Death Toll From Italian Hydroelectric Plant Explosion Rises to 7 April 15, 2024 Divers in northern Italy have recovered the last two bodies of workers killed by an explosion that collapsed and flooded...
Deadly Blast at Enel Plant in Italy Came Amid Maintenance Work April 10, 2024 By Antonio Vanuzzo and Alberto Brambilla A deadly explosion at an Enel SpA hydropower facility in northern Italy that left at least three people dead occurred...
Suncor’s Syncrude Canada to Pay C$390,000 After Worker Fatality April 9, 2024 By Nia Williams Oil sands producer Syncrude Canada, majority-owned by Suncor Energy, will pay C$390,000 ($287,187.04) after pleading guilty to a health and...
Phoenix Ordinance Adds Rules to Protect Workers from Extreme Heat April 3, 2024 With hundreds of heat related deaths in and around Phoenix, Arizona last year, a new city ordinance has taken a...
California Work Safety Board Approves Indoor Heat Rules, But Another State Agency Raises Objections March 25, 2024 As global warming raises temperatures, a California work safety board has approved standards that would require companies to protect employees...
Pinnacol in Colorado Issues $15M Dividend to Businesses March 22, 2024 Pinnacol Assurance issued $15 million general dividend to businesses throughout Colorado. This is the ninth straight year Pinacol has issued...
Cal/OSHA Increases Civil Penalty Amounts for 2024 March 6, 2024 California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health recently increased penalties for certain violations, with some maximum penalties planned to rise...
SAIF in Oregon Reports Ice Caused Most Workplace Slips, Trips, Falls in 7 Years February 14, 2024 SAIF in Oregon, which reported receiving 400-plus claims after January’s winter weather, said more Oregon workers were injured from slips,...
Worker Loses Legs to Trenching Machine; $150K Fine for Washington Contractor January 26, 2024 A 16-year-old boy was using a walk-behind trencher on a job site in La Center, Washington to dig a channel...
Spanish Court Rules Facebook Moderator Suffered Work-Related Mental Trauma January 19, 2024 By Joan Faus and Catarina Demony A Spanish court has ruled a former Facebook moderator’s mental health was damaged by his work reviewing graphic content such...