Latest Manufacturing Headlines
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North Dakota Wind Turbine Blade Manufacturer Sued for Race Harassment
May 5 2023 // LM Wind Power Blades, Inc, a wind turbine blade manufacturer based in Grand Forks, North Dakota, violated federal law when it subjected an African American employee to a racially hostile work environment and then...
Michigan Baby Formula Manufacturer Sued for Disability Discrimination
May 4 2023 // Mead Johnson & Company, a manufacturer of baby formula, violated federal law at its Zeeland, Michigan facility by failing to provide a reasonable accommodation to an employee with a disability, the U.S. Equal...
Workers Recall ‘Rotten Egg’ Smell Before Chocolate Factory Blast
May 4 2023 // Workers at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory smelled “rotten eggs” before a powerful natural gas explosion that leveled one building, heavily damaged another and killed seven people, federal safety officials...
Wrongful Death Suit Claims Chocolate Factory Ignored Warning Before Deadly Blast
Apr 13 2023 // A Pennsylvania candy-maker ignored warnings of a gas leak at its chocolate factory and bears responsibility for a subsequent explosion that killed seven workers and injured several others, according to a lawsuit filed...
Louisiana Manufacturing Company Sued for Age Discrimination
Apr 3 2023 // A Louisiana manufacturing and distribution company was sued last week for age discrimination after it allegedly fired an employee because of her age. A lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Maine Sues Manufacturers Over Forever Chemical Contamination
Mar 31 2023 // Maine’s attorney general is suing manufacturers of so- called forever chemicals that have contaminated farms and wells, contending they knew about the toxicity decades ago but concealed the information from the...
Chocolate Factory Blast a Deadly Reminder of Combustion Risks
Mar 30 2023 // Last week’s fatal blast at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory highlighted the combustibility of food plants in general and chocolate making in particular. The powerful explosion at 75-year-old R.M. Palmer Co. –...
Wreckage Complicates Job of Investigators of Chocolate Factory Deadly Blast
Mar 29 2023 // Investigators looking for the cause of a deadly explosion that leveled part of a Pennsylvania chocolate factory faced an even more difficult task Monday as they combed through wreckage that was extensively picked apart and...
Fire Damages Ohio Complex Housing Wright Brothers Plane Factory
Mar 28 2023 // DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – An early morning fire damaged a commercial building complex housing a historic factory founded by the Wright Brothers in Ohio on Sunday, authorities said. Dayton fire crews were sent to the site...
7 Bodies Recovered From Site of Pennsylvania Chocolate Factory Explosion
Mar 28 2023 // WEST READING, Pa. (AP) – All seven bodies have been recovered from the site of a powerful explosion at a chocolate factory in a small town in eastern Pennsylvania, officials said. West Reading Mayor Samantha Kaag...
Eight Injured in Chocolate Factory Blast in Pennsylvania
Mar 27 2023 // WEST READING, Pa. (AP) – Firefighters battled a blaze in Pennsylvania Friday after an explosion at a chocolate factory injured eight people and sent a plume of black smoke into the air above West Reading. Berks...
Turkey’s Southeast Exodus After Deadly Earthquake Puts Manufacturing at Risk
Mar 10 2023 // Mehmet Alkan, a shoe-sole manufacturer in Turkey’s earthquake-hit south, doesn’t know what will become of his company after some of his 220 employees died and half fled, reflecting the difficult transformation...
Ohio Tool Manufacturer Fined $164K After Worker’s Thumb Amputated
Feb 21 2023 // In less than two years, three workers at a leading tool manufacturer in Barberton suffered injuries from unguarded machinery. The latest injury occurred on Oct. 26, 2022, when a worker suffered a left thumb amputation...
Mars Wrigley Candy Factory Fined Over Workers’ Falls Into Vat of Chocolate
Feb 14 2023 // Federal workplace safety authorities have fined a central Pennsylvania confectionary factory more than $14,500 following an accident last year in which two workers fell into a vat of chocolate. The Occupational Safety and...
Michigan Plastics Manufacturer to Pay $663K Over Forever Chemicals Violations
Feb 1 2023 // BRIGHTON, Mich. (AP) – A plastics manufacturer reached an agreement with the state to investigate and address hazardous substances known as “forever chemicals” at a former factory in Livingston County,...
Texas Manufacturer Fined $298K for Ignoring Workers’ Concerns
Dec 19 2022 // A federal workplace safety investigation found that a Kyle vehicle parts manufacturer ignored repeated concerns raised by workers, and willfully exposed them to hazards related to unsafe machine operations, potential falls...
Wisconsin Manufacturer Fined $250K for Workplace Hazards
Dec 13 2022 // Federal safety inspectors have determined that a falling load from a below-the-hook magnet crushed the leg of an employee at a Kewaunee heavy fabrication manufacturing company on June 7, 2022. In response to a...
Fifteen Auto Manufacturers Reach Automatic Braking Goals This Year
Dec 9 2022 // Fifteen automakers have made life-saving automatic emergency braking standard on nearly all of their new passenger vehicles in the U.S. this year, fulfilling a voluntary commitment made six years ago. That leaves five...
Ohio Steel Manufacturer to Pay $990K Over Clear Air Act Violations
Dec 5 2022 // The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed Clear Air Act settlement with Republic Steel, a steel manufacturer in Canton, Ohio, which will require the company to reduce its...
Electric Air Taxi Company Archer Plans $118M Georgia Factory
Nov 23 2022 // A California company seeking to build small electric aircraft says it will invest $118 million to construct a plant near Atlanta, eventually hiring up to 1,000 people. Archer Aviation, based in Santa Clara, California,...
