After 6 Worker Deaths at Georgia Chicken Plant, OSHA Issues $1 Million in Fines July 27, 2021 By Rich McKay ATLANTA– A North Georgia chicken plant and its associated companies face $1 million in fines and scores of citations from...
Annual Report Reveals 48 Massachusetts Workers Died in 2013 May 1, 2014 An annual report looking at the number of on-the-job deaths and injuries in Massachusetts has found 48 workers were killed...
OSHA Investigating Alabama Overpass Deaths January 10, 2014 Federal officials are investigating an industrial accident that claimed the lives of two workers who fell about 90 feet from...
Delaware Refinery Owners Wins Insurance Lawsuit November 25, 2013 By RANDALL CHASE A Delaware judge has ruled for owners of the Delaware City oil refinery in lawsuit over insurance coverage involving the...
Cal/OSHA Cites Employers for Worker’s Death in Confined Space June 28, 2013 Cal/OSHA cited Artesia-based Express Chipping, Inc. following the death of a 40-year-old worker who was chipping concrete inside a cement...
Report: 43 Killed on the Job in West Virginia in 2011 May 13, 2013 A new labor union report says 43 workers were killed on the job in 2011 in West Virginia, down from...
32 Massachusetts Workers Died on the Job in 2012 April 29, 2013 Labor and worker rights activists are honoring 32 workers who died on the job last year. The Massachusetts AFL-CIO and...
OSHA Cites Mississippi Company Following Worker Deaths November 28, 2012 Mississippi Phosphates Corp. has been cited by the government for 40 safety and health violations following the deaths of two...
Construction at Tennessee Plant Halted After Deaths October 15, 2012 Construction on the new Wacker Polysilicon plant in Charleston, Tenn., has been halted indefinitely while investigators try to determine what...
Courts Clear Way for Suits Over 2010 Alabama Blast Deaths September 5, 2012 Federal courts have cleared the way for state lawsuits over the deaths of two men killed in an explosion at...