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Houston Crane Accident Lyondell Chemical kills four people is a Houston refinery on Friday afternoon. Safety officials said the large crane collapsed at the LyondellBasell refinery strike over two other cranes. A spokeman for LyondellBasell said that four dead and seven others were wounded.
Two of the injured were flown by Life Flight helicopter to Memorial [...]
Two men die after falling from ladders while working on Forth bridge and Tay rail bridge
Two workers have died after falls from the Forth Bridge and the Tay Rail Bridge, in unrelated incidents last night and this morning.
A man died around 6:40 this morning after a fall while working on the Tay railway bridge.
According to [...]
A vehicle accident occurred at engine on the Garden State Parkway and 3 injured in Bloomfield, NJ.
Bloomfield, NJ (NewYorkInjuryNews.com) – A terrible car crash three wounded three and killed two people on Garden State Parkway Sunday, January 17, 2010, according to NorthJersey.com.
Police and emergency medical services (EMS) arrived on the scene to rescue the [...]
Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is the illness most common in the United States. The use of heavy equipment, drilling rocks, and the confined work environment are some factors that contribute to high levels of noise exposure of workers in the mining industry. Every day, 80% of miners in the nation to work in an environment [...]
Millions of people suffer from allergies caused by daily exposure to agents like dust mites, cat dander, and pollens. Agents encountered by workers can also cause allergic problems such as asthma, nasal allergies and sinus, hives, and even severe anaphylactic reactions. Examples of such agents include work-related animal proteins, enzymes, flour, natural rubber latex, and [...]
At approximately 12:40 pm on the 22 may 2009, a crane operator (of a 25 ton crane) and a mechanic attempted service the crane on a vacant plot outside near the construction site.Whilst the operator was booming up,the crane boom came into contact with the 22KV overhead power line.Suddenly the crane got fire.The fire was [...]
FW Abbott Ltd of Kettering has been fined £40,000 plus £25,000 in connection with a June 2007 fatal accident in which an experienced mechanic incorrectly deployed hydraulic lifts and an axle stand in [...]
Touted as a miracle substance to an unsuspecting public, asbestos has been used in thousands of products and in numerous workplaces. Although the harm caused by asbestos is not apparent at first, asbestos [...]
November 30, 2009 at 7:50 pm
.. Tiger Woods will not play in his own golf tournament for charity week.He EC issued a statement saying his injuries at crash site last weeks of the sera car Prevent Participate in Chevron World Challenge And Also he canceled his press conference that Summer for a fixed tomorrow …. [...]
BEIJING – A gas explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in north China Saturday, killing 37 people and trapping 71 others near a third of a mile underground.
The accident was a blow to the Chinese government, including large public companies, coal mines are generally considered safer than smaller, private ones. The country’s mines remain [...]
