Latest Manufacturing Headlines
All the headlines from our Manufacturing Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Report Cites Failure to Prevent Unsafe Medical Devices That Spread Superbugs
Jan 18 2016 // America’s system for ensuring that medical devices are safe failed at every turn when dirty endoscopes began spreading deadly superbugs, according to a Senate investigation released today. The report, from Senator...
U.S. Reports on Cyber Attacks on Manufacturing, Other Industries
Jan 15 2016 // U.S. Department of Homeland Security investigations of cyber attacks on the nation’s critical manufacturing sector nearly doubled in the year ended Sept. 30, according to the agency. The Department of Homeland...
Israel Emerges as Leader in Developing Cyber Defenses for Cars
Jan 13 2016 // Building on its expertise in technology, Israel is emerging as a leader in the race to keep cars secure and prevent the nightmare scenario of a hacker commandeering your vehicle. Most cars today are equipped with some...
Expert Sounds off on Legal, Insurance Issues of Self-driving Cars
Jan 12 2016 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Editor’s note: To hear the full interview click on the podcast above or visit www.insuarncejournal.tv. Hilary Rowen, a partner in the law firm of Sedgwick LLP in Sacramento, Calif., for...
Farmers to Feel Heat from Manufacturers Over Food Safety
Jan 11 2016 // With food recalls on the rise and the threat to food security growing, food manufacturers are going to want to know more details about farmers’ and ranchers’ food safety and security practices, an agribusiness...
Latest Death Linked to Takata Air Bag Exposes Recall System Flaw
Dec 27 2015 // From 2010 to 2012, Honda Motor Co. said it made multiple attempts to notify the owner of a 2001 Accord that the car’s air bag was faulty and needed replacing. Last July, with the car sold to another person and...
Driverless Cars Give Lawyers Bottomless List of Defendants
Dec 22 2015 // Imagine a robot car with no one behind the wheel hitting another driverless car. Who’s at fault? The answer: No one knows. But plaintiff’s lawyers are salivating at the prospects for big paydays from such...
11 West Virginia Workers Injured at Chemical Manufacturer Plant
Dec 17 2015 // Eleven contract workers were injured Tuesday in a boiler accident at chemical manufacturer Axiall Corp.’s Natrium plant in West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle, the company said. The company said in a statement...
Ohio Manufacturer Fined $131K for Workers’ Injuries
Dec 11 2015 // A central Ohio wire manufacturer where two workers were injured in separate accidents has been cited for 25 safety violations by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA cited Columbus-based ITC...
Competition Consumers Deserve
Nov 16 2015 // Consider the scenario: A family of three suffers an accident and needs to replace several parts on their car. It’s an expensive ordeal. In our current system, drivers are forced to rely largely on replacement parts...
Steel Manufacturer Fined Nearly $400K for Safety Hazards at Ohio
Nov 12 2015 // A crane’s safety latch failed and 1,000 pounds of equipment fell on a man below and injured him as he worked at a TimkenSteel Corp. Ohio factory, according to federal safety officials. For the second time in a year,...
Manufacturing Safety Group Gets Nearly $630K Dividend from Texas Mutual
Nov 10 2015 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co., a policyholder-owned company, recently awarded a dividend of $629,849 to the National Federation of Independent Businesses Manufacturing (NFIB) safety group. The dividend was earned based on the...
House, Senate Transportation Bill Compromise to Address Auto Safety
Nov 9 2015 // The multiyear transportation bill that passed the U.S. House this week parcels out a number of provisions on auto safety and environmental regulation sought by interest groups including automakers, dealers and safety...
Ironshore Launches Product Liability Endorsements for Manufacturers
Nov 5 2015 // Ironshore Specialty Casualty has created a new suite of endorsements to address the products liability exposure of manufacturers and distributors. Coverage is underwritten on a primary basis with limits available of up to...
Hormel Recalls Peanut Butter Made in Arkansas Factory
Nov 3 2015 // Hormel Foods Sales LLC is recalling 153 cases of peanut butter made at its Little Rock, Arkansas, factory because of the potential for metal shavings in the jars. The company issued a statement saying 153 cases of reduced...
Wisconsin’s Ashley Furniture Again Cited for Alleged Safety Hazards
Oct 21 2015 // A federal safety agency has again cited Ashley Furniture Industries Inc. for alleged safety violations at one of its Wisconsin factories. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration alleged that Arcadia-based...
Family of Oregon Girl Who Died in 2014 Plane Crash Sues Manufacturer
Oct 21 2015 // The family of a 4-year-old girl who died when the homebuilt airplane she was riding in crashed in Toledo is suing the plane’s manufacturer. The Oregonian reported the suit against Van’s Aircraft of Aurora seeks...
Gunmakers’ Liability Shield Emerges as Issue in Democratic Presidential Race
Oct 13 2015 // Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Sunday backed away from a controversial vote he cast in 2005 on legislation to grant immunity to gun manufacturers and dealers from liability if their firearms are used...
Texas Weapons Manufacturer Fined $197K for Workplace Hazards
Oct 7 2015 // Federal safety officials have fined a Texas-based weapons manufacturer $197,000 for putting workers at risk. Maverick Arms Inc. in Eagle Pass, Texas, was cited on Sept. 30, 2015, by the U.S. Department of Labor’s...
Munich Re, Marsh Introduce Pharma Coverage for Regulatory Actions
Sep 25 2015 // Munich Re and Marsh & McLennan Cos., the largest insurance broker by market value, introduced a product to insure U.S. pharmaceutical companies against regulatory actions that could cause them to suspend...
