#Workplace Safety

Articles (14)

• 🇺🇸 FAA eyes fines for American, Southwest over employee drug, alcohol testing violations — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  American Airlines and Southwest Airlines could face fines of hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over allegations that the carriers violated drug- and alcoh...

  Related: #Aviation Regulation, #Corporate Compliance
• 🇺🇸 California warehouse employee arrested for allegedly starting massive fire — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  In Southern California, a 29-year-old man is accused of starting a massive fire at a warehouse where he worked. Jonathan Vigliotti reports.

  Related: #Crime, #Industrial Fire
• 🇬🇧 At least 14 people killed in fire at South Korean car parts factory — 21/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Almost 60 injured in blaze in Daejeon with footage seemingly showing people jumping from burning building to escape</p><p>A fire at a car parts factory in South Korea has killed 14 people and injur...

  Related: #Industrial Accident
• 🇺🇸 Fire at South Korean auto parts factory injures at least 55 — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  Officials could not immediately confirm whether any of the injured were in life-threatening condition.

  Related: #Industrial Accident
• 🇺🇸 Fire at South Korean auto parts factory kills at least 14 people, officials say — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  South Korean rescue workers on Saturday recovered the remains of 14 people from the charred wreckage of an auto parts factory in the central city of Daejeon, where an explosion and fire injured at lea...

  Related: #Industrial Accident
• 🇬🇧 Contractor fined £110k after falling stone killed man — 13/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The investigation by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) commenced following the death William Houston.

  Related: #Legal Accountability
• 🇬🇧 Hundreds of thousands of NHS staff in England attacked and harassed, survey shows — 13/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Health service’s 2025 staff survey found that one in seven had experienced violence from patients or the public</p><p>Hundreds of thousands of NHS staff have been attacked, harassed, bullied, or su...

  Related: #Healthcare Crisis
• 🇺🇸 Rio Tinto’s Kennecott copper mine suspends operations as contract worker dies — 12/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Mining Operations
• 🇺🇸 ‘It Was Horrific’: La Roux Backs Model Who Claims Kanye West Choked Her During Music Video — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  “I could never forget that,” La Roux messaged model Jenifer An about her claims against Kanye West, according to new court documents

  Related: #Celebrity Allegations
• 🇬🇧 MP tells Commons she was left with PTSD after being raped at work event — 10/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Charlotte Nichols speaks out in opposition to bill proposing changes to jury trials in England and Wales</p><p>An MP has told the House of Commons that she was raped after an event that she attende...

  Related: #Political Accountability
• 🇺🇸 OSHA probing fatality at Rivian warehouse — 06/03/2026 [USA]

  A 61-year-old worker died on Thursday after reportedly getting stuck between a truck trailer and a loading dock.

  Related: #Regulatory Investigation
• 🇺🇸 Vision-Language Models for Ergonomic Assessment of Manual Lifting Tasks: Estimating Horizontal and Vertical Hand Distances from RGB Video — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  arXiv:2602.20658v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Manual lifting tasks are a major contributor to work-related musculoskeletal disorders, and effective ergonomic risk assessment is essential for quan...

  Related: #Ergonomics, #Computer Vision
• 🇺🇸 Government fines businesses over 6 deaths at Colorado dairy — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  Federal workplace safety regulators fined three businesses Tuesday over their failure to protect six Colorado dairy workers who were killed by exposure to highly toxic hydrogen sulfide gas after a man...

  Related: #Industrial Accidents, #Agricultural Hazards
• 🇺🇸 Shoplifter killed Asda security guard during struggle — 29/01/2026 [USA]

  She admitted killing the security guard, who suffered a fatal heart attack during the incident in Arbroath.

  Related: #Crime, #Legal Issues