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Ohio Company Fined $250K, Gets Probation in Worker’s Death

A federal judge has fined a northeast Ohio company $250,000 and has placed it on two years’ probation for covering up previous safety concerns during an investigation of an accident that killed one worker and seriously injured another in 2012. …

Worker Dies From Late June Explosion at Facility in NW Louisiana

A northwest Louisiana coroner says a 43-year-old man has died of injuries from an industrial explosion late last month. The Caddo Parish Coroner’s Office says Jonathan Hall of the DeSoto Parish town of Stonewall died early Tuesday at Ochsner LSU …

Ohio Company Admits to Concealing Information After Worker’s Death

An Ohio aluminum manufacturing company accused of misleading investigators and its parent company after a fatal workplace accident has pleaded guilty to a related federal charge about concealing information on a crime. Extrudex Aluminum in North Jackson this week pleaded …

Workers Injured at Texas Chemical Plant Damaged by Fire File Suit

A growing number of lawsuits are springing from the ashes at a Houston-area chemical plant that caught fire this week killing a worker. Two plant employees filed separate state suits Wednesday against KMCO LLC, claiming the company failed to maintain …

Forklift Operator Killed in California Workplace Accident

A forklift operator was killed when he was struck by a car during a business delivery. KCAL reports that the unidentified man in his 60s was making a delivery of live poultry in the Pacoima neighborhood of Los Angeles when …

Ohio Company Charged with Obstruction over Accident That Killed Worker

An aluminum manufacturing company in Ohio has been charged in federal court with misleading its parent company in Canada about a federal investigation into a workplace accident that killed one worker and seriously injured another. Extrudex Aluminum was charged in …

Mine Operator Cited for Safety Issues in Fatality at Nevada Gold Mine

Federal mine safety officials have cited an Idaho-based company for inadequate safety controls at a gold mine it operates in northeast Nevada where a worker was killed in an underground collapse in October. The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration …

California Contractor Cited for Accident That Fatally Crushed Worker

Cal/OSHA has cited a Bay Area contractor for serious safety violations after a worker was fatally crushed at a San Rafael construction site on Sept. 18, 2018. Investigators determined that West Coast Land and Development Inc. did not follow regulations …

$89K in Penalties Proposed Over Man’s Death at Nebraska Asphalt Plant

A federal agency is proposing to fine a company more than $89,000 for safety violations connected to the death of a worker at a North Platte asphalt plant. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Western Engineering Co. for seven …

California’s 376 Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2017 Equals Previous Year, Report Shows

The California Department of Industrial Relations issued a report on Tuesday showing that 376 Californians died on the job in 2017, the same as in 2016. California’s workplace fatality rate remains stable with slight fluctuations over the past eight years, …