September 19, 2011 by Fred Hosier
The final, and most comprehensive, report on the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico points to seven company practices that contributed to the incident. They’re the types of mistakes that could be made by any company, not just an oil giant.
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Tags: BP oil disaster, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, cost saving, Deepwater Horizon, risk management, time saving, Transocean
July 5, 2011 by Fred Hosier
A company and its owner have agreed not to employ people to work with explosives to settle a $1.2 million OSHA fine in connection with an explosion that killed two workers.
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Tags: Black mag, egregious violation, explosion, killed two workers, surrendered license
May 16, 2011 by Fred Hosier
We’ve been following the story of Dallas Wiens, a construction worker who lost his entire face after his head got too close to a high-voltage power line. Now, Wiens has gone public with his new face following transplant surgery.
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Tags: construction worker, Dallas Wiens, face transplant, high-voltage power line
April 5, 2011 by Fred Hosier
One year ago today, 29 miners died in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch (UBB) mine in West Virginia, owned by Massey Energy. In the last 12 months, what’s been done to make sure a disaster like UBB never happens again?
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Tags: explosion, Joe Main, Massey Energy, MSHA, Upper Big Branch
March 24, 2011 by Fred Hosier
In January 2010, we told you the story of Dallas Wiens, 25, a construction worker badly burned on the job. He was hoping to qualify for a facial transplant. Recently, he got his wish.
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Tags: construction worker, Dallas Wiens, face transplant, high-voltage power line
February 10, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Sixteen residents have filed a lawsuit to stop Bayer CropScience from using a toxic chemical at a West Virginia plant where an explosion killed two workers in August 2008.
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Tags: Bayer CropScience, methyl isocyanate, production pressure, resident lawsuit, toxic chemical
October 28, 2010 by Fred Hosier
A business owner in Virginia faces criminal charges in connection with the death of a 14-year-old in a wood chipper. The owner was also the teen’s uncle and guardian.
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Tags: criminal charges, killed in wood chipper, teen killed, Young people and safety
May 24, 2010 by Fred Hosier
A few months ago, we told you about a 14-year-old high school freshman who was pulled into a wood chipper and killed while working for a lawn-care company. The teen had been living with the company’s owner. Now, the Virginia Dept. of Labor and Industry has decided on a penalty.
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Tags: killed in wood chipper, teen's death, Virginia Dept. of Labor and Industry
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