This Week's News

1. Felony Charges Sought in UCLA Lab Assistant Death

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has filed felony charges against the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and chemistry professor Dr. Patrick Harran in connection to the January 2009 death of a university lab research associate.

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2. Deadly Building Collapse in Cleveland Kills Two Workers

Two men working as part of a crew demolishing a building on Brookpark Road in Cleveland, Ohio, died Jan. 24 when the building collapsed on top of them around 4:30 pm. The two men – Vincente Collazo of Cleveland, age 49, and a 60-year-old Youngstown man – had been on the job one day..

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3. Safety Stakeholders Urge OMB to Finish Review of OSHA's Crystalline Silica Rule

In a Jan. 25 letter, a group of more than 300 occupational safety experts, doctors and public health scientists urged President Barack Obama to help move along the delayed Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review of OSHA's proposed crystalline silica rule. This delay, the stakeholders stressed, prevents the rulemaking process from moving forward, obstructs public participation in the issue and puts workers at risk of disease and death.

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4. DJ Has to Face the Music for Workers' Comp Fraud

Being the life of the party can have its drawbacks. Just ask a DJ from Austintown, Ohio, who was caught on tape entertaining party goers and bar patrons when he claimed he was so injured from a work-related incident that he could not work.

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5. Top 10 Endangered Places in the Southeast

The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), the largest environmental advocacy organization dedicated to protecting the Southeast, announced its fourth annual list of the top 10 places in the South that face immediate, potentially irreparable threats in 2012.

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6. There's No Safety In Numbers for Teen Drivers

Imagine you're driving down the highway. On your right is a car with an adult driver and a single passenger. On your left, a teen driver cruises along with four other teens as his passengers. Which car is more likely to make you nervous?

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