Pueblo, CO – After suffering a severe head injury during her time in a prison-work program, former Colorado inmate Kandy Fuelling is suing Pueblo Wood Products and the supervisor who allegedly had assured her that the saw was turned off. When lumber got jammed on a conveyor belt at the Pueblo sawmill where she’d been…
Read MoreTiverton, Devon, UK – An employee’s hand was crushed and may require amputation as the result of an industrial accident in England. Heathcoat Fabrics’ attitude toward machine safety has been described by Exeter prosecutors as “willful blindness.” Heathcoat Fabrics, located in the Southwestern portion of the English isle, has been fined the equivalent of nearly…
Read MoreSearcy, AR – A worker who was seriously injured in a preventable lockout accident at Bryce Corporation Plant 8 last November has died from complications related to his injuries. In November, 2016, Vernon Holland climbed inside a machine to fix a jam at the Bryce Corporation facility Searcy (AR). The machine was turned off at the time,…
Read MoreSmyrna, TN – November marked the fourth fatal industrial accident at the Nissan Vehicle Assembly Plant in Smyrna (TN). Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration (TOSHA) responded to the scene to investigate the incident. Their investigation report is expected to be released within six weeks. Dennis Pinkston died as a result of head trauma after…
Read MoreDanville, VA – The Virginia Department of Labor has cited Goodyear’s Danville (VA) facility with nearly $850,000 in fines for workplace safety violations and about $165,000 for health violations. The state issued a grand total of 122 citations including 89 “serious,” four “willful-serious” workplace safety violations, and 26 “serious” and three “other-than-serious” health violations. In…
Read MoreMiddletown, OH – A severe arm injury at an Ohio cardboard packaging materials company has resulted in proposed penalties of $96,741. OSHA has issued citations against Honey Cell Inc. Midwest for one repeated and three serious safety violations, including lockout/tagout failures. It is not known if the victim contacted injury attorneys like Valiente Mott to…
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