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• Worker missing after cruise ship breaks away

  April 3, 2013 4:35 PM

  MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - U.S. Coast Guard officials are searching for a missing shipyard worker after a disabled Carnival Cruise ship broke free from its mooring in Mobile, Ala. Petty Ofc. Second Class Bill Colclough says a crew is searching the Mobile River for the man. He went missing after... more »

• Two social workers on trial after boy starves to death

  December 9, 2011 8:35 AM

  DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Department of Human Services is defending two social workers who are being sued over the death of a 7-year-old boy who starved to death. Agency spokeswoman Revekka Balancier tells the Denver Post the agency has confidence that its workers perform their duties with attention... more »

• OSHA investigates worker death in Pueblo

  April 21, 2011 5:41 PM

  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating an industrial explosion in Pueblo that killed a man. The incident happened Wednesday afternoon at Western Metals Recycling, which leases land at the steel mill. Ignacio Rendon-Cornelio, 30, was killed. The Pueblo County Sheriff's Office says it appears he was cutting... more »

• Search continues for missing Idaho miner

  April 17, 2011 3:54 PM

  MULLAN, Idaho (AP) - Mining company officials in northern Idaho have brought in a remote-controlled digging machine to help search for a missing worker. Officials have not had contact with 53-year-old Larry Marek, who's a mile below the surface, since a tunnel collapsed deep inside the Lucky Friday Mine on... more »

• Xcel, subcontractor, blamed for worker deaths

  August 25, 2010 3:55 PM

  Federal investigators say Xcel Energy and its contractor failed to adequately plan for hazardous work before a hydroelectric plant fire that killed five workers in Colorado. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board released its final report on the October 2007 fire on Wednesday. The work included taking flammable solvents... more »

• Xcel Energy slammed for response to Colorado deaths

  August 23, 2010 3:32 PM

  The U.S. Chemical Safety Board is criticizing Xcel Energy for its handling of the aftermath of a tunnel fire that killed five workers at a Colorado hydroelectric plant. In a letter sent Monday to Xcel CEO Richard Kelly, the board cited a list of "troubling episodes" unique to the... more »

• Colorado day care worker accused of sex crimes

  August 16, 2010 8:29 AM

  A man suspected of sexually assaulting at least three young children at a Denver church day care center is due in court Monday to be advised of charges against him. Benjamin Janicki, 19, is charged with three counts each of sexual assault on a child and sexual assault on... more »

• Springs patients alarmed by hospital record breach

  August 7, 2010 6:36 PM

  Up to 40 hospital patients in Colorado Springs are in a troubling situation. A former employee at Memorial Hospital accessed their medical records apparently for personal use. News First 5 talked with two patients who say they're angry because they say memorial hospital waited several months before telling them about... more »

• Pueblo postal worker indicted for embezzlement

  July 29, 2010 7:17 PM

  Another postal worker in Pueblo is in hot water. Gil Trujillo has been indicted by a U.S. federal court for embezzlement of funds. That's according to Al Desarro, Public Information Officer for the Unites States Postal Service's western region. According to Desarro, Trujillo has worked at the main post office... more »

• Website offers ways to help out at parks

  July 7, 2010 6:42 PM

  There's a new way to pitch in a Colorado Springs area parks and open space areas. A new website offers multiple ways you can help. It allows you to pick your favorite open space area, and you can even go to a calendar and choose a day when you... more »

• FDA stepping up oversight of nation's produce

  June 9, 2010 8:37 AM

  It's the little things that often make food unsafe. And now, the government is looking to tighten the oversight of produce. Worker hygiene, undetected animal contact and runoff from animal manure are often difficult to identify as the sources of food-borne illness -- something that's frustrated health authorities for... more »

• Autopsies planned on 3 found dead in Boulder

  May 18, 2010 9:19 AM

  Autopsies are planned on the bodies of a couple and a man found inside a flooring and fireplace store in Boulder after witnesses outside heard gunshots. Police found the bodies Monday inside Boulder Stove & Flooring. The Boulder County coroner's office identified them as 40-year-old Sean Griffin of... more »

• Gov. Ritter back at Capitol after bike accident

  March 10, 2010 6:54 PM

  Gov. Bill Ritter held his first news conference after his bike accident last week and says he's in pain, but recovering. The governor signed 28 bills on Wednesday, most of them to fix this year's budget. He also met with his staff at the Capitol. Ritter says he... more »

• Wife of Austin plane pilot to speak out

  February 19, 2010 8:18 AM

  The Red Cross says the wife of the pilot who crashed his plane into a Texas office building that housed an IRS office plans to reach out to media and answer questions. Red Cross spokeswoman Marty McKellips says A. Joseph Stack's family planned to "give information and answer questions"... more »

• Worker killed after falling into pit at DIA

  December 19, 2009 1:05 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Denver airport officials say a contract worker died after falling into about 20 feet of water at the bottom of a 40-foot-deep pit at the airport's heating and cooling plant. The man fell Saturday morning and his body was recovered later in the day by Denver... more »

• U.S. Census looking to hire

  December 9, 2009 7:46 PM

  The U.S. Census Bureau is looking to hire. The Pueblo office says it wants to hire more than 1,000 census takers in 2010. The mostly part-time workers will collect information in Pueblo County and points south and east. "The majority of the positions that we need to fill are people... more »

• Worker dies in Philly after 125-foot fall

  October 12, 2009 4:47 PM

  Authorities say a construction worker has died after falling 125 feet when a tall construction lift toppled over and struck a downtown Philadelphia apartment building. Investigators want to know if the 40-year-old victim was properly strapped into the bucket of the boom lift as he worked on a church roof.... more »

• Feds probe US Census worker hanging in Kentucky

  September 24, 2009 10:09 AM

  The Census Bureau has suspended door-to-door interviews in rural Clay County, Kentucky, where one of its workers was found hanged with the word "fed" scrawled on his chest. The FBI is investigating whether anti-government sentiment played a roll in the death of Bill Sparkman. Attacking a federal worker during or... more »

• Colorado lawmakers to hear testimony on workers' comp

  August 31, 2009 12:23 PM

  Colorado lawmakers are expected to hear from injured workers about their experiences with workers' compensation. Monday's session is part of a series of meetings by an interim committee of the Legislature to look into Pinnacol Assurance, a state-chartered workers compensation insurer. Lawmakers say they want to make sure employers are... more »