Faulty Gas Fitting Caused Deadly Chocolate Factory Explosion: Safety Board December 12, 2024 By Michael Rubinkam Cascading failures involving a corroded steam pipe and a defective natural gas fitting caused a powerful explosion in 2023 at...
Judge Orders Pennsylvania Utility Board to Produce Chocolate Factory Blast Records April 19, 2024 By Michael Rubinkam Pennsylvania utility regulators must turn over inspection records to the National Transportation Safety Board as part of the federal agency’s...
OSHA Fines Pennsylvania Candy Factory for Not Evacuating Before Fatal Explosion October 10, 2023 A Pennsylvania chocolate factory was fined more than $44,000 by the federal workplace safety agency on Thursday for failing to...
Information Security Issue Stalls Federal Probe of Fatal Pennsylvania Candy Factory Blast September 29, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson After months of discussion, federal safety officials and the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission (PUC) remain at odds over release of...
Gas Leak From Bad Fitting Cited in Chocolate Factory Explosion Where 7 Died July 20, 2023 By Michael Rubinkam Natural gas leaked from a defective fitting at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory where a powerful explosion leveled one building, heavily...
Workers Recall ‘Rotten Egg’ Smell Before Chocolate Factory Blast May 4, 2023 By Michael Rubinkam Workers at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory smelled “rotten eggs” before a powerful natural gas explosion that leveled one building, heavily...
Wrongful Death Suit Claims Chocolate Factory Ignored Warning Before Deadly Blast April 13, 2023 By Michael Rubinkam A Pennsylvania candy-maker ignored warnings of a gas leak at its chocolate factory and bears responsibility for a subsequent explosion...
Chocolate Factory Blast a Deadly Reminder of Combustion Risks March 30, 2023 By Michael Rubinkam Last week’s fatal blast at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory highlighted the combustibility of food plants in general and chocolate making...
Wreckage Complicates Job of Investigators of Chocolate Factory Deadly Blast March 29, 2023 By Michael Rubinkam Investigators looking for the cause of a deadly explosion that leveled part of a Pennsylvania chocolate factory faced an even...
7 Bodies Recovered From Site of Pennsylvania Chocolate Factory Explosion March 28, 2023 WEST READING, Pa. (AP) – All seven bodies have been recovered from the site of a powerful explosion at a...