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Amazon settled OSHA ergonomic hazard citations across 10 warehouses for $145,000 after the agency dropped 9 of 10 original citations. The corporate-wide agreement requires ergonomic risk assessments, but the fine amounts to pocket change for a $575 billion company.
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.
The a2 Milk Company recalled 63,078 tins of infant formula after detecting cereulide, a heat-stable toxin produced by Bacillus cereus bacteria. Preparing formula with hot water does not eliminate the toxin.
Product recalls reached their highest level in at least a decade in 2025, driven by lithium-ion battery hazards, entrapment risks, and basic design failures in everyday consumer goods.
A worker died at SpaceX's Starbase launch site in South Texas on May 15. OSHA opened an investigation. The agency said it would not release further information until the probe is complete.
A Georgia jury awarded $2.1 billion to a single plaintiff who developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma after using Roundup — the largest single-plaintiff verdict in Georgia history. Bayer has now lost nearly $5 billion in Roundup verdicts since 2023.
A worker was killed in a hydrogen sulfide release at the Catalyst Refiners facility in Nitro, West Virginia. The CSB is investigating. H2S can kill at concentrations above 1,000 parts per million.
A 3-year-old standing in a parking lot with her mother was shot by unknown assailants who gained access to the Arborside Apartment Complex in DeKalb County. The property had a documented history of criminal activity. Settlement: $31 million.
A 42-inch Delfin LNG pipeline ruptured during routine maintenance near Johnson Bayou, Louisiana. One worker was hospitalized in Port Arthur. PHMSA opened an investigation.
Walmart recalled 850,000 Ozark Trail 64 oz water bottles after lids ejected into consumers' faces with enough force to cause permanent vision loss in two cases.
The 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.
A 55-year-old worker in Carol Stream, Illinois was killed when an overhead crane gave way while he loaded a large metal spool onto a flatbed truck. OSHA opened an investigation.
Dollar 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.
A farmworker at Evans Farm in Bridgeville, Delaware was killed when several thousand tons of soybeans broke free after he opened a grain bin side cover. It was the state's first grain bin fatality in nearly two decades.
A Baltimore jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $1.5 billion to a single plaintiff who developed mesothelioma from decades of baby powder use — the largest individual talc verdict in the litigation's history.
The CPSC reissued the Casely power bank recall in April 2026 after a 75-year-old New Jersey woman died when the device exploded in her lap. 429,200 units are affected, and reports of fires keep coming in.
Kevin Lancaster, 61, died of blunt traumatic compressional injuries after being pinned between a tractor trailer and a loading dock at a Rivian warehouse in Illinois. OSHA opened a six-month investigation.
Two coal miners died in separate West Virginia incidents in less than a day. MSHA opened investigations at both Panther Eagle in Raleigh County and the Ohio County Mine in Marshall County.
Griffin Darrow, 25, of Cincinnati, died of smoke inhalation in a February fire and explosion at the Koch Foods plant in Fairfield, Ohio. OSHA opened an investigation.
A March 18 Union Pacific derailment near Richmond, Texas, released about 120,000 gallons of ethanol from seven breached tank cars. The NTSB preliminary report is out.
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