Health
Mold may force workers out of Union Gap City Hall
UNION GAP -- Mold may force some workers out of the Union Gap City Hall.Officials are making moving and clean-up plans Wednesday.
Date: 04/25/2012 | Northwest
New complaint filed about Hanford waste plant
KENNEWICK -- Another complaint has been filed claiming a contractor at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site interfered with an investigation into the design and safety of a massive plant under construction to treat nuclear waste.
Date: 03/23/2012 | Northwest
Feds: Mine missed safety check before rock burst
SPOKANE -- A federal inspection report shows that officials at the Lucky Friday Mine in northern Idaho failed to conduct the second of two daily monitoring checks on the day a violent rock burst broke the pelvis of one miner and also injured six others.
Date: 03/13/2012 | Northwest
Mine safety agency report faults foremen in explosion that killed 29 men
BECKLEY, W.Va. -- West Virginia mine safety officials issued 253 violations in their investigation of the Upper Big Branch disaster and targeted at least two foremen, saying their failures may have exacerbated the unsafe conditions underground before the explosion that killed 29 men.
Date: 02/23/2012 | Business
Idaho mine closed after 7 miners injured
SPOKANE -- The Lucky Friday Mine operated without a fatality for 25 years, but 2011 is turning out to be unlucky at the mile-deep mine in northern Idaho's Silver Valley.
Date: 12/15/2011 | Northwest
If you’re attending an office party, this may be a good year to skip the booze
The holidays have always been an ideal time to get intoxicated and do embarrassing things that cause irreparable harm to important relationships.
Date: 11/25/2011 | Business
One-third of workers eat at their desks
Where do about one-third of workers eat their lunch?If you said, "At their desks," you would win the prize.That's what was found in an online survey of 751 North American workers, conducted in August and July by Right Management, the workforce consulting arm of Manpower Group.
Date: 09/08/2011 | Business
Agency urges safety review at Hanford vit plant
RICHLAND -- Actions proposed by the Department of Energy to strengthen the nuclear safety culture at the Hanford vitrification plant represent a start, but DOE should take a closer look at the issue, said the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board in a letter released Monday.
Date: 08/16/2011 | Northwest
Defense safety board criticizes Hanford project
RICHLAND -- A new report by the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board criticizes the safety culture at a $12.2 billion project at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
Date: 06/14/2011 | Northwest
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