Safety News

The ‘Greenhouse Effect’: How an Oft-Touted Climate Solution Threatens Agricultural Workers

MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — To harvest tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers, to clip herbs, to prune and propagate succulents, people work in oppressive heat and humidity. Some wring out shirts soaked with sweat. Some contend with headaches, dizziness and nausea. Some …

Dollar General to Pay $12M Penalty, Improve Safety Under Settlement

Discount store operator Dollar General has agreed to pay $12 million in penalty for alleged safety violations that led to blocked exits and fire extinguishers and unsafe storage, requiring the company to improve workplace safety in stores across the U.S. …

Nearly 1M Power Adapters Sold with Baby Sound Machines Recalled Due to Shock Hazard

Due to a shock hazard, a California company is recalling nearly 1 million power adapters sold with sound machines marketed to help infants and young children sleep. The plastic surrounding the AC power adapter that was supplied with some of …

Boeing Faces ‘Long Road’ on Safety Issues, FAA Says

U.S. planemaker Boeing faces a “long road” to address safety issues, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday as it prepares to receive the company’s plan to address concerns. In late February, FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker gave …

Boeing Needs More Focus on Safety and Quality, FAA Chief Says

Boeing Co. needs to shift its focus from the business of making planes toward safety in the wake of recent findings on lapses surrounding the January failure of a fuselage panel, the top US aviation regulator said. Federal Aviation Administration …

Report: Hawaii, Florida Deadliest States for Two-Wheeled Vehicles

Hawaii followed by Florida are the most dangerous states for two-wheelers, with either a pedal or motor-bike involved in nearly one third of fatal crashes in Hawaii, a new report shows. The study, commissioned by Florida-based personal injury law firm …

Japan’s Nuclear Safety Agency Orders Power Plant Operator to Study the Impact of Jan. 1 Quake

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s nuclear safety regulators have told the operator of a nuclear power plant in the area hit by a powerful New Year’s Day quake to study its potential impact. The Nuclear Regulation Authority, or NRA, asked for …

Radar That Keeps Planes Apart at Airports Is Aging and Unreliable

A crucial safety system that’s relied on to avoid potentially fatal collisions at major US airports is aging and plagued by outages that have left travelers unprotected for months at a time. At some airports, it hasn’t ever been installed. …

New Images from Inside Fukushima Reactor Spark Safety Worry

TOKYO (AP) — Images captured by a robotic probe inside one of the three melted reactors at Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant showed exposed steel bars in the main supporting structure and parts of its thick external concrete wall …

Union Pacific 2nd Railroad to Drop Push for One-Person Crews

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific has become the second major freight railroad in the past week to back away from the industry’s longstanding push to cut train crews down to one person as lawmakers and regulators increasingly focus on …