Federal workplace safety officials have launched an investigation into the death of a Maine man who was crushed by one of the two elephants in his care. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration sent an investigator to the site this …
Federal regulators are investigating complaints about safety problems at an automotive parts plant in Selma. The Selma Times-Journal reports the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is reviewing operations at seat manufacturer Renosol. A vice president with Renosol parent company Lear …
Federal officials are investigating an industrial accident that claimed the lives of two workers who fell about 90 feet from a highway overpass in the Montgomery area. Joseph Roesler, area director for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Mobile, …
Federal officials have cited an upstate New York manufacturer for 16 safety violations after a fatal forklift accident. National Pipe and Plastics, Inc. of Vestal has been cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for serious violations of workplace …
Traverse City Light & Power has suspended a tree trimming company following the death of one of its workers, who backed into a high-voltage line. The Michigan city-owned utility says the suspension of Trees Inc. will last 30 days, while …
Federal officials have cited a San Antonio, Texas-based cabinet manufacturer with 29 safety and health violations and a proposed penalty of $267,434. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Cardell Cabinetry LLC for failing to …
Federal authorities say they’re investigating the collapse of a construction crane in the middle of the downtown business and entertainment district in Saratoga Springs. No one was injured when the crane toppled over Tuesday afternoon at a hotel construction site …
Federal workplace safety officials are investigating the death of a man who fell into a storage tank that contained a chemical solvent in suburban Chicago. Authorities say the accident happened Thursday in Wheeling. Fire Chief Keith MacIsaac says the victim …
Federal safety officials say the swans were to blame for the death of a Villa Park, Ill., man in April. Authorities say 37-year-old Anthony Hensley worked to keep geese away from a condo complex near Des Plaines. He fell out …
Mississippi Phosphates Corp. has been cited by the government for 40 safety and health violations following the deaths of two workers in separate incidents at the company’s Pascagoula facilities. Occupational Safety and Health Administration says in a news release Monday …