in the Village.
This criminal masquerading as a lawyer obviously has serious issues. He’s been proven by his own testimony to be a pathological liar and probably has a personality disorder as he seems to be constructing a reality around himself. He places no value on truth, honesty or loyalty as evidenced by what he has done to his clients and his own family. And by the demands and lies he has made in court, it is evident he feels entitled to do and say whatever suits his purpose and everyone else is expected to nod obediently and believe him because he is, after all, Bill Super Lawyer; or BS lawyer for short. This millionaire wanna-be no longer owns anything of value; he squandered it and put everything he had into foreclosure. He has no money, house, car, boat or vacation home left to show for what he earned or what he stole. He’s just another loser without morals who will be doing time. I’m certain all of his courtroom shenanigans are antagonizing his poor victims. As Lamar said, his behavior and claims in court have been outrageous. The judge needs to be more than concerned; he needs to be judicial and end this nonsense.