How Responders Rescued Steel Plant Workers; Search for Cause of Blast Underway August 14, 2025 By Peter Smith, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Michael Casey and Marc Levy Moments after an explosion erupted at a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh, company firefighters, local responders and employees raced in...
Texas Reports 564 Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2023, Down Slightly From Prior Year January 27, 2025 The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation this month released a report on fatal occupational injuries in Texas...
Lawsuit Seeks OSHA Records on Deaths of 3 Amazon Workers November 27, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A worker activist has sued the Department of Labor (DOL) to force the release of records surrounding the deaths of...
Tennessee Investigating Plastics Factory Where Helene Flooding Killed 11 Workers October 3, 2024 A Tennessee plastics factory kept workers going until it was too late to evacuate before Hurricane Helene flooding swamped the...
Mississippi Poultry Plant Settles With OSHA After Teen’s 2023 Death August 20, 2024 HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi poultry processing plant has agreed to a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor...
Mother of Teen Killed at Mississippi Poultry Factory Sues Company for Negligence February 8, 2024 By Michael Goldberg (AP) — The mother of a 16-year-old who died in a workplace accident at a Mississippi poultry factory is suing...
OSHA Fines Georgia Plumbing Contractor $186,000 After Fatal Fall Down Manhole February 1, 2024 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined a Georgia plumbing contractor more than $184,000 for failing to take...
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...
Wisconsin Corn Mill Officials Indicted For 2017 Fatal Explosion May 17, 2022 A federal grand jury has indicted the operator and six management officials of a Cambria, Wisconsin corn mill – where...
Workplace Fatalities Fell 10.7% During Pandemic in 2020 But Severe Illness Cases Rose December 27, 2021 During the pandemic, worker deaths decreased by 10.7% in 2020 compared to 2019, with 4,764 fatal workplace injuries, according to...