In her opening statement, Subcommittee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., said OSHA’s recent proposed fines for Imperial Sugar are “too late” for the 13 workers who died and those injured by the ...

SAVANNAH, GA – In a final draft report released today, Chemical Safety Board investigators said the Feb. 7, 2008, deadly explosion at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, GA, resulted ...

Sometimes a safety issue literally blows up in the face of U.S. regulators. That was the case last month when an explosion and fire at an Imperial Sugar Co. refinery in Port Wentworth, Ga., likely ...

Even before Imperial Sugar, the CSB had investigated a series of deadly dust accidents and recommended in 2006 that OSHA issue a rule to protect workers from dust fires and explosions. After ...

Only OSHA has neglected to heed CSB’s call to "proceed expeditiously" on the recommendation that OSHA promulgate a new combustible dust standard for general industry. ... Feb. 7, marks the fourth ...

OSHA says Imperial Sugar must pay almost $9 million for more than a hundred safety violations for the explosion at the sugar refinery that killed 13 people and injured 40 others.

Even before Imperial Sugar, the CSB had investigated a series of deadly dust accidents and recommended in 2006 that OSHA issue a rule to protect workers from dust fires and explosions.

Imperial Sugar was fined $8.8 million for violations related to combustible dust at this Georgia plant, site of a February explosion, and another in Louisiana. ILLUSTRATION: Associated Press ...

Oregon OSHA spokeswoman Melanie Mesaros says the agency can only track dust fires or explosions causing death or serious injury, which must be reported to the government. She says the state has ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Federal officials said Friday that Imperial Sugar Co. should face fines of more than $8.7 million for violations at two plants, including a Georgia facility where an explosion ...