A fire inside a massive machine that smashes and bales paper caught fire at the Royal Oak Recycling building. Royal Oak firefighters were called to the building at 414 E. Hudson, a block east of Main ...

Balers, traditionally found in material recovery facilities (MRFs) that process a variety of recyclables, create compact cubes of material to help maximize truck loads. In MRFs, the materials that ...

A father-of-six died after falling into a recycling baling machine which had many safety features disabled, an inquest heard. Gul Daad Khan, 36, was working long hours at a sprawling back-street site ...

Stephen Jones, 60, was sentenced to nine years for manslaughter by gross negligence today in relation to the death of Norman Butler, also 60, at the centre in Kinmel Bay, northeast Wales. The machine ...

Columbia potentially could start baling fiber products like cardboard for recycling but the city's utilities department first needs to build a protective structure over the equipment. The utilities ...

The human cost of preventable workplace injuries and deaths is “incalculable,” according to Dr. David Michaels, assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health in the United States.