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Dangers on the job have one group taking action
selzie@kspr.comBRANSON, Mo. - For some workers taking extreme risks is all a part of the job but sometimes it can lead to injuries or even death. According to the Safety Council of the Ozarks working in construction poses one of the biggest safety threats, but even...Tags: Career and Workplace, Health and Safety at Work, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Labor Legislation, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Police release name of accident victim at metal recycling business in NW Springfield
ghartley@schurz.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- An employee who was working around scrap metal was run over by a piece of heavy equipment at a recycling business on Monday afternoon. Police said Tuesday morning that he was Jason Taylor, 35. He was not the operator of the...Tags: Health and Safety at Work
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Newton R. Russell dies at 85; veteran California legislator
Newton R. Russell, a veteran state senator known as an expert on California's complex public pension system and a stickler for upholding legislative rules, died Saturday of lung cancer at his La Caņada Flintridge home, his family said. He was 85. A...
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Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment
SEVERE WEATHER SE Kansas braced for 2nd round of violent storms DEARING, Kan. (AP) — A second round of potentially violent weather has emergency managers in southeastern and east-central Kansas preparing for any necessary response. The National...Tags: Litigation, Personal Weapon Control, Science and Technology, Punishment, Firearms
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Here is the latest Kansas news from The Associated Press
DEARING, Kan. (AP) — A second round of potentially violent weather has emergency managers in southeastern and east-central Kansas preparing for any necessary response. Around 20 counties in Kansas were placed under warning yesterday. Law enforcement...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Science and Technology, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials
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Police identify worker killed in fall at Seiple Farms
State police have identified a 28-year-old construction worker killed Tuesday morning during a barn erection at Seiple Farms in East Allen Township. Paul Daniel Mast of Columbia was killed around 6:45 a.m. at a construction site at Seiple Farms, 5761 Nor...Tags: Health and Safety at Work
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Family of deceased worker sues Home Depot for $1M
The Monitor, McAllen, TexasThe family of a Mission man who died after a workplace accident is suing Home Depot for $1 million in damages, alleging negligence on the part of the company. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the family of John Valdez, an employee at the Home Depot,...Tags: Litigation, The Home Depot, Health and Safety at Work, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice
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Texas behind the curve on regulating fertilizer plants
Austin American-StatesmanIf the West Fertilizer Co. plant had been in Illinois, state regulators there likely would have inspected it annually, making sure that its bins storing tons of ammonium nitrate were still in good shape and that the potentially explosive chemical wasn't...Tags: AFL-CIO, Explosions, Plant Openings, Moving and Storage, Science and Technology
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Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, Pa., Howard Frank column
Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, Pa.Whose hands are stained by the blood of more than a thousand Bangladesh factory workers killed last month? Just look in the mirror. That's right, you and me. The garment factory, located in the Rana Plaza building in Savar, collapsed last month...Tags: Plant Openings, Religion and Belief, Career and Workplace, Walmart, Collective Contract
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Anatomy of the Verso disaster
St. Cloud Times, Minn.For more than 105 years, the paper mill anchored on the east bank of the Mississippi River helped sustain a community. It provided jobs for generations of Central Minnesotans and a consistent and important stream of tax dollars for a city that grew with...Tags: Fishing, Memorial Day, Explosions, Layoffs and Downsizing, Water Supply
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Man killed by falling partition at Camden company
The Philadelphia InquirerA 42-year-old Camden man was killed Friday morning when a concrete partition at a city recycling center fell on him. It was the second fatal accident at the facility this year. Keith Rainer was pronounced dead at Cooper University Hospital shortly...Tags: Camden County, Accidental Death, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Disasters and Accidents, Health and Safety at Work
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READER SUBMITTED: Energy Systems Sales And Training To Install 174 Solar Panels On Roof Of IMTI In Waterbury
StatewideThe Energy Systems Sales and Training (ESST) division of IMTI, The Industrial Management and Training Institute, in partnership with Motech Industries, Inc. and Motech Inverters of Taiwan, will install a 45kw Solar Photovoltaic System on the roof of the...Tags: Environmental Issues, Waterbury, Renewable Energy, Northeast Utilities, Connecticut Labor Markets
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