A 2010 West Virginia mine explosion that killed twenty-nine workers has resulted in the mine’s owners, Massey Energy, being forced to pay a record $210 million.

$46.5 million of the settlement will go towards the miners’ families for criminal restitution, $35 million in penalties for safety violations, and $128 million to improve safety, training, and research. A report by the Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration listed 369 violations in the mine with at least a dozen contributing to the deadly explosion.

The MSHA and federal prosecutors believe that Massey Energy is guilty of criminal activities such as obstructing federal regulators, lying to investigators about health and safety problems, and violating federal mine safety laws.

If you or someone you love has been hurt or killed in an explosion, contact the explosion injury lawyers of Habush Habush & Rottier, S.C. at 800-242-2874.

A Tennessee manufacturing plant has been fined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration $80,000 following a fatal explosion that occurred in May. OSHA found twenty-three violations in its investigation.

Hydrogen gas was leaking from an underground pipe, which caused the explosion. Three employees were killed and two were seriously injured.

The manufacturing plant, Hoeganaes, has experienced two other explosions this year in its other plants around the country. OSHA fined it $42,900 after two explosions that occurred in January and March and caused two deaths. Hoeganaes has contested these fines and has about three weeks to respond to OSHA’s newest fines.

If you or someone you love has been seriously hurt or worse in an explosion, contact the explosion attorneys of Habush Habush & Rottier, S.C. at 800-242-2874.

A home in Chicago’s South Side exploded in the early morning hours, leaving two of its inhabitants in critical condition with second-degree burns.

The cause of the explosion is still under investigation. Fire officials say a neighbor was working on plumbing in his basement at the time of the explosion, however it is unclear if the events are connected.

Neighbors say the explosion rocked their houses and blew out several windows. The house was completely leveled and flames reached as high as the tallest trees. Some neighbors said they smelled natural gas a few hours before the explosion occurred; no one reported the smell.

Many houses surrounding the home were damaged by the flames that spread to their roofs.

If you’ve been injured or worse in a natural gas explosion accident, contact the explosion attorneys of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C.  today by calling 800-242-2874.

A stuntman was killed late last week in an explosion while filming for the action-adventure film Expendables 2, a sequel starring Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Chuck Norris.

The accident is currently under investigation, but witnesses say something went tragically wrong while filming a scene with a rubber boat and a staged explosion. Another stuntmen was seriously injured but is now in stable condition. The crew was filming on the Ognyanovo dam in Bulgaria.  None of the actors were nearby during the incident.

Filming for the main unit has not been delayed, but the second unit crew has suspended filming while the investigation is underway.

Our deepest sympathies are with the family and friends of the victims.

The deadliest U.S. coal mine explosion in the past 25 years that left 29 workers dead and four unaccounted four has been blamed on the mine’s owners, Massey Energy.

The explosion, which occurred in April of last year in West Virginia, was found to be caused by an obscured methane gas sensor. The United Mine Workers, which recently published a report of its investigation, claims that Massey Energy was responsible for maintaining the safety of the mine and its workers at all times.

The report claims that if the methane gas sensor was not covered by a ventilation curtain, the sensor would have been able to detect high levels of the gas.

If you or someone you love has been injured or worse in a coal dust explosion, contact the explosion injury attorneys of Habush Habush & Rottier, S.C. at 800-242-2874.