Arkansas Company Fined Nearly $125K for Repeat Workplace Hazards

Federal safety officials have cited Bekaert Corp. in Van Buren, Arkansas, after an employee suffered an amputation while trying to untangle moving wire at an Arkansas facility that manipulates and coats steel products. An inspection by Occupational Safety and Health Administration…

Newly Released GoPro Drones Recalled

GoPro only released its new $800 (no camera included) Karma drone two weeks ago¸ but the flying photo-taking device has already been recalled because some of them simply stopped working. GoPro announced Tuesday that after receiving reports that several newly launched devices have lost power it will recall some 2¸500…

Automated Cars, Trucks Threaten Professional Driver Jobs

Ronald De Feo has watched robots take factory jobs for years. Now he sees them threatening a new class of worker: People who drive for a living. “I am in Pittsburgh; it’s a test market for Uber’s autonomous vehicle,” says…