Incidents
Fire Strikes AR Recycling Facility
A fire broke out at a recycling center in Pine Bluff, Arkansas last week that ended up taking firefighters over 12 hours to get under control.
Trapped in Excavator, Worker Rescued
A worker ended up trapped Thursday suffering from an injury in an industrial excavator in Bridgeport, Connecticut after it was struck by a piece of demolition debris.
Cisco Fixes Secure Email Gateway SQL Injection
Cisco has an update available to handle a vulnerability in the email parsing of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email Gateway that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system.
Cisco Updates Secure Email Gateway, Secure Email and Web Manager
Cisco has an update available to handle multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager with at least one undergoing active exploitation.
Chemical Fire Forces Shelter-in-Place
A fire involving trichloroisocyanuric acid at a ContainerPort Group facility in Sauget, Illinois, required a hazardous-materials response and a shelter-in-place order.
Fire, Explosions at Electronics Recycling Center
A fire broke out at an electronics recycling facility last week in South Fulton, Georgia, leading to explosions, a heavy smoke condition and falling debris.
Machine Catches Fire at Fabrics Plant
A fire led to a plant evacuation, one worker suffering an injury, and a road closure Thursday afternoon in Graniteville, South Carolina, officials said.
Workers Hurt after Chemical Reaction
Two workers suffered injuries after a chemical reaction went bad at a specialty material manufacturer in Rome, New York, last Thursday, officials said.
Cisco Clears Firewall Authentication Bypass Issue
Cisco has an update available to handle a vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute script files on an affected device to obtain root access to the underlying operating system.
Falling Rocks Kill Driller in CT
A driller at a mine in Connecticut died late last month after rocks fell on him as he was operating machinery, police said.
Worker Dies at MS Mine
One miner died last month while performing maintenance on a slipping head pulley of a hopper at a mine in Senatobia, Mississippi, said officials at the Mine safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
Cisco Updates IOS XR Software
Cisco has an update available to handle multiple vulnerabilities in the Cisco IOSXR Software, according to a report issued from the Cisco IOS XR Software engineering team which conducted a comprehensive internal security review.
Cisco Fixes Critical Switch Issue
Cisco has an update available to handle a critical vulnerability in the Silicon One integration for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute code with root privileges.
VMware Updates Workstation, Fusion Issues
VMware has an update available to handle critical integer overflow and buffer overflow vulnerabilities in its VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion.
Waste Facility Fire Forces Evac
A huge fire broke out at a waste recycling facility in Neasden, United Kingdom Friday, sending thick plumes of smoke across the London skyline and forcing evacuations and a shelter-in-place.
Chemical Fire Hits at Transformer Plant
A fire broke out in a paint booth at a manufacturing plant in Mississippi on Monday as a massive chemical fire forced employees to evacuate and drew fire crews from across the area.
Worker Dies at Hyundai Shipyard
A worker died after collapsing Friday at South Korean shipbuilding and marine contactor HD Hyundai Heavy Industries’ yard in Ulsan, South Korea.
Worker Dies in Incident at SD Worksite
A 19-year-old worker died in a workplace incident at a Watertown, South Dakota, self-performing general contractor and design-build construction firm.
PA Brick Maker Faces Safety Fines
A Watsontown, Pennsylvania-based brick manufacturer is facing just under $500,000 in safety fines for three willful and four serious violations for knowingly exposing its workers to unsafe levels of respirable silica dust at its plant, said officials at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Trapped Worker Rescued from Machine
A worker sustained serious injuries after he ended up trapped in an industrial machine at a food ingredients manufacturer in New Berlin, Wisconsin, fire officials said.