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The Atlanta Braves are being sued by the widow of a man who died in a walk-in beer cooler at SunTrust Park – a death her lawyers attribute to problems in the cooler known to the Braves prior to the incident. Marvin Todd Keeling, a beer tap inventor, died while installing beer taps in the cooler at SunTrust Park on June 26, 2018.

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) will be reviewing a recent policy change, after testimony at its public meeting on Tuesday from occupational health experts and worker advocates opposed to the agency’s decision to stop naming accident victims in its reports. CSB Interim Executive Kristen acknowledged “a lot of passion around this subject,” and said that she’d asked the agency’s general counsel to review the policy and to report back with recommendations.

A shooting at a San Francisco Bay car dealership yesterday left three people dead – two of them employees. News sources are reporting that a gunman killed two workers and then himself at the Morgan Hill Ford Store. Morgan Hill police were called to the scene just after 6 p.m. When they arrived they found the gunman already dead, with a handgun lying next to him.

Messe Düsseldorf and its local partner Tezulaş Fuar will organize the fourth edition of TOS+H Expo, the Turkish Occupational Safety + Health Exhibition, from May 3 – 6, 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey. Held concurrently will be the X. International Occupational Safety and Health Congress, managed by the Turkish Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Services.