Latest Manufacturing Headlines
All the headlines from our Manufacturing Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Wisconsin Manufacturer Fined $171K for Exposing Workers to Lead, Other Hazards
Jan 24 2020 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Milwaukee Valve Company Inc. – based in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin – for exposing employees to lead and copper dust at...
Reuters Report: How Secrecy in Courts Stymies Safety Regulators
Jan 17 2020 // LEBANON, Ohio — Something wasn’t right with the Rhino. Reports started trickling in to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in 2005 of people being killed or injured in the Yamaha Motor Co. off-road...
Panel Urges Mandatory Safety Systems for Aircraft Manufacturers
Jan 16 2020 // An expert committee on Thursday recommended the Federal Aviation Administration’s require Boeing Co and other aircraft manufacturers to adopt new safety management tools in the wake of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX...
Using Game Theory to Determine Who’s Liable: Autonomous Vehicle or Human Driver?
Jan 15 2020 // A recent decision by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on the March 2018 Uber crash that killed a pedestrian in Arizona split the blame among Uber, the company’s autonomous vehicle (AV), the safety...
Valuation of Manufactured Homes
Jan 15 2020 // Building valuation can be confusing at best. If you go to a real estate website like Zillow, it’ll give you an estimated market value for a building. It’s doubtful that anyone really knows how they come up with...
U.S. Panel Backs Tougher Asbestos Testing Standards for Cosmetics
Jan 13 2020 // An expert panel formed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has endorsed asbestos testing standards for cosmetics that reject long-held industry positions and reflect those of public health authorities and experts for...
Delta Workers Sue Wisconsin Manufacturer Lands’ End Over Uniforms
Jan 6 2020 // Hundreds of Delta Air Lines employees have filed a pair of class action lawsuits against Wisconsin-based clothing manufacturer Lands’ End, claiming that uniforms they are required to wear are causing serious medical...
How High Tech Competition Is Transforming NFL Helmets
Dec 23 2019 // Long gone are the days of the leather shell and single-bar face mask. Today’s football helmets are technological marvels, using cutting edge materials and design elements to make the headgear the safest it’s...
Another Industrial Tragedy in Bangladesh as Fire at Plastics Factory Kills 13
Dec 16 2019 // A fire at a plastics factory near Bangladesh’s capital has killed at least 13 people and injured 21 others, police said Thursday. The fire occurred Wednesday at the Prime Plastic Industries factory in Keraniganj,...
Wisconsin Worker Dies After Becoming Trapped in Machinery at Sub-Zero
Dec 10 2019 // A worker at Sub-Zero in Fitchburg died after becoming trapped in machinery, police said. Emergency crews were called to the company Friday night about someone who was not breathing and had no pulse, Fitchburg police Sgt....
Plastics Manufacturer Settles Retired Texas Shrimper’s Lawsuit for $50M
Dec 9 2019 // A federal judge has approved a historic settlement agreement between Taiwan-based plastics manufacturer Formosa and an environmental activist represented by indigent legal services nonprofit Texas Rio Grande Legal...
New Delhi Factory Fire Takes 43 Lives
Dec 8 2019 // At least 43 people died in a blaze in New Delhi early Sunday morning, authorities said. The fire broke out in a factory operating in a residential area, Anil Mittal, a spokesman for the Delhi police said. The state...
Was It an Act of War? That’s Merck Cyber Attack’s $1.3 Billion Insurance Question.
Dec 3 2019 // By the time Deb Dellapena arrived for work at Merck & Co.’s 90-acre campus north of Philadelphia, there was a handwritten sign on the door: The computers are down. It was worse than it seemed. Some employees who...
Reuters Special Report: Powder Keg- Regulators Bowed to Industry for Decades Over Talc Risks
Dec 3 2019 // At an invitation-only gathering late last year, U.S. regulators and their guests huddled at a hotel near Washington, D.C., to discuss the best way to detect cancer-causing asbestos in talc powders and cosmetics. The...
Watch Out Finance, Business, Tech Workers. Artificial Intelligence Is Coming.
Nov 21 2019 // Artificial intelligence is coming for America’s high-paid professions as it creates winners and losers across the labor market like never before. White-collar jobs and better-educated occupations along with...
Zurich Adds Cyber Endorsements for Manufacturing Industry
Nov 15 2019 // Zurich Insurance has rolled out new, industry-specific endorsements to its cyber insurance policy designed to expand coverages provided to the manufacturing industry. The endorsements were created in response to the...
Vaping Safety Debate Between Researchers, Activists Intensifies with Mystery Illness
Nov 1 2019 // Portland State University chemistry professor David Peyton had never been attacked with such intensity. Peyton and a group of other chemists discovered almost five years ago that e-cigarettes could sometimes produce more...
Automakers Face Independents in Battle Over Car Tech Repair Aftermarket
Oct 31 2019 // The rapid rise of crash-avoidance technology has set carmakers and repair shops on course for a collision that could determine who controls the $800 billion auto aftermarket in the digital age. Given the unprecedented...
Alabama Auto Parts Manufacturer Cited for Amputation Hazards After Worker Injury
Oct 29 2019 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Strahle + Hess USA Inc. for exposing employees to amputation hazards at the company’s Auburn, Alabama, facility. The...
Does the Cloud of Vaping-Related Injuries Portend a Storm of Litigation? – Cannabis Industry Alert
Oct 15 2019 // Electronic cigarettes and vaping have been heralded by many as a safer alternative to smoking traditional cigarettes. A recent outbreak of illnesses allegedly related to vaping, however, has ignited public hysteria and...
