Workplace Injuries

• 4 Killed in Chemical Plant Explosion

  Staff Writer | December 20, 2007 9:49 AM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  On Wednesday, December 19th, four workers were killed during a massive explosion at a chemical plant in Jacksonville, Florida. 14 others were injured as well.T2 Laboratories Inc. Plant makes chemical solvents and fuel additives. It is still unclear on what actually caused the explosion.The chemicals at the plant made the environment "incredibly dangerous for the first responders," stated Tom...

• Bowhunter Indicted in Workers Compensation Fraud

  Chrissie Cole | June 27, 2007 2:40 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  While fraudulently collecting over $667,000 in workers compensation and disability payments, David, a former Denver police officer, was also busy building up his reputation as a bowhunter - heading trips to Africa, making instructional videos and writing books.He is being indicted on nine counts of forgery, one count of making a false statement and two counts of theft. If convicted he faces up...

• Medical Contract Bill Signed into Law

  Christina Cole | March 30, 2007 7:44 AM | 0 CommentsFort Collins, CO

  On Friday, Colorado became the first state to require health insurers to use a standard managed care contract while negotiating with health care providers.Gov. Bill Ritter signed Senate Bill 79, sponsored by Sen. Steve Johnson, R-Fort Collins, which marks a fundamental shift in the state government's involvement in private medical care contracts. Supporters say it will reduce costs by creating...

• Hoover Dam bypass clean-up after crane collapse

  Staff Writer | January 30, 2007 11:38 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  On September 15, 2006, high winds caused two 280-foot-tall steel cranes to collapse in a major construction accident at the site of the $234 million Hoover Dam bypass project. This week, a crew of divers is working to clean up the debris from the Colorado River. A story in Central Utah's Daily Herald details the construction accident that caused $50 million in damages and set back the project's...

• Gas worker dies in construction accident

  Staff Writer | December 11, 2006 2:32 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  A contract gas worker was blown out of a fijve-foot-deep hole and killed by head injuries from the accident, says a report on ABC 7 News TheDenverChannel.com. The victim was a man working with Schneider Energy Services, contracted by EnCana Oil and Gas. Apparently the gas line he was working on ruptured and blew him out of the hole, instantly killing him. The federal government's OSHA group is...

• Third crane collapse since April on I-25

  Staff Writer | November 21, 2006 5:52 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Last week in Colorado Springs, a crane collapsed over I-25 for the third time since a fatal accident in April. Fortunately no one was injured in this crane accident that dropped a girder onto the open highway and closed the I-25 for many hours. This has been the third accident since the $150 million COSMIX construction project began. An April crane collapse killed a worker. Many are wondering...

• New Urbanism Projects and Reordered Risks of Trend

  Staff Writer | June 20, 2006 1:15 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  New Urbanism is, with the new world of lifestyle choices and development opportunities, among the most prominent current concepts in city planning and development. Typically this type of real estate development is the creation of diverse, walkable and compact communities with mixed-use elements including high-rise condominiums.Along with these development opportunities developers are also...