February 2, 2015
Fines totaling $187,620 have been proposed against four companies related to a deadly explosion at Omega Protein last year. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says in a news release that two temporary workers hired to cut and weld pipes …
August 27, 2014
A fatal explosion at a fish processing plant on the Mississippi Coast happened when sparks ignited a volatile mixture in a tank, safety officials said this week. U.S. Chemical Safety Board Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso said in a news release that …
July 30, 2014
One person has been killed and three others were injured in an explosion Monday at a fish processing plant in Moss Point on the Mississippi coast. Omega Protein spokesman Ben Landry said the incident occurred about 9:30 a.m. while employees …