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Suit Alleges Racial Discrimination, Harassment at One of Tesla’s California Factories

Feb 10 2022 // The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing has filed a lawsuit against Tesla Inc. alleging systematic racial discrimination and harassment.Tesla said on Wednesday the DFEH intended to file a lawsuit. The...

Tesla Expects California Lawsuit Alleging Racial Discrimination, Harassment at Factory

Feb 9 2022 // Tesla Inc. said on Wednesday the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) intends to file a lawsuit against the company alleging systematic racial discrimination and harassment.The lawsuit appears to be...

Kentucky Manufacturer Took Adequate Steps to Stem Racial Harassment, Court Finds

Feb 8 2022 // Although a black maintenance worker suffered “intolerable racial harassment” from co-workers at a Kentucky manufacturer, the employer took steps to investigate and end the practices and cannot be held...

FAA Proposes Rules to Protect Certification Workers From Manufacturer Interference

Feb 8 2022 // The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Monday it was issuing draft guidance seeking to protect aviation employees who perform government certification duties from interference by airplane manufacturers and...

13 States Agree U.S. Law Does Not Bar Mexico’s $10B Suit Against U.S. Gun Makers

Feb 1 2022 // Thirteen U.S. states and two Latin America and Caribbean nations on Monday threw their support behind a lawsuit from Mexico that accuses several major U.S. gun makers of facilitating the trafficking of weapons to drug...

OSHA Cites Connecticut Manufacturer for 48 Safety Violations After Fatality

Jan 25 2022 // After an employee of a Watertown, Connecticut metal fabrication company was electrocuted on July 14, 2021 while repairing a portable water heater, an inspection by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)...

Chemical Explosion at Illinois Manufacturing Plant Kills 1, Leaves 1 Injured

Jan 25 2022 // A chemical explosion on Jan. 21 at a northern Illinois manufacturing plant killed one person and left another critically injured, authorities said.The incident occurred about 10:45 a.m. when two employees at the W. R....

Illinois Pizza Manufacturer Faces $145K in Fines After Worker Fatality

Jan 25 2022 // An Illinois pizza manufacturer could be forced to pay $145,000 in penalties after a worker suffered a fatal injury while cleaning a machine in July 2021.A U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health...

In Fireworks Factory Explosion, James River Must Defend Owners, Court Says

Jan 14 2022 // A federal appeals court has found that an insurance carrier has a duty to its policyholders in wrongful death and injury litigation, all because an exclusion clause in the liability policy was poorly worded.James River...

Foxconn Unlikely to Reopen India iPhone Manufacturing Facility Until Jan 7: Official

Jan 4 2022 // Apple Inc supplier Foxconn is unlikely to reopen its shuttered iPhone manufacturing facility in southern India until Jan. 7, a senior government official familiar with the matter told Reuters.The Foxconn plant, located in...

ASML Reports Fire at Berlin Factory That Makes Key Equipment for Chip Manufacturers

Jan 3 2022 // ASML Holding NV on Monday said there has been a fire at a factory it owns in Berlin, Germany, adding that no one was injured and that it is too early to assess the impact on its operations.ASML, a key equipment supplier to...

Arkansas Flooring Manufacturer Faces $204K in Proposed Fines for Unsafe Workplace

Dec 20 2021 // A knot saw operator suffered a partial amputation of an index finger in June 2021 when his hand came in contact with a rotating blade that lacked adequate machine guarding. A few weeks earlier, a similar saw at the Maxwell...

Injured Kentucky Candle Factory Workers File Suit Against Company

Dec 17 2021 // Workers who were injured at a candle factory that was demolished by a tornado in Mayfield, Kentucky, have filed suit against the manufacturer, alleging that managers had threatened to fire employees who wanted to leave...

Illinois Worker Dies After Being Trapped in Machinery

Dec 15 2021 // A 61-year-old worker died after becoming trapped in machinery at a suburban Chicago steel polishing factory, authorities said Friday.Raymondo Escobar’s cause of death was due to “asphyxia due to machinery...

Connecticut Aircraft Parts Manufacturer Cited for Workplace Safety Violations

Nov 12 2021 // A Connecticut aircraft parts manufacturer did not take required steps to identify potential exposures and protect employees from hexavalent chromium and cadmium – both known carcinogens – at its Bloomfield facility, a...

Worker’s Death at Nebraska Manufacturing Plant Under Investigation

Nov 4 2021 // Officials are investigating the death of a worker injured in a crane accident at a Norfolk, Nebraska manufacturing plant over the weekend. Sheriff’s deputies and paramedics were called to the Continental Tire plant...

Ohio, Illinois Manufacturing Companies Sued for Disability Discrimination

Oct 22 2021 // Grief Inc., an international manufacturing company based in Delaware, Ohio, and American Flange, its wholly-owned subsidiary operating in the western suburbs of Chicago, violated federal law when they fired an employee and...

Texas Furniture Manufacturer Fined $249.6K for Exposing Workers to Amputation Hazards

Oct 21 2021 // Federal officials issued five citations against Texas furniture design and manufacturing company and fined the firm more than $249,000 for alleged workplace safety violations.OSHA said while MooreCo Inc. in Temple, Texas,...

TDI OKs Higher TWIA Liability Limits for Manufactured Homes

Sep 15 2021 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) approved the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association’s (TWIA’s) petition to increase its maximum liability limits on manufactured homes, but regulators said the insurer of...

Ohio Manufacturer Cited for Repeatedly Exposing Workers to Machine Hazards; Fined $203K

Sep 10 2021 // Federal workplace safety officials once again cited a Cincinnati, Ohio, stone manufacturer for exposing workers to amputation hazards when it failed to ensure machine safety procedures were followed and machine guards were...