DECATUR, Ill. (AP) — An explosion and fire at an Archer Daniels Midland facility in Illinois injured eight employees and sent a tower of smoke into the air Sunday evening, officials said Monday. The explosion occurred shortly after 7 p.m. …
HOUSTON (AP) — Fire erupted at a petrochemical plant in the Houston area Friday, leaving five workers hospitalized and sending up a huge plume of smoke visible for miles. Emergency responders were called to help around 3 p.m. at the …
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Three construction workers were injured Tuesday when part of an upper floor collapsed inside Savannah’s 124-year-old federal courthouse, which has been undergoing extensive renovations for more than a year. All three workers were taken to a …
Businesses wanting to make their workplaces safer might try adopting a more rigorous accounting system. A new study finds a link between a firm’s workplace injuries and the information quality in its accounting statements. Danye Wang, assistant professor of accounting …
The U.S. Census Bureau states that by 2030 all baby boomers will be older than 65, so that one in every five citizens will reach conventional retirement age.1 For the first time in history, the older generation will outnumber children …
In a normal year, work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), also known as soft tissue injuries, account for roughly 34% of lost work-days in the U.S. and one-third of the dollars spent on workers compensation claims. But this was anything but a …
CHICAGO — One of America’s leading pig is running faster than ever as meatpackers hustle to keep pork in grocery stores during the COVID-19 pandemic. Plant worker Hector Ixquier says it’s time to slow down. Ixquier said he sought medical …
A food workers’ union filed a federal lawsuit Monday to block a Trump administration move to end limits on the speed of pork slaughter lines, arguing the new rule would lead to more injuries among employees and increase the risk …
Workplace interventions can be helpful in reducing injuries while on the clock. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, low back strains, carpal tunnel syndrome, and other soft-tissue musculoskeletal injuries are the most frequent causes of missed workdays in the …
Meat and poultry processing workers often perform the same motions for hours at a time: pulling tenders off of chicken carcasses, tearing out their internal organs or trimming cuts of meat. These repetitive and forceful jobs, performed on long shifts …