Global Safety News

By Binaj Gurubacharya KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Sherpa guide who survived a week on the treacherous slopes of Mount Everest was recovering at a hospital in …

By Tre Spencer/Mountain State Spotlight After a chemical leak at the Ames Goldsmith plant in Kanawha County killed two workers and injured dozens more last month, federal …

By Grant Peck BANGKOK (AP) — More than a dozen rescue and charity groups used excavation machinery on Monday to recover bodies following …

By Claire Rush And Gene Johnson LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — Crews resumed the painstaking search Thursday for nine workers feared dead at a Washington state …

By Seth Borenstein WASHINGTON (AP) — In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate …

By Martha Bellisle And Josh Funk There are millions of chemical tanks around the U.S., and experts say it is exceedingly rare for …

LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — The implosion of a chemical tank at a pulp and paper mill in Washington state Tuesday killed an …

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Three people were killed and three others were injured Tuesday when a decades-old overpass undergoing demolition partially …

By Jim Gomez, Joeal Calupitan And Aaron Favila ANGELES, Philippines (AP) — Rescuers pulled out three people Monday from an immense pile of …

By Josh Funk Federal safety investigators opened two days of hearings Tuesday to examine why the engine flew off a UPS cargo plane last year, …