Indiana tire plant worker fatally crushed by industrial press

Indiana OSHA is investigating after a 48-year-old Fort Wayne man was fatally crushed in an industrial press at a passenger vehicle tire plant in Woodburn early Tuesday morning. Journal Gazette

Nevada announces new way for employers to verify OSHA cards

Employers in Nevada have a new way to verify employees’ OSHA 10-hour and 30-hour Construction and General Industry card holders for OSHA cards issued in Nevada this year. These changes come after the passage of a bill that updates certain aspects of the state’s safety industry. Nevada Business

Oregon construction safety summit wraps

The 19th annual Mid-Oregon Construction Safety Summit concluded Tuesday. One of the event’s keynote speakers lost part of his arm in a paper mill accident when he was 21. KTVZ (Bend) [with video]

Oregon road worker died using faulty logging equipment, investigators find

Two investigations show a 59-year-old road builder who died on the job last August in Benton County, Oregon was operating a poorly maintained piece of leased logging equipment, a skidder, owned by his supervisor’s son. The worker died after the vehicle rolled down a steep hillside and overturned. KTVZ (Bend)

Report: Uneven regulation of explosive fertilizer puts people at risk

Fertilizer-grade ammonium nitrate, the chemical linked to the West, Texas fertilizer explosion in 2013 that killed 15 people and injured 260, nevertheless was left off a list of hazardous substances marked for special attention by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In most states, there’s no easy way for the public to know where large amounts of ammonium nitrate are being kept. Center for Public Integrity