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.
Fatal Accident
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.
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.
Oversight failed in Canada meat-plant COVID outbreak
A new report calls the response to a COVID-19 outbreak at a meat processing plant in High River, Canada, a ‘catastrophic failure’ of oversight.
Fatal Drilling Incident at Florida Pipeline Company
OSHA has proposed a nearly $166,000 fine against a Florida pipeline company following a fatal accident involving a rotating drill rod at the site.
Construction Firm Fined £120,000 After Fatal Fall
UK construction firm W G Carter Limited was fined £120,000 after a carpenter died in a fall from height due to inadequate fall protection measures.
Company Fined After Fatal Conveyor Belt Crush Accident
Gill Aggregates was fined £24,000 after a 34-year-old production operator died from crush injuries in a conveyor belt at a depot in Dagenham, UK.
TfL fined £2 million after fatal bus crash
Transport for London was fined £2 million after a 74-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed by a double-decker bus at Walthamstow bus station in London.