California Refinery Hit With $125K in Safety Violations January 16, 2020 Federal officials have fined a Southern California refinery $125,000 for chemical safety and risk-management violations, according to a newspaper report....
Flood Risk Heightened for Southern California Dam November 5, 2019 A California dam could fail during an extreme storm and send water flooding into Mojave Desert communities that are home...
Nevada Wants Feds to Restudy Seismic Risk at Nuke Dump Site July 19, 2019 By Ken Ritter Nevada’s governor and congressional delegation are pointing to earthquakes this month in the California desert and calling for the U.S....
Police Say Defects May Have Caused Balcony Collapse that Injured Utah Couple, 5 Kids June 19, 2019 A Utah couple and five of their nine children are recovering from injuries after the balcony on their home collapsed....
Family Oregon Woman Killed by Train Sues for $12.5M June 7, 2019 Two years after she was struck and killed by a light rail train, Chance Hoyt’s family is suing TriMet for...
Washington Proposes Changes to Safety Rules for Refinery Workers June 5, 2019 Washington state officials are working to revise regulations that aim to keep oil refinery workers safe. The Skagit Valley Herald...
Amtrak Train Strikes, Kills Pedestrian Near Los Angeles June 4, 2019 Authorities say a man has died after being struck by an Amtrak train near Los Angeles. Los Angeles Fire Department...
Log Ride Crash at California Amusement Park Leaves 3 Injured May 28, 2019 Authorities say three members of a family were injured, one critically, when they were ejected from the log ride at...
Colorado Refocuses Rules on Safety, Won’t Halt Drilling May 23, 2019 By Dan Elliott Colorado officials said that they had no plans to stop energy companies from drilling for oil and gas while regulators...
Army Corps of Engineers Raises Risk Assessment on Southern California Dam May 20, 2019 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has changed Prado Dam’s risk characterization from moderate urgency to high urgency, based on...