Washington state safety regulators issued two citations and a $2,050 fine against the subcontractor overseeing workers injured when a wall in the north portal of the Seattle tunnel project collapsed. Four iron workers fell on Feb. 12, including one who …
A fire at plant in Southeast Texas that produces plastics has injured five workers. The Victoria Advocate reports the fire Friday began in a tower at Formosa Plastics about 30 miles southeast of Victoria. Four of the workers were taken …
Authorities say they still don’t know what caused a small explosion at a northeast Iowa factory that injured three workers. Postville Fire Chief Jeffrey Bohr says the explosion early Monday at the Norplex-Micarta composite laminates plant in Postville has been …
The Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating an explosion at a south Louisiana chemical plant that killed one worker and injured dozens of others, department spokesman Juan Rodriguez said Friday. The cause of Thursday’s blast at the …
Emergency officials say four workers have been hurt when the wooden frame of a one-story structure they were building collapsed. The Sulphur Springs Fire Department says the accident happened Friday morning. Firefighter David James says the workers suffered apparent minor …
A large LED screen being set up for the Ultra Music Festival crashed onto the main stage Thursday night in downtown Miami, seriously injuring two workers. Fire rescue workers responded to Bayfront Park at about 8 p.m. and took two …
Authorities say two construction workers were hit by a steel beam that fell off a loading truck at the University of Utah. The Salt Lake City Fire Department says the workers, both in their 20s, were in a hospital Monday …
Officials say about 90 workers have been injured, 23 seriously, in an accident at a Singapore shipyard. The Ministry of Manpower says the accident occurred Monday on a jack-up rig being built by Jurong Shipyard Pte. Ltd. Jack-up rigs are …
Tensas Parish Sheriff Ricky Jones says two men were seriously burned when vapors at a Louisiana drilling rig apparently were ignited by the motor of a pumper truck, and a vat of drilling mud on the rig caught fire. Both …
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribe has paid an $11,600 fine and made safety changes at its Lake of Isles, Conn., golf course after a lightning strike in June injured 15 workers. The workers were hurt when lightning hit near a wooden …