FLAT ROCK, MI—No one was hurt after a fire started outside Ford’s assembly plant here Tuesday evening. Racks outside the plant caught on fire and spread flames to the building.

The mid-1970s were a time of product expansion for the STIHL Group, which, until then, had focused solely on making chain saws.

ASHE COUNTY, NC—Three people were injured Tuesday after an explosion in the paint shop of an ambulance assembly plant here.

GREENSBURG, IN—A bomb threat scrawled on a bathroom wall at an auto parts assembly plant here drew the attention of police and fire crews Friday afternoon.

NORTH STRABANE, PA—A worker’s right arm was severed in an industrial accident at a manufacturing plant here Tuesday morning. The man was adjusting drill bits on a machine at Lincoln Hydraulics when his arm became stuck in a spindle and it was severed at the elbow.

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA—Nearly five years after a water heater explosion killed two workers at a plastics manufacturing plant here, two supervisors pleaded no contest Friday to felony charges in the deaths.

VICTOR, NY—OSHA has fined optical equipment manufacturer Wordingham Machine Co. $131,600 for failing to correct safety hazards.

SPARTANBURG, SC—No one was hurt Thursday night after a fire broke out at the BMW assembly plant here. The fire began in the roof section of the X3 assembly warehouse.

BERKELEY, CA—A worker was killed at a tool factory here when he was struck in the head by a piece of flying metal. The 30-year-old man was working with a grinding wheel when it shattered, sending metal pieces flying.