Tag: workplace safety
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NSW Prisons Go into Lockdown as Guards Walk Off Over Bashing Incident
Overview: Lockdown and Staffing Crisis in NSW Prisons Prisons across New South Wales swelled with the tension of a sudden staffing crisis as thousands of corrections officers walked off the job in protest after a violent bashing incident. The mass walkout forced authorities to declare lockdowns and mobilize emergency management with a skeleton crew essential…
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Tragic Underground Mine Explosion Claims Two Lives in Cobar, NSW
Overview of the Incident A two-people fatality incident occurred after an underground explosion at a mine located on Endeavour Mine Road in Cobar, a town in western New South Wales about 450 kilometres east of Broken Hill. Emergency services were alerted around 3:45am, responding to reports that two workers had been critically injured in a…
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Two Dead After Underground Mine Explosion in Cobar, NSW
Two Dead After Underground Mine Explosion in Cobar, NSW A man and a woman have died following an explosion at an underground mine in Cobar, located in western New South Wales. Emergency services were alerted to the incident at about 3:45am local time, after reports that two workers had sustained critical injuries in a workplace…
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Zoo Worker’s Grief: Court Hears Premeditated Murder at Canberra National Zoo
Jurors Hear Premeditation in Canberra Zoo Murder The ACT Supreme Court has been told that the brutal stabbing murder of a woman at Canberra’s National Zoo and Aquarium last December was premeditated and planned, a finding that could shape the sentencing hearing underway for the accused. Jude Wijesinghe, 31, pleaded guilty in July to the…
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Gas Explosion at Toronto Construction Site Sends 7 to Hospital
Overview of the Incident Seven construction workers were hospitalized after a gas explosion early Tuesday at a high-rise project in Toronto. Police and emergency crews responded to reports of an explosion around 9:15 a.m. at a building under construction near Esther Shiner Boulevard and Provost Drive. Initial assessments by firefighters indicated no active blaze, but…
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TUCP Solon Urges Companies to Ramp Up Earthquake Drills for Safer Workplaces
Increased Earthquake Readiness: A Call for Regular Workplace Drills Amid a string of powerful earthquakes that rattled various parts of the Philippines, a House deputy speaker has urged private companies to make earthquake preparedness a routine part of work life. Representative Raymond Democrito Mendoza of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines party-list says holding…
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TUCP solon urges companies to hold more earthquake drills to prep employees
TUCP solon advocates more frequent earthquake drills in the workplace In response to a string of powerful earthquakes across the Philippines, a House deputy speaker and Trade Union Congress of the Philippines party-list representative, Rep. Raymond Democrito Mendoza, called on companies to make earthquake drills a regular habit. He argued that repeated practice builds workers’…
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16 Dead in Tennessee Explosives Plant Blast: Community Reels as Investigations Begin
Terrifying Blast Levels Explosives Plant in rural Tennessee A powerful explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems, a facility that processes and researches military explosives, leveled buildings and sent shockwaves across miles in the rural countryside of McEwen, Tennessee. By early Friday, authorities reported that 16 people were dead and there were no known survivors. The scene…
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17 Workplace Deaths in H1 2025; Vehicular Incidents Remain Top Cause
Singapore reports 17 workplace deaths in the first half of 2025 Singapore recorded 17 fatalities from workplace injuries in the first six months of 2025, a slight drop from 19 in the same period of 2024. Vehicular incidents continued to be the leading cause of death, with nine fatalities in the first half of 2025,…
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Singapore workplace deaths 2025: Vehicular top cause
Half-year workplace fatalities in Singapore 2025 Seventeen people died from injuries sustained at work in the first half of 2025, a slight decrease from 19 in the same period of 2024. Like in 2024, vehicular incidents were the leading cause of death, accounting for nine fatalities in the first six months of 2025, compared with…