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1. Waste management company prosecuted after worker crushed by excavator - WiredGov

   Worker suffered life-changing injuries after being run over by a reversing 15-tonne excavator. HSE found the company failed to protect pedestrians ...

2. Teenage worker seriously injured on Esh site in Durham | Construction News

   Police are investigating an incident at an Esh Group site in the North East that left a teenage worker with “life-threatening injuries”.

3. Fireworks factory explosions kill 23 and leave several injured - The Independent

   The blast, which occurred while nearly 100 workers were mixing chemicals, flattened four sheds and initially injured six people, four critically.

4. Company fined after worker crushed by one-tonne block while inside HGV trailer - WiredGov

   Man sustained life-changing injuries resulting in amputation when crushed under one-tonne block of concrete. Investigation found the driver of a ...

5. Yadadri: Fire Breaks Out at Premier Explosives Plant, Worker Injured - Deccan Chronicle

   As per preliminary reports, the fire occurred in the C11L block at the plant while materials were being mixed. One worker was injured in the incident ...

6. Yadadri: Fire Breaks Out at Premier Explosives Plant, Worker Injured - Deccan Chronicle

   One worker was injured in the incident and was immediately rushed to a hospital in Secunderabad for treatment. The company manufactures high ...

7. H-E-B grocery warehouse worker dies after workplace accident in San Antonio

   ... injuries compared to other private sector workers. In 2024, the approximately 2.6 out of 100 workers suffered some type of workplace injury, while ...

8. Check it's fine before you climb - SafeWork SA

   a labourer was seriously injured when they fell 4.6m through a... The worker sustained serious spinal injuries, fractures to their ribs ...

9. Tamil Nadu: Firecracker factory blast in India state kills at least 25 - BBC

   Mostly female workers have been killed in the blast, which occurred in Tamil Nadu state... injured. The blast occurred at the Vanaja Fireworks ...

10. Employment- Arbitrator finds unfair labor practices by school - Virginia Lawyers Weekly

    Arbitration award. Injuries alleged: Lost wages and benefits, as well as interference, restraint and coercion in the exercise of employee's rights ...