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7 hrs ago | El Sentinel

NTSB: Monorail pilot tried to back away from oncoming train

Moments before another train traveling backward slammed into the front of his vehicle and killed him, Walt Disney World monorail pilot Austin Wuennenberg apparently attempted to avoid the collision by throwing his train into reverse, according to the federal agency investigating the crash.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, Orlando, FL

12 hrs ago | NBC Action News

OSHA Fines Subcontractor After Iatan Plant Death

A company faces more than $14,000 in fines after a fatal accident earlier this year at a power plant construction site.

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Related Topix: Iatan, MO, Environmental Law, Law

16 hrs ago | 6 ABC

Sunoco fined $200,000 for refinery violations

The federal government is fining Sunoco more than $200,000 for multiple health and safety violations at the Marcus Hook Refinery.

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Related Topix: Law, Employment / Labor Law

20 hrs ago | Boston.com

Defendant accused of robbing blind man

Boston police arrested a West Roxbury man yesterday on a charge of robbing a blind man at a bank ATM last month.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA, South Boston (Boston, MA), Entertainment, Drama, Television

Yesterday | 1450 WILM NEWSRADIO

Sunoco Fined Over $200,000

As part of the National Emphasis Program, OSHA initiated an investigation focused on petroleum refinery safety management, and as a result, Sunoco Inc.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law

Wed Jul 08, 2009

Freep.com - RSS

Company under investigation after worker's sinkhole death

MIOSHA cited the company just two months ago for what it deemed 'serious violations' related to trenching and excavation.

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Related Topix: Detroit, MI

The Orlando Sentinel

Grim reality at Disney

The illusion that millions of visitors happily buy into each day at Disney World - that anything untoward or unpleasant gets checked at the gate - tragically came undone early Sunday morning when two of its monorail trains crashed, killing an operator and terrifying several passengers.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, Opinion

St. Petersburg Times

Hudson fundraiser will benefit family of young mechanic killed in accident

Vaughn Hayes loved working with cars, using skills he had learned from his father.

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Related Topix: Tampa Metro, Port Richey, FL

Tue Jul 07, 2009

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

OSHA won't investigate parking deck collapse

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration will not investigate the collapsed midtown Atlanta parking deck.

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Related Topix: Atlanta Metro

PhillyBurbs.com

Details emerge in fireworks fatality

An assistant with the fireworks company running Quakertown's Fourth of July display was killed after he was hit by wooden debris from an explosion, said county officials.

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Related Topix: Quakertown, PA, Life, Holidays, 4th of July, Explosion

CBS 6 Albany

Fort Edward company could face safety violation fines

An upstate recycling company faces possible fines for failing to correct hazards cited during an earlier federal safety inspection.

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Related Topix: Fort Edward, NY, Environmental Law, Law

PR-inside.com

Baby Boomers, Gen Xers and Millennials at Greater Risk of Hearing Loss

Vallee, vice president, Chubb & Son, and executive research and development specialist for Chubb's loss control unit, led a seminar, "Can You Hear Me Now? Articulating Noise Assessments and Hearing Loss," at Safety 2009, this year's American Society of Safety Engineers conference.

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Related Topix: Audiology, Medicine, Chubb, Insurance, Security

Mon Jul 06, 2009

Defense News

Worker Killed at Submarine Shipyard

An employee was killed July 1 at General Dynamics Electric Boat's Quonset Point, R.I., shipyard after he was crushed between a huge door and a transporter used to move large sections of submarines.

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Related Topix: Boat Disaster, North Kingstown, RI, Weather

Today's TMJ4

I-Team: Patrick Cudahy's Past Accidents

Monday's five-alarm fire isn't the first time the Patrick Cudahy plant has had a major industrial accident.

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Related Topix: Food, Cudahy, WI, Environmental Law, Law

The Morning Call

Man dies in fireworks accident

When the fireworks lit up over Quakertown's Memorial Park on the Fourth of July, most assumed the display's finale had come.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, 4th of July, West Middlesex, PA, Explosion

Sun Jul 05, 2009

The Orlando Sentinel

Piloting monorail was dream job for man killed in Disney World train crash

Piloting monorail trains at Walt Disney World had been Austin Wuennenberg's dream job.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, Kissimmee, FL, Orange County, FL

WHIZ-TV Zanesville

Hands On OSHA Training ...

Hands On OSHA Training Thu, Jul 02, 2009. 12:43 PM Students taking Occupational Safety and Health Administration training at the Muskingum Career and Technology Center were able to learn first hand what to do in a fire.

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Related Topix: Fire

Nation's Building News

June 29, 2009 - DEWALT Recalls Two Framing Nailer Models

On June 25, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in cooperation with DEWALT Industrial Tool Company , based in Towson, Md., issued a voluntary safety recall notice of the DEWALT D51825 and D51850 Framing Nailer tools.

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Related Topix: Product Recalls

Sat Jul 04, 2009

The Norway Post

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Aker Construction Inc., part of Aker Solutions, has earned Star membership in the prestigious Voluntary Protection Programs of the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

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Related Topix: Law, Employment / Labor Law, Environmental Law

Fri Jul 03, 2009

WPTA

Officials: Unsafe Work Environment Lead To Death

State inspectors are citing a northern Indiana lumber recycling plant with safety violations in the death of a worker.

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