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• Dupont Records 60 Years Without Lost Time

  Shannon Weidemann | February 17, 2007 9:24 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  A Stow, Ohio Dupont Performance Elastomers plant has gone 60 years without an OSHA recordable workplace injury. This is a huge milestone to achieve.According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the comparablerecordable injury rate for workers in the synthetic rubber industry was 2.9cases per 100 workers in 2005. If the Akron site's performance had been atthe industry average, there would...

• Mental Health Clinic to Pay $3.75M Settlement

  Shannon Weidemann | February 13, 2007 2:34 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  A man who was treated at the KIDS of New Jersey won a $3.75 Million Settlement for mistreatment he received beginning in 1994. The clinic was a boot camp style facility to treat troubled teens and was owned by Miller Newton. The clinic was shut down in 1998 after allegations of abuse by patients. Antonio Carrera claims he was mentally and physically abused.Carrera's treatment was the product...