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Eleven workers were killed after a 900,000-gallon chemical tank imploded at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging mill in Longview, Washington. Gov. Bob Ferguson called it the deadliest industrial accident in modern state history.
Evacuation zone for the May 21 chemical-tank emergency at the GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove, California. Map: SussyBoat / Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
A 34,000-gallon methyl methacrylate tank at the GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove, California began to off-gas and bulge after a refrigeration valve failed. Roughly 50,000 residents were ordered to evacuate.
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Enrique Cerroblanco Aguilar, 39, of Carpentersville, fell from a roof at a Palatine, Illinois construction site on May 22 and was killed. OSHA opened an investigation.
A Florida roofing company was cited for willful fall protection violations after a worker fell 25 feet to his death during a tarp installation. OSHA found the company had been warned about the same hazard before.
A 46-year-old Amazon worker collapsed and died at the PDX9 warehouse in Troutdale, Oregon on April 6. The death was not publicly disclosed for more than a week.
A 29-year-old construction worker was killed in Salt Lake City when a piece of metal hoisted by a crane became dislodged and fell. OSHA opened an investigation.
A worker was killed in an industrial accident involving a rock crusher in Swampscott, Massachusetts. The Essex County District Attorney's Office is investigating alongside OSHA.
A garden-style apartment complex (file photo). Premises-liability claims over inadequate security most often arise at multifamily residential properties. Photo: Alfred Twu / Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
InvestigationsA crime happens at a commercial property. The police investigate the criminal. But the second question — could the property owner have prevented this? — is the one that drives negligent security litigation.
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 on the ramp (file photo). Photo: Boeing / Addison Salzman via Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Corporate AccountabilityThe NTSB determined Boeing's inadequate training and oversight caused the 737 MAX 9 door plug blowout. FAA audits found systemic quality failures. But accountability remains limited.
Dollar General corporate headquarters in Goodlettsville, Tennessee (file photo). The chain settled with OSHA for $12 million in 2024. Photo: Excel23 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Corporate AccountabilityDollar General agreed to pay $12 million to settle OSHA investigations spanning years of repeated violations — blocked emergency exits, inaccessible fire extinguishers, and a pattern of willful disregard for worker and customer safety.
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An Ozempic (semaglutide) injection pen with North American English-language labeling, the product at the center of MDL 3094. Photo: Dennis Sylvester Hurd / Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
LawsuitsNovo Nordisk, Eli Lilly · Eastern District of Pennsylvania (MDL 3094)
Failure to warn of severe gastrointestinal injuries including gastroparesis, bowel obstruction, and NAION vision loss
A stylist applies a chemical hair relaxer to a client. More than 11,500 women allege in MDL 3060 that long-term use of chemical hair relaxers caused uterine, ovarian, and endometrial cancer. Photo: Envato Elements.
LawsuitsL'Oréal, Revlon, Strength of Nature, Namaste Laboratories · Northern District of Illinois (MDL 3060)
Failure to warn that long-term hair relaxer use is linked to uterine and ovarian cancer
Welcome sign at the Holcomb Gate entrance to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, the installation at the center of the 1953–1987 water-contamination litigation (file photo, 2008). Photo: U.S. Marine Corps via DVIDS (Public domain).
LawsuitsUnited States of America · Eastern District of North Carolina
Contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune (1953-1987) linked to cancers and serious illnesses among veterans, families, and civilian workers
The Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse in St. Louis, a federal court venue for multidistrict litigation (file photo). Photo: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).
LawsuitsMultiple defendants · Multiple federal and state courts
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