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...
Authorities: Explosion at Ohio Plant Leaves 8 Hurt, 1 Missing April 9, 2021 One person was killed and eight others were injured in an explosion and fire on April 8 at a paint...
Collapse of Stack at ArcelorMittal South Africa’s Steel Plant Kills 3 February 18, 2021 JOHANNESBURG – The bodies of three workers were found overnight at ArcelorMittal South Africa’s Vanderbijlpark Works, after the collapse of...
Indiana Company Fined $14K Following Death of 3 Workers in Manhole February 10, 2021 State regulators have fined an excavating company $14,400 for workplace safety violations discovered after three workers, including a father and...
Texas Rail Services Firm Faces $419K Fine After Oklahoma Workers’ Deaths February 10, 2021 A Texas-based rail products and services company has been cited by federal workplace safety officials for violations that resulted in...
Cargill Closing Louisiana Salt Mine Where 2 Died in Roof Collapse February 1, 2021 Cargill is permanently halting operations at a Louisiana salt mine where a roof collapse in mid-December killed two workers, the...
DuPont Spinoff Will Contest Charges Over Deadly Gas Leak at Texas Plant January 20, 2021 By Juan A. Lozano Corteva, a spinoff that took over DuPont’s agriculture division, will contest the charges against DuPont stemming from a 2014 poisonous...
DuPont, Former Employee Charged in 2014 Fatal Release at Texas Plant January 20, 2021 E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. Inc. (DuPont) and a former employee have been indicted for knowingly violating...
2 Die in Louisiana Salt Mine Ceiling Collapse December 17, 2020 Two people died when the ceiling in a salt mine fell in Louisiana, authorities and the mine operator said. A...
3 Dead, 1 Hurt in Partial Collapse of Houston High-Rise Under Construction October 6, 2020 Three workers were killed on Oct. 5 when a stairwell collapsed inside a high-rise building under construction in Houston, according...