Latest Manufacturing Headlines
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Mississippi Plastics Manufacturer Could Face $159K Fine After Worker Loses Fingers
Apr 12 2019 // A federal workplace safety agency is fining a south Mississippi plastics manufacturer after an employee lost four fingers. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Wednesday that it’s citing...
Gun Maker Remington to Appeal Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Ruling to Supreme Court
Apr 10 2019 // Having failed in Connecticut state court to block all claims brought by families of children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, gun manufacturer Remington Arms Co. has signaled it will appeal its case to...
Microsoft Insurer Loses Bid To Recoup $175M from Xbox Chipmaker Hit by Fire
Apr 4 2019 // Microsoft Corp.’s captive insurer has lost its bid to recover $175 million in costs the software maker said it incurred in 2013 to replace memory chips that a manufacturer failed to deliver because of a fire at the...
China Factory Explosion Kills 7 People in Second Deadly Blast During March
Apr 1 2019 // A plant explosion in China’s Jiangsu province killed seven people on Sunday, authorities said, the second deadly blast in the province this month as Beijing begins a nationwide industrial safety inspection...
Wisconsin Manufacturer Again Cited for Workplace Hazards; Faces $188K in Fines
Mar 28 2019 // A wood pallet manufacturer in Beloit, Wisconsin, has been cited by workplace safety regulators for safety and health violations and now faces more than $188,000 in penalties. The U.S. Department of Labor’s...
FDA Vows Tougher Testing as More Manufacturers Outsource
Mar 27 2019 // U.S. regulators plan to revamp rules governing how medicines are manufactured, in an effort to ensure the safety of the nation’s drug supply as recalls of contaminated imports from developing countries...
New Coalition Cyber Policy for Manufacturers Covers Security Failures, Data Breaches
Mar 22 2019 // Coalition, a cyber insurance company for small and midsize businesses, has launched a full-spectrum coverage to insure manufacturers against security failures and data breaches. The Coalition policy encompasses the...
Supreme Court Finds Manufacturers’ Duty to Warn Sailors Where Asbestos Added Later
Mar 19 2019 // Manufacturers have a duty to warn about potential dangers of parts with asbestos that were later added onto their products by third parties, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled. The ruling, in a case involving sailors...
Tesla Defends Factory Worker Safety as Injury Days-Off Rise
Mar 19 2019 // Tesla Inc. factory employees spent almost three times as many days off the job because of work-related injuries and illness in 2018 as the year before, an indication of just how much strain they were under as they...
Investigation Found FAA Employees Warned of Boeing Influence Over Safety Approvals
Mar 19 2019 // Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees warned as early as seven years ago that Boeing Co. had too much sway over safety approvals of new aircraft, prompting an investigation by Department of Transportation...
FDA Warns of Asbestos Claire Cosmetics Under Fire; Seeks New Rules on Talc
Mar 18 2019 // The U.S. Food and Drug Administration called on Congress to modernize rules for cosmetics safety after it issued an alert warning consumers not to use three cosmetics products sold by Claire’s Stores Inc. because...
AGCS Launches Product Recall Cover for UK Auto Parts Manufacturers
Mar 14 2019 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), Allianz’ specialist corporate insurer, launched Automotive Component Parts Product Recall cover for the UK market, which enables customers to mitigate the risk of...
Kentucky Gov., Attorney General Opioid Lawsuit Battle Goes to State Supreme Court
Mar 12 2019 // A feud between Kentucky’s top two elected officials – and potential adversaries in this year’s governor’s race – spilled over into the state Supreme Court on Thursday as lawyers argued about who...
5 Questions to Ask Small Businesses to Uncover Their Cyber Blind Spots
Mar 11 2019 // In an increasingly digital world, it’s important that small businesses don’t get left behind when fending off cyber threats. While a recent study by Forbes Insights and The Hanover shows that most small...
FDA Warns of Asbestos in Claire Cosmetics; Seeks New Rules on Talc
Mar 6 2019 // The U.S. Food and Drug Administration called on Congress to modernize rules for cosmetics safety on Tuesday after it issued an alert warning consumers not to use three cosmetics products sold by Claire’s Stores Inc....
Making Working with Robots Safe for Humans
Feb 28 2019 // Veo Robotics Inc., a startup developing sensor technology that lets industrial robots work safely side-by-side with humans, closed a funding round as it prepares to roll out the product in May. The company raised $15...
Beazley, Marsh Launch Cyber Coverage Product for Manufacturers
Feb 26 2019 // Beazley and Marsh have partnered to provide tailored cyber insurance cover and breach response for U.S. manufacturers. The new Manufacturer’s First Response, a Marsh and Beazley Breach Response (BBR) initiative,...
The Original Family Business
Feb 18 2019 // Why family farms dance between the line of personal and commercial coverage Nowhere is insurance more complicated than when you mix two exposures that don’t “traditionally” go together, like business and...
Man Killed in Workplace Accident at Kentucky Toyota Manufacturing Plant
Feb 7 2019 // Kentucky authorities say a man has been killed in a workplace accident at the Toyota manufacturing plant in Georgetown. Scott County Coroner John Goble told news outlets that the man worked for Ryder and was trying to...
How to Prevent Small Business Clients from Hitting Cyber Blind Spots
Jan 21 2019 // Ask 5 Key Questions to Help Identify Cyber Risk In an increasingly digital world, it’s important that small businesses don’t get left behind when fending off cyber threats. While a recent study by Forbes...
