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Equipment Failure Sparks Steel Mill Explosion

The blast showered the facility with chunks of hot white refractory.

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LOTO Failures Lead to Amputation, Fines

Repeated incidents have led to hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines.

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Toilet Paper Truck Catches Fire

The load of toilet paper 'burned extensively.'

The exterior of AbbVie in Lake Bluff, Ill., Jan. 24, 2015.

Drugmaker to Settle Insurance Fraud Lawsuit for $24M

Boeing employees stand near the new Boeing 787-10 at the company's facility in North Charleston, S.C.

Boeing Faces Fine Over Pressuring Safety Inspectors

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Businessman Killed at Machine Testing Lab

Clinical Research Nurse Aneta Gupta labels blood samples from volunteer Yash during the Imperial College vaccine trial, at a clinic in London, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Scientists at Imperial College London are immunizing hundreds of people with an experimental coronavirus vaccine in an early trial after seeing no worrying safety problems in a small number vaccinated so far.

UK: 50M Masks Unusable

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Health Software Giant Requiring Workers to Return

Epic Systems will no longer give its 9,000-plus employees the choice of working from home.

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Using Industrial Vacuum Cleaners to Prevent Catastrophes

After Imperial Sugar’s Port Wentworth sugar refinery exploded the company willfully refused to remedy similar conditions at another plant, resulting in more than $8.7 million of proposed penalties.

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FAA Spells Out Design Changes Needed on Grounded Boeing Jet

The agency proposed changes to software, wiring, on-board computers and a warning light that wasn't working on planes that crashed.

Falling Wood Kills Worker

The company had developed an alternative procedure for clearing equipment following an earlier amputation, but failed to implement it.

Honda Recalls 1.6M SUVs, Vans

There are four separate recalls in play.

A fire burns after an explosion near Junction City, Ky., Aug. 1, 2019.

Pipeline Explosion Victims Sue Line Operator

The lawsuit listed more than 80 people affected by the blast in central Kentucky.

Americans Trust Clorox, Amazon More Than Government

While the pandemic has hurt most businesses, some are getting a big boost to their reputation.

The distinctiveness of this hand sanitizer comes from its ethanol base. Ethanol is a plant-based renewable energy source -- in the U.S primarily produced from corn -- that is often mixed in with gasoline for vehicles.

Researcher Converts Lab to Make Ethanol-Based Hand Sanitizer

They can produce hundreds of gallons daily, but they have a problem: finding containers.

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Tesla Faces Safety Probe in South Korea

The electric vehicle maker’s “Autopilot” system is part of the inquiry.

A single-use test hood from FLEXcon in action.

Film Manufacturer Delivers for Frontline Workers

"Their efforts were nothing less than heroic, and we couldn’t be prouder of their accomplishments during a very difficult time."

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Thermal Runaway Likely Caused Explosion at Ariz. Battery Facility

Eight firefighters were injured in the blast.

A parked Revel scooter on New York's Upper West Side, July 28, 2020.

Scooter Startup Suspends Service After 2nd Fatal Crash

Revel said service in New York City “will be shut down until further notice.”