Adapted from the book “Wind Power: Renewable Energy for Home, Farm, and Business,” by Paul Gipe, the information here advises everyone who works with wind energy, or who contemplates working with wind energy, to carefully weigh their actions.

In an effort to reduce silicosis hazards to denim factory workers, the Target Corporation announced recently it would phase out sandblasted denim by the end of 2012.

A leaky flange with a long history of trouble appears to be at the root of a March 5, 2012 release of hydrofluoric acid (HF) from a CITGO refinery, according to the Chemical Safety Board (CSB).

A Statement by the Executive Council of the AFL-CIO: The Occupational Safety and Health Act and the Mine Safety and Health Act promise workers the right to a safe job.

The USDA says it's getting out in front of potential worker safety implications of a plan aimed at speeding up processing but that shouldn't be it's only concern, according to a watchdog group.

A team of investigators has determined that a release of toxic gas at a CITGO refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas last week occurred during a leak from a piping flange.

The owner of a Utah coal mine has been charged with criminal violations of mandatory health and safety standards under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, following a mine collapse that killed six miners and three rescuers.

A seven-person investigation team from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has arrived at the site of an accident reportedly involving the release of hydrofluoric acid (HF) at the CITGO Corpus Christi, Texas alkylation unit. 

An investigation by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) found that enforcement efforts at the Upper Big Branch Mine (UBB) were "compromised" prior to the deadly 2010 explosion there, due to a failure to follow established policy on the part of agency personnel.