workplace accidents

Engineering Firm Fined $250,000 After Worker Crushed

An engineering firm has been fined $250,000 (US$163,000) after a worker was killed while dismantling a former Victorian cheese factory. Glen Parsons died when he was crushed by a 770kg ...

May 26, 2023BY AAP
Troubling Trend: Marijuana Use Among US Workers Jumps To Historic Highs

American workers using marijuana on the job rose to a “historic” high last year, according to a new ...

May 20, 2023BY Bryan Jung
Fire at Steel Mill in China’s Hebei Province Kills Seven

BEIJING—A fire at a steel producer in northern China's Hebei Province has killed at least seven people, provincial ...

October 24, 2019BY Reuters
11 Die as Elevator Cable Snaps at Work Site in Northern China

BEIJING—Eleven workers were killed and two seriously injured on April 25 when an elevator at a construction site ...

April 25, 2019BY The Associated Press