A gas explosion at a coal mine in China has killed at least 90 people. State media Xinhua said 247 workers had been on duty underground when the blast ripped through the Liushenyu mine in Qinyuan county, Shanxi province, on Friday. Rescue operations were ongoing as emergency crews continued searching for survivors of the explosion, the deadliest mining disaster reported in China in more than a decade.
A company in west Mayo has admitted five breaches of health and safety legislation after an incident in which a 76-year-old woman was fatally struck by a truck in a supermarket car park. Kavanagh Retailing Unlimited Company, based at Shop Street, Westport, County Mayo, will be sentenced by Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court on June 29 after pleading to all charges at Wednesday's sitting of Castlebar District Court.
“The ceiling was falling in,” she recalled. “I looked to my left and saw a gun. And heard, 'get in your room.'” Security at Temple Israel was responding to a gunman in a truck that burst through the building, an attack the FBI would later characterize as a Hezbollah-inspired act of terrorism targeting the largest synagogue in Michigan.
Security guards and law enforcement personnel are usually the first professionals to provide help in a public emergency and as a result, also experience some of the highest rates of workplace violence in any occupation.
The Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 require every one of these employers to provide adequate first aid provision, yet many London businesses remain under-prepared.
This was a shocking knifepoint robbery which could have resulted in death or serious injury to the man Peebles assaulted. The man showed incredible bravery and quick thinking to defend himself, leave the shop and lower the shutters, trapping Peebles inside.
The state fined Mammoth Mountain Ski Area LLC $26,810 for three violations related to the death, according to a July 2025 citation that is being reported here for the first time. The violations included not ensuring the patrollers were able to deploy avalanche airbags prior to the 25-year-old's death.
Then known as Rose Rosenfeld, Freedman was two days short of her 18th birthday when the fire erupted. She escaped by trailing company executives up to the 10th-floor roof, where firefighters pulled survivors to safety, according to The New York Times. In later years, she described turning down what she said were efforts by the factory's owners to pay for her silence, choosing instead to become a lifelong witness to what happened inside those upper floors.
Prosecutors said the company was using a large soil screener, weighing nearly 36,000 pounds, to process soil and other materials. Part of the machine, known as the tail conveyor, weighed about 1,500 pounds and could be raised or lowered during operation. Court records show the tail conveyor had unexpectedly closed on several occasions in the years leading up to the deadly incident, and that the machine had previously suffered a ruptured hydraulic pressure line.
In many workplaces, safety is often seen as something for the management and OHS officers to worry about. While rules and procedures can get you halfway there, it's only when employees take personal responsibility for their own safety and that of their colleagues that a truly safe workplace comes to life. This means after acquiring high-quality PPE overalls and working boots from RS or other suppliers, you still need to cultivate a culture of personal responsibility
"The loss of a student is heartbreaking and our thoughts are with Kasie's family, friends, classmates, faculty, and all who knew and cared for him," the letter reads. "We recognize that news like this can be very distressing and may bring up many emotions. Please know that you are not alone and support is available."
Currently, Amazon is putting all workers, site visitors, and the local and wider communities at risk of exposure to a serious infectious disease.
Then he caught wind of my colourful language and turned back to get in my face. He was a skinhead in a bad mood. Accusing me of being in his way, he told me I was lucky he didn't do more damage. I paused mid-reply. This was the moment I realised he was ready to go to hell tonight, and the only thing he wanted to take with him was me.
There was usually a room of about 100 to 150 people, with two to three servers and two bartenders. One night, it was just the bartenders and me, so about 50 people per section. This usually wouldn't bother me, but three of my big tables were occupied by one large group. I went to help with the middle of the three tables, as a large portion of their group had just arrived.
They show up reliably in the HSE's stats and enforcement reports, like the 2024/25 figures where over 60,000 non-fatal injuries were logged, with slips, trips, and manual handling making up close to half, while the 124 fatal cases were mostly down to falls and strikes. What's driving all this? Usually, it's everyday lapses like lax cleaning habits, spotty risk checks, training that falls short, or gear that's not kept up to the mark under regulations like PUWER 1998.
I want to at this point, extend my condolences both to the victim's family, who I know are in so much pain right now with this tragic loss of life, but also to the staff of San Francisco General Hospital, who I know are also suffering right now. We have to make sure as law enforcement that we do the utmost to protect everybody who works in health care and those who are trying to serve the people who need the most help in our city, each and every day, they come to work to take care of others, and it's our obligation to take care of them,
Landman might hook viewers at first with its all-star cast, but the Texas oil drama starring Billy Bob Thornton, Sam Elliott, and Demi Moore really hits its stride every time the series tackles the real-life dangers of working on an oil rig. Creator Taylor Sheridan first explored the risky job in the season 1 premiere when a pipe explosion shockingly killed three oil patch workers. Ever since then, the Paramount+ series has explored every facet of the hazardous industry.
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
Healthcare is a lifesaving service, which unfortunately makes it the target for attacks. In addition, healthcare workers face a number of risks including violent patients and distraught loved ones. Because of these risks, it's essential that healthcare organizations help protect their employees and guests. Security magazine highlights a few products that can help better secure healthcare facilities. Avigilon Utilizes AI to Search Through Recorded Video
Workers, doctors and lawyers unite in calls for urgent reform to fix a system described as adversarial, outdated and unfair, writes Andrew Klein. The new workplace reality exposes systemic flaws The dramatic shift toward remote work in Australia has created a critical stress test for the nation's workers' compensation systems, revealing fundamental flaws in how workplace injuries are recognised, assessed and compensated.
