Coal mining has produced some of the deadliest industrial accidents in modern history. From methane explosions and coal dust ignition to structural collapse and flooding, the industry’s worst ...

December 2024 marked 40 years since the toxic gas leak from a Union Carbide chemical plant in Bhopal, India. The leak of toxic methyl isocyanate, or MIC, used in the manufacture of pesticides, killed ...

Social media, organized advocacy, and documentaries have turned local industrial disasters into national conversations, as affected communities refuse to stay quiet and a growing audience demands ...

Three years since one of the worst industrial disasters in US history, politicians, the media, and the public have forgotten about East Palestine. But we haven’t. Split screen image showing three ...

NEW YORK (WCSC) — A fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City became one of America’s worst industrial disasters, killing 146 people in less than half an hour. Flames raced through the ...

In my decades representing victims of commercial and construction catastrophes, one pattern has never changed: nearly every “accident” was foreseeable. A missing inspection, an ignored alarm, a ...