Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BREMERTON — As a freshman in high school, Tran Anderson remembers passing through the auto shop class and seeing a bright glow of ...

Shipyard workers are being urged to get checked for cancer. Welding fumes generated by building vessels are shown to cause cancers - and industry leaders are launching a campaign to raise awareness.

Welders who are exposed to manganese from welding fumes, risk developing increased clumsiness – and the result may remain decades after exposure has ceased. This is the finding of a study at the ...

Welders affected by manganese from welding fumes through exposure, risk acquiring added clumsiness in which case the result may persist decades after exposure has ceased. The mentioned finding of a ...

In the wake of two costly welding scandals at its Newport News shipyard, Northrop Grumman Corp. has tightened procedures and increased oversight on welders and shipfitters on the local waterfront.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The U.S. Navy says it's trying to figure out what led to faulty welding on ships that were built or repaired at Newport News Shipbuilding. On Sept. 30, the shipyard's president, ...

Marine Group Boat Works (Marine Group), a full-service shipyard based in San Diego, won a Navy Grant to establish a maritime welding program designed to expand the skilled labor workforce supporting ...

Welders who are exposed to manganese from welding fumes, risk developing increased clumsiness – and the result may remain decades after exposure has ceased. This is the finding of a study at the ...