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Boeing’s Humans Step in After Robots Fumble Assembly of 777 Jets

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Score one for the humans. After four years of trial and error, Boeing Co. is dumping the robots that build two main fuselage sections for its 777 jetliners and the upgraded model known as 777X. Instead, the Chicago-based planemaker will … Source: Claims Journal

Sorry, Wrong Number: Statistical Benchmark Comes Under Fire

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Earlier this fall Dr. Scott Solomon presented the results of a huge heart drug study to an audience of fellow cardiologists in Paris. The results Solomon was describing looked promising: Patients who took the medication had a lower rate of … Source: Claims Journal

Rising U.S. Losses From Powerful Hurricanes Flag Need for Better Protection

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Only a few U.S. states are taking significant steps to reduce hurricane risks, as a study this week showed the most damaging storms are now three times as frequent as a century ago and have become the costliest type of … Source: Claims Journal

McDonald’s Workers Sue Over Sexual Harassment, ‘Toxic’ Work Culture

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McDonald’s Corp was sued on Tuesday by workers in Michigan who accused the fast-food chain of allowing pervasive sexual harassment to flourish at its restaurants nationwide. The proposed class action lawsuit filed in a Michigan state court accused McDonald’s of … Source: Claims Journal

Sexual-Harassment Whistle-Blower Sues Lloyd’s of London Insurer

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A senior lawyer who blew the whistle on alleged sexual harassment and bullying at a top Lloyd’s of London insurance company is suing his employer for what he called a campaign of , , racial discrimination and victimization. Ifeanyi Okoh … Source: Claims Journal

Gunmaker Rejected as Supreme Court Lets Sandy Hook Families Sue

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The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the gun industry, refusing to block a lawsuit against Remington Arms Co. by family members of nine people killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. The lawsuit blames the gunmaker’s … Source: Claims Journal

Safety Violations Found After Attacks at Iowa Psych Hospital

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IOWA CITY, Iowa — Regulators have recommended a nearly $73,000 fine against the Iowa Department of Human Services after finding serious workplace safety violations at a state-run psychiatric hospital where several employees have been assaulted by combative patients. Staffers at … Source: Claims Journal

The Case of the Sunk Float Tank

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Floatation tanks, also known as isolation tanks, flotation tanks and sensory deprivation units are therapeutic devices used to create a “restricted environmental stimulation therapy”, also known as REST. The technique was researched early in the 1950’s as a means of … Source: Claims Journal

Long Trend of Declining Workplace Accident Rate Stalls in 2018

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The workplace injury rate for private-sector workers has been dropping year after year for decades. But 2018 was not one of those years. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last week that the incidence rate of nonfatal injuries and … Source: Claims Journal

Thousands Face Life-Threatening Floods From Aging Dams

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On a cold morning last March, Kenny Angel got a frantic knock on his door. Two workers from a utility company in northern Nebraska had come with a stark warning: Get out of your house. Just a little over a … Source: Claims Journal