CSB: Naphtha Overflow Caused Fatal BP-Husky Refinery Fire
The US Chemical Safety Board found that a naphtha overflow and failed alarm response caused the fatal 2022 fire at the BP-Husky refinery in Ohio.
Incident Investigation
NTSB urges ban on riding shoving movements
The NTSB recommends banning riding railcars during shoving movements, after sixteen accidents caused fourteen deaths and two serious injuries since 2020.
US: $254,884 fine after fatal trench collapse
OSHA has proposed $254,884 in fines against a Pennsylvania excavation company after a fatal trench collapse near Chambersburg, United States.
Algoma Steel Fined C$200,000 After Confined Space Death
Algoma Steel was fined C$200,000 after a contracted worker died from oxygen deprivation while cleaning an unsecured coke-oven gas pipe in Ontario.
Fine after carbon monoxide in Toronto parking garage
Two construction firms were fined a combined 85,000 Canadian dollars after workers in a Toronto garage inhaled carbon monoxide and monitoring fell short.
Manual handling costs thumb: £48,000 fine for fabricator
A welder lost part of his thumb when a 133 kg workpiece fell on his hand. The company had no risk assessment for the task and was fined £48,000.
GMK fined £800,000 after pyrotechnic waste burns
Weapons company GMK was fined £800,000 after a worker suffered burns removing pyrotechnic waste using a method that went unsupervised for years.
UK painter handed suspended sentence after fatal shock
A UK court gave a painter-decorator a suspended sentence after his apprentice stepson was electrocuted when a ladder touched an overhead power line.
Wesdome fined $100,000 after rockfall at Canadian gold mine
Wesdome Gold Mines was fined 100,000 Canadian dollars in Ontario after a rockfall caused by insufficient ground support in an underground gold mine.
TSB: blocked sightlines sank workboat at Squamish LNG site
A TSB investigation found blocked sightlines and no posted lookout caused a tug-pushed barge to strike and sink a workboat near Squamish, B.C.