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Refinery explosion: Former worker claims complex is a "time-bomb"
Four workers at the Chevron refinery, at Pembroke Dock, west Wales, were killed yesterday in what is being described as a “tragic industrial accident”. A joint police and Health and Safety Executive investigation into the accident is under way today as
Updated: 06/03/2011 06:04A
Chemical accidents show rise
The Lost Time Accident rate increased to 0.61 (2008: 0.44). The LTA rate is the ratio of reportable accidents under RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations) to 100000 man-hours – the assumed number of hours worked
Updated: 06/03/2011 06:03A
Non-union contractors say lawsuits are burying them
Dave Allen, left, and Charlie Allen say their company was hit with a $146000 lawsuit for a $3000 error. SW Allen Construction Inc. was the general contractor on a public-works project in Lincoln in 2008 when the concrete subcontractor went out of
Updated: 06/03/2011 06:03A
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: When liberals do it, nobody seems to care
An insolvent California — still struggling with its $15 billion budget shortfall — is trying to advance its own version of the bill that would contravene federal immigration law and cost millions of dollars. At about the same time, the state has
Updated: 06/03/2011 06:03A
Accident closes lanes on Interstate 78 east in Readington
By The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk Google mapsA map view of Interstate 78 in Readington, where an accident has closed the eastbound lanes. READINGTON — An overturned vehicle and the accident investigation are causing major delays on Interstate 78
Updated: 06/03/2011 06:03A
Crash kills 2, injures 2 in St. Pete
By TBO.com Two people were killed and two others were injured in a two-car crash in north St. Petersburg early Friday, authorities said. The names and ages of those involved in the accident were not immediately available. The accident occurred about
Updated: 06/03/2011 06:02A
80% OF THUGS CAUGHT WITH KNIFE ARE LET OFF
Mrs May's stance opposes Justice Secretary Ken Clarke, who wants more community sentences in a bid to cut the prison population. The Ministry of Justice figures yesterday appear to suggest Mr Clarke is winning his battle. While jail terms were dropping
Updated: 06/03/2011 06:02A
Report: Edwards Faces Indictment Or A Plea Deal
Washington (CNN) -- John Edwards' lawyer Greg Craig was in North Carolina on Friday amid signs that the former senator and 2008 presidential candidate likely either will be indicted or he and the Justice Department will agree on a plea deal,
Updated: 06/03/2011 06:02A
Add cell phones to the list of things that may cause cancer
We can't do much at the General Assembly to limit their use by drivers, as a few legislators have tried, despite ample evidence that they are accessory to thousands of traffic accidents, many of them fatal, every year. Come July it will be illegal to
Updated: 06/03/2011 06:02A
Add cell phones to the list of things that may cause cancer
We can't do much at the General Assembly to limit their use by drivers, as a few legislators have tried, despite ample evidence that they are accessory to thousands of traffic accidents, many of them fatal, every year. Come July it will be illegal to
Updated: 06/03/2011 06:02A
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