An industrial accident claimed the life of a worker in western Pennsylvania, authorities said. Allegheny County police said emergency personnel were called shortly after 10:30 a.m. Friday to Alpha Aeromatics in O’Hara Township. First responders found a man struck by …
Seven people were injured in a natural gas explosion near Houston, including one person who was flown to a hospital for treatment, officials said. Workers for Comcast struck a gas line while working in Klein on Friday, news outlets reported. …
Activity at an Argentine grains crushing plant of Chinese commodities giant COFCO International was halted on Tuesday after an accident that killed three workers, the company said. “We regret to inform that at our plant in the town of Saforcada, …
Two men installing an antenna on a water tower in Delaware were killed Monday when a strong wind tipped over the lift that was holding them, authorities said. State police said the men were installing an antenna on a water …
Two men were killed while working on a pipe extension project at a cheese plant in northern Colorado. Weld County Coroner Carl Blesch says 25-year-old Odaniz Javier Ortiz Quinones, of Greeley, and 47-year-old Joseph Jarvis Jr., of Greensboro, North Carolina, …
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has concluded that a 2015 explosion at a Torrance, Calif., refinery then owned by Exxon Mobil Corp. could have been prevented, the agency concluded in a report issued on Wednesday. “This explosion and near miss …
A Massachusetts company where a worker’s arm was inflated in an industrial accident has been cited by federal workplace safety regulators. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Wednesday says it’s recommending penalties of nearly $300,000 against Shield Packaging in …
An employee with the Cirque du Soleil “Luzia” show died after being injured this week in what was termed an “industrial accident,” San Francisco police said. Officer Carlos Manfredi confirmed the death, and Cirque du Soleil said in a later …
Taiwan authorities are preparing to inspect thousands of miles of pipeline after the government blamed the island’s deadliest industrial accident on a chemicals company. Shares of petrochemicals declined. Preliminary investigations indicated that seepage from LCY Chemical Corp.’s system may have …
