Latest Manufacturing Headlines
All the headlines from our Manufacturing Topic Page, ordered by recency.
El Paso Manufacturer Fined $412.75K for Safety Violations
Jul 20 2021 // An El Paso, Texas, metal stamping manufacturing facility with a history of workplace safety violations failed again to protect its workers from the dangers of moving machine parts, federal officials said. As a result, a...
Machinery at Montana Car Wash Severs Worker’s Lower Leg
Jul 6 2021 // An employee at a car wash in Helena got caught in a piece of machinery that severed his lower leg, Helena fire officials said. The accident happened just before 1 p.m. Tuesday at Woody’s Car Wash, Assistant Chief of...
Penn. Manufacturing Company, Owner Sued for Firing Worker Over Safety Concerns
Jun 29 2021 // The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit against a Pennsylvania paper products manufacturing company and its owner after they fired a worker for raising safety concerns and asking several times for safety gloves to...
FAA Makes It Easier for Staff Overseeing Manufacturers to Report Safety Concerns
Jun 23 2021 // The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Monday it has launched a program to help make it easier for staff overseeing Boeing and other airplane manufacturers to report safety concerns. An independent survey...
Texas Tortilla Factory Fined $218K for Workplace Safety Violations
Jun 16 2021 // A San Marcos, Texas-based tortilla manufacturer has been cited for repeat and serious workplace safety violations, and faces penalties of more than $200,000, federal regulators say. The Occupational Safety and Health...
New York Could Try to Sue Gun Manufacturers Under Bill
Jun 10 2021 // New York’s attorney general could sue gun manufacturers under certain scenarios under a bill that passed the state Senate and Assembly on Tuesday as lawmakers continued wrapping up this year’s legislative...
Biden Backs States Against Manufacturers Over Prescription Drug Imports From Canada
Jun 1 2021 // The Biden administration is urging a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit that could stand in the way of states like Florida in allowing prescription drugs to be imported from Canada. In a legal brief filed Friday, the White...
Protecting Manufacturing Clients as Products Evolve
May 29 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by The Hanover Insurance Group. As these and other companies expand the scope of their businesses and assume new risks, there are increasing opportunities for independent agents to...
Renault-Nissan, Hyundai Face Factory Closures in India over Workers’ COVID-19 Fears
May 25 2021 // CHENNAI, India – Automakers Renault, its alliance partner Nissan Motor Co. and Hyundai Motor Co. face temporary factory closures in India due to growing unrest among workers concerned about rising COVID-19...
Texas Manufacturer Fined $558.8K for Workplace Safety Violations
May 18 2021 // A Waco, Texas-based bath and shower manufacturer has been cited for 19 workplace safety violations and fined $558,821 by federal workplace safety officials. An inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor’s...
Officials Say Fire at Oregon Textile Manufacturer Was Arson
Apr 26 2021 // A large fire that gutted a Southeast Portland, Ore., textile manufacturing last week was arson, according to fire officials. Portland Fire & Rescue said in a statement that a security camera recorded someone starting...
Fire Causes Partial Roof Collapse at Oregon Textile Factory
Apr 21 2021 // A fire caused extensive damage to a textile manufacturing facility in Portland early Monday, officials said. The first reports of the blaze came in around 3:30 a.m. Monday at a commercial building in southeast Portland,...
Trial Date Set to Decide Tenn. Damages in Case Against Opioid Manufacturer
Apr 20 2021 // A Tennessee judge has set a July 26 start for a trial to decide damages against an opioid manufacturer in a lawsuit over the company’s role in the epidemic. Sullivan County Circuit Court Chancellor E.G. Moody set the...
FDA Halts Vaccine Manufacturing at Plant Where Doses Were Wasted
Apr 19 2021 // The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked Emergent BioSolutions Inc. to halt producing new materials for COVID-19 vaccines until the regulator completes an inspection of its plant in Baltimore, which is under...
Maine Auto Body Manufacturing Plant Faces Nearly $400K in Fines for Safety Violations
Apr 7 2021 // A Waterville, Maine, auto body manufacturing plant is facing nearly $400,000 in proposed fines for unaddressed fall and noise hazards that placed its employees at risk. The Shyft Group Duramag LLC – formerly F3 MFG Inc....
New Starr Environmental Shield Product Targets Manufacturing-Related Risks
Apr 5 2021 // Starr Insurance Cos. has introduced Environmental Shield, a customized environmental insurance product that covers multiple manufacturing risks with a single underwriter overseeing and streamlining the design. Starr...
Ohio Manufacturing Facility Cited for Unsafe Conditions; Fined $119K
Apr 1 2021 // A Ohio manufacturer of power distribution products has been cited for 11 serious workplace safety violations and faces $119,000 in penalties, federal workplace safety officials said. In response to a January 2021...
Japan Chipmaker Renesas Says Normal Production at Fire-Hit Plant to Take 100-120 Days
Mar 30 2021 // TOKYO – Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics said on Tuesday it would take at least 100 days to get back to normal production at its fire-hit plant, even as the government urged some Taiwanese companies to help with...
Insurance Industry Got Closer to Manufacturing Clients During Pandemic
Mar 22 2021 // The U.S. manufacturing industry is on the rebound from effects of the global pandemic-driven shutdown more than a year ago. While U.S. industrial production and U.S. total factory orders fell substantially in April 2020,...
New Jersey Ice Cream Manufacturer Cited for Safety Hazards Leading to Amputations
Mar 16 2021 // Despite two severe amputation injuries in 2018 and 2020 on the same machine at a Lakewood, New Jersey, ice cream manufacturing plant, a recent federal safety and health inspection found the company continued to ignore...
