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• DuPont Named ‘Severe Violator’ By OSHA After Texas Herbicide Factory Deaths

  July 10, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  DuPont has been fined $273,000 and placed on an OSHA list for severe safety violators, which will open the company's facilities to increased inspections to ensure safety standard compliance.

• Link Between Hydrofracking and Earthquakes Identified in Study

  July 16, 2013

  Irvin Jackson

  A new report suggests that hydraulic fracturing and industrial wastewater disposal injection wells appear to be increasing earthquake activity in the U.S.

• Jury Awards $4.1M for Work Injury at Gas Drilling Rig Accident

  June 18, 2012

  Staff Writers

  An oil rig worker has been awarded $4.1 million by a Colorado jury in a work injury lawsuit brought over...

• Texas Industrial Pipeline Explosion Lawsuit Results in $20M Verdict

  November 30, 2010

  Staff Writers

  A Texas jury has awarded $20 million to the family of one man who was killed and two men who...

• Industrial Accident Lawsuit Over Furnace Explosion Results in $12.7M Verdict

  November 11, 2010

  Staff Writers

  A Pennsylvania jury awarded $12.7 million to two men who were severely burned when a metal melting furnace exploded in...

• Industrial Accident at BP Oil Refinery Results in $1.72M Verdict

  January 26, 2010

  AboutLawsuits

  A worker at BP’s Texas City oil refinery has been awarded $1.72 million by a Galveston jury in an industrial...