Industrial Accidents

                   

Villagers burn down chemical company site

gulfnews.com     1 hr ago   2 related          

Mumbai: About 100 people worried about industrial pollution set fire to a construction site of a local unit of Dow Chemical Co in western India on Friday, police and a Dow official said. The company is setting up a research and...                

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Oil spill tars Mississippi River [60-Second Science Blog]

sciam.com     5 hrs ago   294 related          

A barge full of more than 400,000 gallons of fuel and a heavy tanker collided in New Orleans on Wednesday, spreading a rainbow sheen of oil across 100 miles of the Mississippi River down to the Gulf of Mexico. The smell of the...                

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Cops: Man dead after falling 35 feet in industrial accident

app.com     5 hrs ago          

A man who was doing maintenance work in a bucket truck at Schering Plough fell 35-feet to his death this morning, police said. Michael Biron, 52, of Hampton, was pronounced dead at Morristown Memorial Hospital after sustaining...                

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Minister denies bonded labour in Union Territory

hindu.com     2 hrs ago          

“Migrant workers stay in factory as they do not know the local language” Photo: T. Singaravelou Vital report: Minister for Health E. Valsaraj (right) releases the industrial safety bulletin in Puducherry on Friday. Chief...                

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Court says worker comp OK in suicide cases

rgj.com     21 hrs ago   3 related          

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) _ In a precedent-setting case, the Nevada Supreme Court held Thursday that worker comp benefits can go to families of people who kill themselves if an industrial accident broke down their _rational mental...                

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Motorcycle accident changed everything for Glenwood man

postindependent.com     15 hrs ago          

Glenwood man’s injuries have left him paralyzed Today, getting dressed is a struggle for the 20-year-old. To help Keith Harrison A youth group for the Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 652 E. Fifth St. in Rifle, is holding a Mexican...                

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guardian.co.uk: Former BP chief executive Lord Browne guardian.co.uk

Andrew Clark On America: Lord Browne's oil daze

guardian.co.uk     12 hrs ago   8 related          

The fire which killed 15 was on Browne's watch. Photograph: Bruno Vincent/EPA It took more than a year for a dogged Texan lawyer, Brent Coon, to get the former BP boss Lord Browne to answer questions on the legal record about...                

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Scotsman's sporran doomed by European ban on sealskins

independent.co.uk     22 hrs ago   3 related          

The Highland kilt must rank as one of the most distinctive and manly items of clothing that the world has ever seen. But it has no pockets. Braveheart warrior types, though, were never going to resort to carrying some kind of...                

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7 killed in Bihar floods

asianage.com     yesterday   5 related          

Patna, July 24: Seven persons have died and nearly 65,000 people, spread over five districts, were affected in the current spell of floods in Bihar where some major rivers are in spate. State disaster management department...                

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Minister for periodic safety audit in industry

hindu.com     yesterday          

State to develop comprehensive disaster management plan in consultation with all stakeholders Industrial units urged to identify likely chemical hazards and prepare emergency plans A copy of NDMA Guidelines on Chemical...                

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