Woodworking Network

Lumber mill fined $69K after worker is engulfed in grain, named severe violator

MINOOKA, Ill. - OSHA has fined Illinois-based Minooka Grain, Lumber & Supply Co. $69,000 after an employee was trapped in a grain storage bin while clearing clumps. The worker was later freed.
The Washington Post

It was the deadliest workplace in America. So why didn’t safety regulators shut it down?

Inspectors issued more than 100 safety violations and millions in fines. Yet deaths and injuries continued. Scroll to continue The police lieutenant sounded unnerved as he stepped inside the old ...
Northern Ontario BusinessOpinion

Worker equity touted as part of solution to mill shutdowns

Northern MPPs and union leaders urge “immediate action to prevent the closure of the Ignace sawmill and reopen the Ear Falls ...

It was the deadliest workplace in America. So why didn’t safety regulators shut it down?

'Sketchy as s---' Body-camera footage shows a police officer walking near the site of a fatal accident at Phenix Lumber Co. PHENIX CITY, ALA. The police lieutenant sounded unnerved as he stepped ...