Eight people were taken to a hospital for treatment on Monday after a toxic gas leak at Altivia Chemicals’ plant in La Porte, Texas, local officials said. An update on their condition was not immediately available. The city canceled a …
TOKYO —Toyota Motor, the world’s biggest automaker by sales, will extend until Wednesday a partial production halt at two domestic assembly plants due to an accident at a supplier’s facility, a company spokesperson said. The incident at supplier Chuo Spring, …
FLORENCE, Wis. (AP) — Workplace safety officials are investigating the death of a 16-year-old boy from injuries he received last week at a Wisconsin sawmill. Michael Schuls died Saturday at a pediatric hospital in Milwaukee, two days after officers responded …
A gold mine in Peru where 27 workers died in a fire over the weekend is a partner of Swiss institutions in their effort to ensure responsible sourcing from informal miners in the Andean country. Top Swiss-based refiner Metalor is …
Authorities say an industrial accident at a Southeast Texas port has killed a worker. A coroner says an autopsy has been scheduled Monday for 26-year-old Virgel James Stoker. The Galveston County Daily News reports the accident happened Saturday night at …