by MBJ Staff Published: October 19,2012
Tags: beach, beach closure, disease, fish, fishing, health, illness, outdoors, public health, pump station, reopen, safety, sewage, sewage spill, sewer, sickness, state agency, swim, swimmer, swimming
BILOXI — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has lifted a beach closure issued Oct. 13 in Biloxi. The closure extended for a section of beach from Mockingbird Lane on the west to Edgewater Drive on the east and included Beach Station 11A-Edgewater Beach. Last Saturday, the City of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 27,2012
Tags: arrest, boat, bogus, commercial fisherman, court, environment, explosion, federal government, fisherman, fraud, gas, justice, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, petroleum, safety, seafood, train, trainer, training, wildlife, workplace
WIGGINS — A Mississippi woman is accused of posing as a federal worker to make nearly $216,000 giving fraudulent training classes to fishermen who hoped to get jobs cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010. A 22-count federal indictment unsealed yesterday alleges that Connie M. Knight, 46, used phony credentials, diplomas and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 18,2012
Tags: commercial fishing, death, facility, fatality, federal agency, federal government, feed, fine, fish, fishing, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, penalty, plant, safety, violation, workplace
MOSS POINT — A federal safety agency has proposed fines of $79,200 for Omega Protein Inc. for 25 safety and health violations found after the death of a worker who got caught in a rotating screw conveyor. The Sun Herald reports the Occupational Safety and Health Administration released its findings yesterday from an inspection in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 17,2012
Tags: airport, bomb, evacuation, Homeland Security, safety, security, terminal, terrorism, terrorist, tourism, tourist, transportation, travel, vacation, visiotr
MERIDIAN — A suspicious package left in bushes near the terminal of Meridian Regional Airport has turned out to be harmless. The airport had been shut down and evacuated after the package was found yesterday about noon. The Meridian Police Department, Mississippi Highway Patrol, Meridian Homeland Security, TSA, and the airport authority responded, and later [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 10,2012
Tags: cruise, drought, dry, navigation, river, river traffic, safety, severe weather, Steamboat, stranded, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, water level, Weather
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — The American Queen steamboat is docked in Memphis, Tenn., unable to paddle on down the Mississippi River because of low water. A trip that began Aug. 3 at Louisville, Ky., was cut short well before the steamboat’s destination of Vicksburg. American Queen Steamboat Company’s Tim Rubacky tells The Commercial Appeal navigation problems [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 9,2012
Tags: bench, courts, energy, false statement, fuel, judicial, judiciary, manager, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, petroleum, probation, safety, sentence, sentencing
WALNUT GROVE — A 49-year-old Mississippi man who worked as manager on a drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico has been sentenced to two years of probation for lying about testing on a key safety device that allegedly was not working properly. Donald Hudson, of Walnut Grove, pleaded guilty in April to making a [...] [...]
OXFORD — A Mississippi Department of Transportation official says the Tallahatchie River truss bridge on Mississippi 7 is “structurally deficient” and will be replaced. MDOT supervisor Mitch Turner tells The Oxford Eagle the job is estimated to cost about $12 million, but final figures won’t be known until bids have been opened in January. Turner [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 24,2012
Tags: congestion, construction, highway, infrastructure, interstate, public safety, road, roadbuilder, roadbuilding, safety, traffic, transportation, travel
DESOTO COUNTY — Mississippi transportation officials are touting the benefits of the Interstate 269 project. After all the segments are complete, I-269 will form a 30-mile bypass around Memphis through Tennessee and Mississippi and will connect to the existing I-69/I-55 corridor hub. The projected corridor eventually will stretch from Canada to Mexico. Mike Tagert, Mississippi’s [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 13,2012
Tags: citations, federal agency, federal government, fines, health, jails, penalties, prisons, safety, workplace safety
JACKSON — A private prison operator that’s giving up its business in Mississippi could face up to $104,000 in fines from federal workplace safety regulators. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said GEO Group exposed employees to assaults by inmates at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility near Lost Gap. Citations issued yesterday by OSHA say [...] [...]
RICHLAND — AZZ Inc., doing business as AZZ Galvanizing Services in Richland, has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 22 safety and health violations following an inspection that began in December 2011 after OSHA received a complaint alleging hazards. OSHA reports 17 serious safety and health violations [...] [...]
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