Oregon Worker Who Died Was Operating Faulty Equipment January 30, 2020 A Benton County, Ore. road worker who died on the job was operating a poorly maintained piece of leased logging...
Wyoming Workplace Deaths Last Year Were Below Long-Term Trend December 27, 2019 Thirty-one people died on the job in Wyoming in 2018, a rate slightly below average. Wyoming has averaged 33 workplace...
Louisiana Transportation Department to Implement New Roadwork Safety Measures December 19, 2019 Louisiana’s transportation department will boost safety measures at its roadwork sites, the agency’s secretary announced at a ceremony honoring an...
Wisconsin Worker Dies After Becoming Trapped in Machinery at Sub-Zero December 10, 2019 A worker at Sub-Zero in Fitchburg died after becoming trapped in machinery, police said. Emergency crews were called to the...
Texas Oilfield Worker Killed by Poisonous Gas; Wife Dies Checking on Him October 30, 2019 A 44-year-old Texas oil company worker died after being overcome by poisonous gas at a pump house, and his 37-year-old...
Collapse of Hotel in New Orleans Leaves 1 Dead, 3 Missing October 14, 2019 By Chevel Johnson A Hard Rock Hotel under construction at the edge of New Orleans’ historic French Quarter collapsed Saturday morning, leaving at...
Worker Dies from Injuries at BP’s Refinery in Whiting, Indiana, October 2, 2019 A contract worker died from injuries received while working at BP Plc’s 430,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Whiting, Indiana, refinery on Wednesday,...
Union Pacific Worker In Texas Dies, Pinned Between Tankers August 23, 2019 Investigators say a Union Pacific worker has died after being pinned between two railway tanker cars in Southeast Texas. The...
Michigan Manufacturing Facility Fined $32.5K After Worker’s Death August 20, 2019 A suburban Detroit manufacturing facility has been fined after the death of an employee who fell into vat of sulfuric...
Ohio Company Fined $250K, Gets Probation in Worker’s Death August 6, 2019 A federal judge has fined a northeast Ohio company $250,000 and has placed it on two years’ probation for covering...