West Virginia mine safety officials have ordered emergency inspections of up to 500 rescue shelters in the state’s underground coal mines. The Charleston Gazette reported the Office of Miners Health, Safety and Training issued the order Friday. West Virginia mines …
Passing trucks shook the six-story office building constantly in the months after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake in September 2010. “There were quite big cracks, you could see daylight from some offices with outside walls,” said receptionist Maryanne Jackson. But, she …
Twenty years after the worst industrial accident in North Carolina history, there are signs that progress in worker safety made after the deaths of 25 people in a chicken plant fire is beginning to wane. The Charlotte Observer reported Sunday …
China is starting inspections of all its showcase bullet train lines following a crash last month that killed 40 people, as authorities work to determine who is ultimately responsible for the disaster. The State Administration of Work Safety will present …
A Maricopa County pilot program is giving some restaurants more responsibility for their own food safety and cutting back on the number of full inspections of those eateries. County officials say the program is getting into full swing and is …
North Carolina inspectors responsible for checking rides at Carowinds kept records on every problem they discovered during their annual inspections at the amusement park that straddles both Carolinas near Charlotte, N.C. Their counterparts in South Carolina simply marked the rides …
The nasty form of E. coli hitting Europe points out gaps in the U.S. food safety system that raise concern that similar outbreaks might happen here. It’s impossible to test for every illness-causing form of E. coli, even the kinds …
New rules for this summer are meant to ensure the safety of Ohio “splash pads,” those areas at parks and retail centers where spurts of water from the ground entertain children and help adults cool off. As of April 1, …
Over 400 unsafe buses or drivers were removed from the nation’s roadways as a result of more than 3,000 surprise passenger carrier safety inspections over a two-week period in May, according to the Department of Transportation (DOT). The Federal Motor …
The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration says it issued 134 citations during its latest round of inspections targeting problem mines. The agency said Thursday that 60 of the violations were uncovered at coal mines in West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, …