A coal company that waited hours to alert regulators after one of its miners was temporarily crushed between heavy machines struggled Tuesday to contest a citation at the Third Circuit.
Read moreThe president of the pilots’ union at American Airlines says Boeing’s zeal to minimize pilot-training costs for airlines that would buy its 737 Max jet contributed to errors that led to two deadly crashes and left a “crisis of trust” in aviation safety.
Read moreFearing a rollback of offshore drilling rules will threaten worker safety and coastal waters, nine environmental groups sued the Trump administration Tuesday, claiming weaker standards could lead to another catastrophe like the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Read moreAndrew Hardy was crossing the street on an electric scooter in downtown Los Angeles when a car struck him at 50 miles per hour and flung him 15 feet in the air before he smacked his head on the pavement and fell unconscious
Read moreThe Trump administration said Thursday it was withdrawing a proposal for freight trains to have at least two crew members, nullifying a safety measure drafted under President Barack Obama in response to explosions of crude oil trains in the United States and Canada.
Read moreSouthern Coal Corp. and 22 others owe a total of $4.8 million for mine-safety violations, the United States says in federal complaint.
Read moreBoeing said Sunday that it discovered after airlines had been flying its 737 Max plane for several months that a safety alert in the cockpit was not working as intended, yet it did not disclose that fact to airlines or federal regulators until after one of the planes crashed.
Read moreThe Trump administration Thursday finalized a rule that lifts key safety requirements for offshore oil wells, a move that critics fear could lead to another disaster like the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Read moreFederal auto safety officials are widening an investigation into potential flaws in air bags in 12.3 million vehicles made by Kia, Fiat Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Hyundai, Honda and Toyota.
Read moreEuropean Union officials have struck a provisional political deal to require new safety features on autos that would include technology to keep cars within legal speed limits.
Read moreAmerica’s standing as the model for aviation-safety regulation will be on trial as congressional hearings begin into the Federal Aviation Administration’s oversight of Boeing before and after two deadly crashes of its best-selling 737 airliner.
Read moreIndonesia’s transportation safety board denied on Thursday that it leaked details from its probe into the crash of a Lion Air flight in October.
Read moreA New York City councilman accused the Kushner family real estate company on Tuesday of putting tenants in danger by allowing several of its buildings to avoid safety inspections.
Read moreTaking a small step toward protecting the lives of “smartphone zombies,” Tel Aviv has installed special LED sidewalk lights to alert distracted pedestrians staring at their phones when they can walk and when they should stop.
Read moreNew York’s highest court appeared reproachful Thursday of the decision to let jurors in the 2010 trial of four gang members remain anonymous.
Read moreLong before notorious Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger was killed at a federal prison in West Virginia, lawmakers, advocates and even prison guards had been sounding the alarm about dangerous conditions there. But there has been no public indication that federal prison officials have taken action to address the safety concerns, even as Bulger’s killing marks the third at the facility in the last six months.
Read moreA spokesperson for Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz said Tuesday that his Houston campaign headquarters was locked down for several hours because of a suspicious package, which later tested negative for hazardous substances.
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