Safety

A remediation company deploys a boom on the surface of an oil spill after a Keystone pipeline ruptured at Mill Creek in Washington County, Kansas, on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. Vacuum trucks, booms and an emergency dam were constructed on the creek to intercept the spill.
Safety
Oil Spill Shuts Down Keystone Pipeline
About 14,000 barrels spilled into a creek about 150 miles northwest of Kansas City.
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New Lawsuit Filed by Workers in Kentucky Factory Hit by Tornado
The suit accuses one of the supervisors of false imprisonment and infliction of emotional distress.
December 9, 2022
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Safety
15 Automakers Reach Automatic Braking Goals This Year
General Motors, Porsche, Jaguar/Land Rover, Kia and Maserati still need to meet the pledge.
December 8, 2022
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Judge Orders Slaughterhouse Cleaners Not to Hire Minors
Investigators identified at least 50 minors who were cleaning dangerous equipment on overnight shifts.
December 7, 2022
Diana Scott holds up a sign while taking part in a demonstration about the use of robots by the San Francisco Police Department outside of City Hall in San Francisco, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022.
Safety
Amid Outcry, San Francisco Pauses on 'Killer Police Robots'
The board voted last week to allow the use of deadly robots in extreme circumstances.
December 7, 2022
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Morton Salt Mine Receives Notice for Repeated Safety Violations
Federal officials identified 82 "significant and substantial" violations over a 12-month period.
December 5, 2022
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A group of visitors return to Stephen C. Foster State Park after an overnight camping trip on the Red Trail in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge on April 6, 2022, in Fargo, Ga. A member of President Joe Biden's cabinet urged Georgia officials in a letter dated Nov. 22, 2022, to deny permits for a proposed mine near the edge of the famed Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge, saying the plan poses “unacceptable risk” to the swamp's fragile ecology.
Interior Secretary: `Unacceptable' to Mine Near Famed Swamp
December 8, 2022
Ed Evans, Democratic West Virginia delegate and retired public school teacher, sits beside a sunken grave in the unmarked cemetery where more than 80 coal miners killed in the 1912 Jed Coal and Coke Company disaster are buried in Havaco, W.Va., on June 7, 2022.
Unmarked Graves, an 'Ugly History': W.Va. Weighs Mine Safety
December 5, 2022
A Dixie Valley toad is seen around the hot spring-fed wetland in the Dixie Valley in Fallon, Nev., Wednesday, May 4, 2022. In a highly unusual move in a legal battle over a Nevada geothermal power plant and an endangered toad, the project’s developer is now asking a judge to allow it to scale back by 80% the original plan U.S. land managers approved last November.
Toad in Geothermal Power Fight Gets Endangered Status
December 5, 2022
A police officer uses a robot to investigate a bomb threat in San Francisco, on July 25, 2008.
U.S. Police Rarely Deploy Deadly Robots to Confront Suspects
December 5, 2022
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Safety
19 Injured in Ethane Explosion in Southern Mexico
A government-owned oil company has not confirmed the explosion was related to its plant.
December 1, 2022
Craig Stevens holds a bottle of brown water as he speaks with members of the media outside the Susquehanna County Courthouse in Montrose, Pa., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Pennsylvania's most active gas driller has pleaded no contest to criminal environmental charges in a landmark pollution case. Houston-based Coterra Energy Inc. entered its plea Tuesday.
Safety
Gas Driller Pleads No Contest to Polluting Town's Water
Residents say their aquifer was ruined by Houston-based Coterra Energy Inc.
November 30, 2022
San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott answers questions during a news conference in San Francisco, on May 21, 2019.
Safety
San Francisco Will Allow Police to Deploy Lethal Robots
The remote-controlled robots could be used in emergency situations.
November 30, 2022
The system goes a step further by assigning a priority number from 0 to 99 to further sort alarms in the alarm summary display.
Safety
An Alarming Trend in Process Control Systems
The processing industry is increasingly adopting a standards-based approach to alarm management.
November 29, 2022
Flowers and balloons have been placed near the scene of a mass shooting at a Walmart, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, in Chesapeake, Va. A Walmart manager opened fire on fellow employees in the break room of the Virginia store, killing several people in the country’s second high-profile mass shooting in four days, police and witnesses said Wednesday.
Training & Development
Walmart Shooting Raises Need for Violence Prevention at Work
Workers far too often don't know how to recognize warning signs or report suspicious behavior.
November 29, 2022
Workers walk to the Lusail Stadium, one of the 2022 World Cup stadiums, in Lusail, Qatar, Friday, Dec. 20, 2019.
Safety
Qatar Says Worker Deaths for World Cup 'Between 400 and 500'
A drastically higher number than any other previously offered.
November 29, 2022
Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022.
Safety
IMF Urges China to End Mass Lockdowns
'Zero-COVID' is wreaking havoc on international supply chains.
November 29, 2022
This March 6, 2014, file photo shows the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the nation's only underground nuclear waste repository, near Carlsbad, New Mexico.
Safety
U.S. Nuclear Waste Repository Begins Filling New Disposal Area
Known as Panel 8, the new area consists of seven separate rooms.
November 28, 2022
In this Oct. 20, 2019 file photograph, the company logo shines off the grille of an unsold vehicle at a Ford dealership in Littleton, Colo. Ford is recalling over 634,000 SUVs worldwide, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022, because a cracked fuel injector can spill fuel or leak vapors onto a hot engine and cause fires. The recall covers Bronco Sport and Escape SUVs from the 2020 through 2023 model years with 1.5-liter, three-cylinder engines.
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Ford Recalls 634K SUVs Due to Fuel Leaks and Fire Risk
Ford said it has received 20 reports of fires, including three that ignited nearby structures.
November 28, 2022
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Safety
CPSC Warns of Toy-Related Injuries and Turkey Fires During the Holidays
A new report released today by CPSC found that in 2021 there were more than 152,000 toy-related, emergency department-treated injuries to children younger than 15 years of age, including two deaths.
November 23, 2022
In this aerial photo, a building at the center of a deadly fire is seen in Anyang in central China's Henan Province, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. Investigators said that sparks from welding work appears to have been the cause of a fire that killed several dozen people at a company dealing in chemicals and other industrial goods in central China's Henan province.
Safety
4 Detained Over China Trading Company Fire That Killed 38
The fire was caused by welding sparks that ignited cotton cloth.
November 23, 2022
Workers line up to get tested for COVID-19 at the Foxconn factory in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on Aug. 5, 2021.
Safety
Workers Protest at Virus-Hit Chinese iPhone Factory
Employees were beaten and detained.
November 23, 2022
In this image taken from video footage run by China's CCTV, an industrial wholesaler burns in Anyang in central China's Henan province, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022.
Safety
Welding Sparked Central China Fire That Killed 38
The company deals in chemicals and other industrial goods.
November 22, 2022
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Safety
Drones Attack Ship at Oil Terminal
It was the latest in a series of recent attacks.
November 22, 2022
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Expanding EHS Focus from Compliance to Quality
How Environmental Health & Safety programs can improve quality, help recruit new talent, and ultimately improve the bottom line.
November 21, 2022