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Michigan Paper Manufacturer Agrees to $300K Settlement Over PFAS Contamination

Jun 27 2025 // Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced a settlement agreement with Domtar Industries, LLC and E.B. Eddy Paper, Inc. (together, Domtar) to address releases of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at the...

Michigan Battery Manufacturer to Pay $95K Over Disability Discrimination Suit

Jun 20 2025 // Navitas Systems, LLC, an Ann Arbor, Michigan battery manufacturer, will pay $95,000 and furnish other relief to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal...

UK Car Theft Crisis Pits Manufacturers Against High-Tech Gangs

Jun 20 2025 // To the untrained eye, the red shipping container at Felixstowe looked no different to the thousands of others stacked up at Britain’s busiest seaport.Destined for Africa, its contents were listed as “household...

Illinois Manufacturer to Pay $520K Settlement Over Clean Air Act Violations

Jun 19 2025 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with manufacturer Eakas Corp. for alleged Clean Air Act emissions violations at the company’s facility in Peru, Illinois. The company will pay $520,200...

Manufacturer Fined $500K for Violating OSHA Rule Leading to Ohio Worker’s Death

Jun 12 2025 // Fabcon, a Delaware corporation with a manufacturing facility in Ohio, was sentenced to pay a $500,000 fine, the statutory maximum, after pleading guilty to willfully violating an Occupational Safety and Health...

Tariff Gloom Weighs on US Manufacturing; Delivery Times Lengthening

Jun 3 2025 // U.S. manufacturing contracted for a third straight month in May and suppliers took the longest time in nearly three years to deliver inputs amid tariffs, potentially signaling looming shortages of some goods.President...

Iowa-Based Ice Cream Manufacturer Issues Recall Over Plastic Concerns

May 20 2025 // An Iowa-based ice cream manufacturer has recalled nearly 18,000 containers of ice cream and frozen yogurt over concerns they could contain pieces of plastic. Wells Enterprises issued the voluntary recall last month,...

Illinois Chemical Manufacturer Reaches $400K Settlement With EPA

May 9 2025 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act with Nalco Production LLC and Nalco Co. LLC. The companies manufacture polymer blend chemicals at their facility...

Tariff ‘Chaos’ Drags Key Texas Manufacturing Gauge to Worst Since 2020

Apr 29 2025 // A widely followed measure of Texas manufacturing activity weakened significantly as executives used words like “chaos” and “insanity” to describe the turmoil spurred by President Donald...

Fertilizer Manufacturer Fined $400K for Washington Worker Death from Toxic Gas

Mar 24 2025 // A fertilizer manufacturer has been fined $394,200 for the death of a worker killed by toxic gases at a work site.The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries fined Two Rivers Terminal LLC for safety violations...

Kennedy Wants FDA to Close Food Manufacturers’ ‘Self-Affirm’ Safety ‘Loophole’

Mar 12 2025 // U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. directed the Food and Drug Administration on Monday to revise safety rules to help eliminate a provision that allows companies to self-affirm that food...

Truck Trailer Manufacturer Earns TDI Lone Star Safety Award

Mar 6 2025 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has recognized Kalyn Siebert with the Lone Star Safety Award for its exemplary commitment to workplace safety. Kalyn Siebert is a leading...

Fertilizer Manufacturer Fined $400K for Washington Worker Death from Toxic Gas

Mar 4 2025 // A fertilizer manufacturer has been fined $394,200 for the death of a worker killed by toxic gasses at a work site.The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries fined Two Rivers Terminal LLC for safety...

Airbnb Billionaire Plans Factory-Built Homes for LA Fire Victims

Feb 20 2025 // Billionaire Joe Gebbia, the co-founder of Airbnb Inc. and a board member of Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc., plans to donate $15 million of factory-built dwellings to victims of the Los Angeles wildfires.The pre-fabricated...

Thermometer Factory Owner Gets Probation for Exposing Workers to Mercury

Dec 16 2024 // The owner of a New York thermometer factory was sentenced Friday to three years of probation for failing to protect workers who were exposed to hazardous levels of mercury after a spill at his plant.Robert Peyser, 66, of...

Texas Sues Chemical Manufacturers for Deceptive PFAS Marketing

Dec 12 2024 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit on Dec. 11 against manufacturers 3M and DuPont for misrepresenting the health risks of products made with forever chemicalsThe lawsuit alleges the companies for decades...

Faulty Gas Fitting Caused Deadly Chocolate Factory Explosion: Safety Board

Dec 12 2024 // Cascading failures involving a corroded steam pipe and a defective natural gas fitting caused a powerful explosion in 2023 at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory, killing seven workers when the company failed to evacuate, a...

Ohio Manufacturer Faces $182K Fine for Workers’ Amputations

Dec 9 2024 // U.S. Department of Labor inspectors found a Cleveland, Ohio bakeware manufacturer failed to prevent two workers from suffering injuries that resulted in amputations, incidents that could have been avoided with proper...

Ohio Manufacturer Faces $255K Fine After Worker Suffers Partial Amputation

Dec 3 2024 // The U.S. Department of Labor has cited a Portsmouth, Ohio hardwood floor manufacturer with a long history of federal safety violations after the company reported a 23-year-old worker suffered a partial arm amputation while...

Kentucky Factory Neighbors Cite Years of Odors Before Deadly Explosion

Nov 15 2024 // For years, neighbors who lived near a factory in Louisville, Kentucky, complained amongst themselves and to local officials about a variety of strange smells coming from the plant, which produces colorings for food and...