At least eight cars caught fire at a Disneyland parking structure Monday night, injuring park staffers, prompting some evacuations and causing nearly $180,000 in damage, authorities said.

The U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska is searching for a fishing boat with six people that has been missing in the Bering Sea for more than a day. Ships and aircraft have looked through the night for the 98-foot-long F/V Destination, according to a news release from the agency on Sunday afternoon.

Officials say driver error caused a tractor-trailer to go over the side of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Thursday afternoon. According to police, 47-year-old Joseph Chen had just passed another tractor-trailer and as he re-entered the lane, he drove over a curb and went airborne.

The Geneva Fire Department responded at 11:48 a.m. for a reported rescue from the central bell tower at the open air shopping center located off Randall Road on Geneva’s west side. Firefighters found two construction workers at the top of the bell tower, one conscious and the other unconscious and unresponsive.

A bill that would provide a workers compensation benefits for cancer and other illnesses suffered by workers at a decommissioned nuclear site in Washington state could spur other states with antiquated and toxic nuclear sites to consider similar legislation, according to experts.

A tank at a packaging plant exploded in DeRidder this morning, killing three contractors and injuring at least seven, according to State Police.

Several performers rehearsing for the final act of a circus show in Florida suddenly lost their balance on the tightrope and fell some 25 feet on Wednesday, officials confirmed, calling the plunge "a tragedy."

Two construction workers fell between 40 and 50 feet on the Ross Island Bridge Wednesday morning, suffering serious injuries and requiring a dramatic rescue by Portland firefighters.

The rise of the on-demand or "gig" economy creates new safety challenges for workers in the growing employment sector and raises questions about how to ensure they are covered if they are injured while working.

It’s a topic that gets much buzz — how will the cloud of legislation surrounding recreational and medical marijuana use affect businesses, specifically when it comes to compensability for workers’ compensation?

In a typical workers’ compensation claim, the burden of proving that the injury was work-related lies with the claimant. For Florida firefighters who are diagnosed with a few specific types of cancer, the burden of proof is about to shift to the employer.

A foundry worker’s failure to provide an adequate urine sample in a post-injury drug test does not constitute a refusal to comply with the company’s drug testing policy for workers compensation claims, the Kansas Court of Appeals has ruled.

One person was killed and another seriously injured in a crash involving two tractor-trailers Wednesday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Putting the injured worker first is key to the "advocacy-based claims model," which puts the worker at the center of all activity. "It focuses on improving the injured worker’s experience. Until now, most employers have focused on corporate outcomes.

New York State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott today announced the indictment and arrest of a Kentucky woman accused of stealing nearly $40,000 in Worker’s’ Compensation benefits meant for the woman’s long-deceased mother, a former Orange-Ulster BOCES employee.