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China says deadly 2022 plane crash still being investigated

Mar. 20, 2023 08:45 AM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — Experts are still investigating the cause of the crash of a China Eastern Airlines jetliner that killed 132 people one year ago, China's government said Monday. The March 21, 2022, disaster was a rare failure for a Chinese airline industry that dramatically improved...

More bodies found in China mine collapse, 48 remain missing

Feb. 23, 2023 06:37 AM EST

ALXA LEAGUE, China (AP) — Rescuers with backhoes and bulldozers dug through tons of earth and rubble Thursday for 48 people missing after a landslide buried an open-pit mine in northern China. State broadcaster CCTV reported that the confirmed death toll in the disaster rose to five. ...

Explosion at Ohio metals plant kills 1 worker, injures 13

Feb. 21, 2023 20:49 PM EST

OAKWOOD VILLAGE, Ohio (AP) — A maintenance worker was killed in explosion at an Ohio metals plant that sparked a large fire and sent more than a dozen people to hospitals, with at least two in critical condition, authorities said. Emergency crews were called to the I. Schumann...

Group: Tesla workers fired after union push at NY plant

Feb. 16, 2023 21:23 PM EST

Several employees at a Tesla factory in New York have been fired a day after launching union organizing efforts, according to Tesla Workers United, but the company says they're not related. The workers at the Buffalo plant received an email Wednesday evening updating them on a new...

Minnesota factory workers subdue armed person at plant

Feb. 09, 2023 19:13 PM EST

NEW YORK MILLS, Minn. (AP) — A man who fired a shot at a co-worker during a dispute at a Minnesota boat factory Thursday was subdued by other workers as he tried to flee, preventing any serious injuries, authorities said. Officers responding to a call about an active shooter found...

5 killed, 8 missing in north China chemical plant explosion

Jan. 16, 2023 09:19 AM EST

BEIJING (AP) — A massive explosion at a chemical plant in northeastern China killed at least five people and left eight missing, state broadcaster CCTV said Monday. More than 30 other people were injured in the explosion Sunday on the outskirts of the city of Panjin in Liaoning...

EPA to award $100M to boost environmental justice programs

Jan. 10, 2023 14:29 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it is awarding $100 million in competitive grants for projects that advance environmental justice in communities disproportionately affected by industrial pollution and other hazards. The funding, established...

Industrial accident kills truck driver at Warren steel plant

Jan. 06, 2023 13:08 PM EST

WARREN, Mich. (AP) — A truck driver died at a suburban Detroit steel plant after he apparently fell between a truck and a trailer and was crushed, police said. The 61-year-old Shelby Township man died Thursday following the industrial accident at Super Steel Treating Company in...

Feds: Lack of safeguards led to Superior refinery explosion

Jan. 04, 2023 13:08 PM EST

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal regulators have determined that a lack of safeguards during a maintenance shutdown led to a 2018 explosion at an oil refinery in Superior. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board released a final report last week on the April 2018 explosion at the refinery,...