After Deadly Chemical Plant Disasters, There's Little Action

You might think that everything would have changed for the chemicals industry on April 16, 1947. That was the day of the Texas City Disaster, the worst industrial accident in U.S. history. A ship loaded with ammonium nitrate...

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America's Greatest Threat: Unsafe Work Conditions

Sirota writes: "The Texas fertilizer plant explosion reveals that lax regulations are far more dangerous than any form of terrorism." The wreckage of a fertilizer plant burns after an explosion at the plant in West, Texas,...

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Last month, oil magnate Royal Dutch Shell had an industrial accident, which sent one to two million gallons of oil straight into the ocean off the coast of Nigeria. It was the worst spill in Nigeria in 13 years and the world...

IPL: Ashok Dinda single-handedly destroys betting industry!

Even as the nation struggles to come to terms with the revelations of rampant spot-fixing in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), an unlikely superhero, the proverbial knight in shining armour, the chosen one, has emerged...

Bangladesh factory safety deal hailed as landmark

Intellasia East Asia News Two global labour umbrella groups on Thursday praised top retailers for joining their drive to make Bangladesh’s garment factories safer, after 1,127 people died in a factory collapse last month. “This...

Online compensation calculator to find the real value of your compensation

Workers who had been injured at work because of the error of machinery or negligence of their employers are legally eligible to file industrial injury claimsagainst their employersfor compensation. Making a personal injury...

Kerry Meets Bangladeshi Counterpart

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States wants to see Bangladesh move forward on improving labor standards after a building collapse that killed hundreds of garment workers. Kerry met Friday with Foreign...

All about whiplash and industrial injury claims

Accidents can happen anywhere that can make a person suffer for a long time. Unfortunately, these accidents put our life out of track and for us it becomes difficult to get the life back on track. In an accident if you are...

2 workers hurt after crane accident in Wilm.

Updated Friday, May 17, 2013 - 3:36pm Two workers are hurt following an industrial accident in Wilmington. Wilmington's Fire Department says a mechanical failure caused a crane to come crashing down 30-feet into two Helmark...

Police ID worker killed in Camden industrial accident

CAMDEN, N.J. - May 17, 2013 (WPVI) -- A worker has succumbed to his injuries after a concrete barrier collapsed in Camden, New Jersey. The incident occurred at 8:00 a.m. at Harris Camden Terminal, located on the 2200 block of...

Cambodian shoe factory deaths are the lastest in overseas labor accidents

Another apparel factory has collapsed in a poor Asian country, killing three workers, and I fear I’m partly to blame. The evidence of my complicity sits idle on the landing, next to a tennis racquet. Asics shoes. My adored new...

NYTimes: Japanese Reactor Is Said to Stand on a Fault Line

TOKYO — Seismologists said Wednesday that a nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, in western Japan, stands above an active seismic fault, a finding that could lead to the first permanent shutdown of a reactor since the Fukushima crisis...

Man injured in GE Transportation industrial accident

A man was taken to UPMC Hamot after he was injured in an industrial accident Friday evening inside GE Transportation's Building 5 at the Lawrence Park Township plant, authorities said. The incident happened at about 7:25 p.m....

A Personal Message to PA State System University Students Graduating Today

In a letter to the editor published in the Reading Eagle on Wednesday, Kutztown student and president-elect of the Student Government Board, Nick Imbesi, made the following appeal: The negative media coverage of Kutztown...

Estimates say faster Fermi evacuation

Residents living near DTE Energy’s Fermi 2 nuclear power plant would leave the area faster after a serious plant accident than in prior years because roads are better and the population has shrunk, according to a new evacuation...

“Buy Yourself a Cup of Tea” — A Collapse in Culture

The Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Bangladesh on April 24th killed 1,127 people, including almost 300 whose bodies have not yet been identified. In the article, “Buy Yourself a Cup of Tea” — A Collapse in Culture” ,...

Gloucester Discusses Fishing Industry Disaster Relief Plan With NOAA

GLOUCESTER (CBS)- The City of Gloucester says preserving New England's fishing industry is in the nation's best interest, but they'll need federal dollars to save it. The Department of Commerce declared the Northeast...

Gloucester Discusses Fishing Industry Disaster Relief Plan With NOAA

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RCMP investigate industrial accident

DIGBY, N.S. – RCMP in Nova Scotia are investigating after an excavator and its operator plunged into the ocean today. The Mounties say officers were called to the construction site of a breakwater next to Digby wharf around...

Benjamin Powell: In defense of sweatshops

HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images Last month’s collapse of a Bangladeshi factory building claimed the lives of more than 1,100 people, making it one of the deadliest industrial accidents in history. Many Americans are grappling...

RCMP investigate industrial accident in Digby

DIGBY, N.S. – RCMP in Nova Scotia are investigating after an excavator and its operator plunged into the ocean on Friday. The Mounties say officers were called to the construction site of a breakwater next to Digby wharf around...

Beginners Guide to Valuation and Metrics By Sector

Inspired by comments from this: http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/basic-guide-... Lets just jump in. Technology: In this space there are really two metrics that matter the most, sales growth and EPS growth. EV /Sales will...

Get the services of the best solicitors for whiplash injury claims

Meeting with whiplash or industrial accidents is a terrible thing that can happen to anyone and coupled with your woes is the frustrating task of getting the most suitable compensation at the shortest time for your injury to...

Benjamin Powell: In invulnerability of sweatshops

Last month’s fall of a Bangladeshi bureau building claimed a lives of some-more than 1,100 people, creation it one of a deadliest industrial accidents in history. Many Americans are grappling with a thought that their direct...

Another House of Horrors Gosnell’s Abortion Counterpart in Texas

The shocking details of the Philadelphia "House of Horrors" run by abortionist Kermit Gosnell brought forth a chorus of voices from the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL), the National Abortion Federation (NAF), the...

Armenian Genocide Truth and Justice Act introduced in Congress

As Turkeys Prime Minister Recep Erdogan continues his official U.S. state visit, a bipartisan group of U.S. Representatives introduced the Armenian Genocide Truth and Justice Act, a new measure calling ...

Armen Martirosyan: Gagik Tsarukyan honestly said that PAP cannot be opposition

In general, our expectations did not come true as we expected different results at both parliamentary and Yerevan municipal elections, Armen Martirosyan, deputy chairman of Heritage party, Barev Yerevan blocs ...

A tale of two tragedies

September 11, 2012 – over 1,000 workers reported for duty at Karachi’s Baldia garment factory, most for the last time in their lives. Till today, we are unclear over how many of them were there at the start of the day and how...

In chasing bargains, are we dressed to kill?

When I first learned about the factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,100 garment workers, my thoughts went to my great aunt Sarah. Sarah was only 14 years old when she went to work as a seamstress for the...