The Lac Mégantic Rail Disaster: Ten Years Later
Ten years ago today, an unmanned train carrying 72 tankers full of highly combustible crude oil careened down a mountain…
Rail Disaster: For a Worst-Case Scenario, Look North
The East Palestine rail disaster is bad. But it’s not even close to a worst-case scenario. We have seen worse,…
Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Safety: Short Stuff
Workers Can Participate in CSB Investigations: A major goal of the Occupational Safety and Health Act is to encourage workers…
Lessons Not Learned at Lac-Mégantic Anniversary
Steve Bannon may have moved out of the West Wing, but he left his goal of “deconstructing the regulatory state”…
Today in History: Lac-Mégantic and Piper Alpha Disasters
July 6 has a rather dubious place in the history of workplace and community safety, corporate responsibility and government oversight.…
Charges Dropped Against Railroad for Lac Mégantic Catastrophe
Criminal charges have been dropped against Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway (MMA), according to Quebec’s Director of Criminal and Penal…
LATE BREAKING: Lac Mégantic Rail Workers Acquitted
A jury has acquitted all three rail workers charged with criminal negligence causing death of 47 persons in the 2013…
“Perfect Storm” of Sub-Standard Company Practices Led to Disaster: Lac Mégantic Trial Goes To Jury
After a 3 month-long trial, jurors are finally deliberating on the fate of three rail workers accused of criminal neglegence…
Lac-Mégantic Trial Update: Who’s to Blame?
The trial of three rail employees blamed for the deaths of 47 people when a train carrying 73 cars of…
Lac-Mégantic Trial Reveals More Damning Evidence
The trial of three rail employees blamed for the deaths of 47 people due to a train carrying 73 cars…