Industrial accident
2 maritime workers killed in Seattle accidents
SEATTLE -- A forklift worker at the Port of Seattle and a man pressure-washing on a boat at a shipyard were killed in separate accidents Thursday in Seattle.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Northwest
Man seriously hurt at Monroe industrial plant
MONROE -- A Snohomish man, 20, was seriously injured Tuesday while working at a Monroe industrial plant.The incident was reported about 11:20 p.m. Tuesday at the plant at the intersection of Fryelands Boulevard SE and U.S. 2.
Date: 05/09/2012 | Local News
Injured worker is home
Doctor surprised by Boeing worker's quick recovery
Date: 04/06/2012 | Local News
Helping his adopted home
Oak Harbor native helps direct aid after Japan's tsunami
Date: 03/29/2012 | Local News
Crushed by a 787
Boeing worker recalls the accident that cost him both legs
Date: 03/28/2012 | Local News
MD-80 makes emergency landing at Paine Field
EVERETT -- No injuries were reported after a plane made an emergency landing Monday at Paine Field.An Allegiant Air MD-80 made a precautionary single-engine landing, Snohomish County spokesman Christopher Schwarzen said.
Date: 03/26/2012 | Local News
Capsized tugboat stabilized on Everett waterfront
EVERETT -- Crews have stabilized a tugboat that capsized along the Everett waterfront this weekend and a dry dock that partially sunk.
Date: 03/20/2012 | Local News
Poor training blamed for Oakesdale electrocution
COLFAX -- Federal investigators say poor management procedures and inadequate worker training led to the electrocution of an Idaho man working at a gravel crushing plant near Colfax.
Date: 02/28/2012 | Northwest
Five hurt in blast at Edmonds construction site expected to recover
EDMONDS -- Investigators now believe two separate blasts made up the fiery explosion that injured five people on Thursday at an Edmonds-area water treatment plant.
Date: 02/24/2012 | Local News
5 badly burned in blast
A propane tank explodes at an Edmonds construction site
Date: 02/23/2012 | Local News
Mine safety agency report faults foremen in explosion that killed 29 men
BECKLEY, W.Va. -- West Virginia mine safety officials issued 253 violations in their investigation of the Upper Big Branch disaster and targeted at least two foremen, saying their failures may have exacerbated the unsafe conditions underground before the explosion that killed 29 men.
Date: 02/23/2012 | Business
Coal mining company official charged as investigation into deadly mine explosion continues
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Federal prosecutors investigating the West Virginia coal mine explosion that killed 29 men are working their way up the corporate ladder with criminal charges.
Date: 02/22/2012 | Business
Minority partner to pay $90 million over BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill
NEW ORLEANS -- A minority partner in BP's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico agreed Friday to pay $90 million in a settlement with the federal government and Gulf states over the 2010 oil spill. It includes the largest civil penalty ever recovered under the federal Clean Water Act.
Date: 02/18/2012 | Business
Probes under way into cause of industrial accident at Boeing
EVERETT -- Multiple investigations are under way after a Boeing employee was run over by a plane at Paine Field in Everett on Friday night.
Date: 02/06/2012 | Local News
Man dies in fall at Seattle shipyard
SEATTLE -- A Seattle Fire Department spokesman says a man has died in a fall at a Seattle shipyard.
Date: 02/03/2012 | Northwest
Cosmopolis mill waste leak repaired
COSMOPOLIS -- Crews were able to repair a leaking effluent line at a Cosmopolis pulp mill Monday before heavy rains hit.Cosmopolis Mayor Vickie Raines told Grays Harbor radio station KXRO (101.7 FM) none of the waste entered city storm sewers.
Date: 11/21/2011 | Northwest
Future cancers from Fukushima plant may be hidden
FUKUSHIMA, Japan -- Even if the worst nuclear accident in 25 years leads to many people developing cancer, we may never find out.Looking back on those early days of radiation horror, that may sound implausible.
Date: 11/21/2011 | Nation & World
Chevron takes blame for ongoing oil spill off Brazilian coast
SAO PAULO -- An ongoing oil spill off the Brazilian coast occurred because Chevron underestimated the pressure in an underwater reservoir, the head of the company's Brazil operations said Sunday.
Date: 11/20/2011 | Nation & World
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