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Florida school fired whistleblower who voiced safety concerns, OSHA says
PALMETTO, FL–The Manatee School for the Arts in Palmetto, Florida, is being sued by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for firing an employee who blew the whistle on alleged safety hazards at the school.
Exploding electronic cigarette severely injures Florida man
NICEVILLE, FL – A Florida man who quit smoking two years ago and turned to electronic cigarettes to ease his tobacco cravings has been admitted to a burn center after the e-cigarette exploded in his mouth.
Lawmakers race to ensure BP oil spill fine money goes to Gulf States
Congressional representatives and municipal officials from the Gulf Coast are in Washington pushing for legislation that would direct billions of dollars in BP oil-spill fine money to the states harmed by the 2010 spill before time runs out.
Investigators probing why two tractor trailers stopped on I-75 before pileup
An ongoing investigation of the deadly multivehicle pileup on both southbound and northbound stretches of I-75 in Florida has raised a couple of questions about procedure in the event foggy conditions impair highway visibility: First, why did the Florida Highway
Blinding fog and smoke eyed as a cause of deadly Florida pileup
Survivors of a deadly multi-vehicle pileup on Interstate 75 south of Gainesville, Florida, blamed a blinding mixture of fog and smoke from a brush fire for the crash that killed 10 people and injured 18 others, some of them seriously.
Safety group sues NHTSA for release of Toyota sudden acceleration probe records
“The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has acknowledged what it has emphatically denied so far: Not all instances of Toyota Unintended Acceleration are linked to sticky pedals, floor mats or driver error,” said Safety Research & Strategies Inc. (SRS) in
Family of Florida medical flight crash victim sue helicopter’s owners, operator
The family of a medical technician who was killed when the heart-transplant helicopter he was on crashed December 26 is suing the helicopter’s owners and operator saying they hope others may be spared having to experience such a “horrible, horrible”
NTSB report releases first details about fatal helicopter crash
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a preliminary report Tuesday outlining its investigation of the December 26 helicopter crash near Green Cove Springs, Florida, that killed the pilot and two passengers on a medical mission to retrieve a donor
Florida heart transplant flight crash kills three
A medical transport flight carrying a donor heart to a recipient in Jacksonville, Florida, crashed into a wooded area of north Florida around 6:00 Monday morning, killing the pilot, a heart surgeon, and an organ procurement technician.
