About 55,000 people who lived in fume-filled trailer homes in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita will share in a $37.5 million dollar settlement from the companies that built them. The so-called FEMA trailers used formaldehyde-based insulation and glues that often made the occupants sick. The prefabricated homes were used in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Texas.
Workplace injuries thousands of feet in the air
For most people who travel by airline occasionally, flying typically seems like a safe, fast way of getting from Point A to Point B and back again. However, for people who are in the air on most days -- those who work in the airline industry -- bumpy rides can lead to workplace injuries.
Can post-offer testing reduce workplace injuries?
With employers looking for ways to reduce costs associated with workplace injuries, some are turning to what is known as post-offer physicals.
Office workers: Drink coffee to prevent back pain
Some workers suffer through the pain. Others are so affected by back and neck injuries that they are forced to stop working all together. Whether the pain is mild or severe, an inconvenience or debilitating, an unexpected source may help workers to prevent or relieve some of their discomfort.
Update on Brooklyn building collapse
The contractor constructing the Brooklyn condominiums where a worker died Monday in a building collapse may be supervising more construction projects than the city allows, media sources report.
