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1. MTA updates track-worker safety rules after flagger killed by subway train

   Weeks after a track worker was killed on the job, the MTA is trying to change how work crews get to their job site, as an additional safety ...

2. Police find vehicle allegedly tied to Emmet County hit-and-run that injured worker

   A construction worker was struck in a hit-and-run in Emmet County, prompting road closures on US-31.

3. Worker injured in fall at Nanaimo cancer centre site - Victoria Times Colonist

   A worker at the four-storey cancer-care centre under construction in Nanaimo was hospitalized after a fall Wednesday.

4. Contractor hurt inside Las Vegas Boring Company tunnel

   Clark County firefighters respond after a worker was injured operating equipment in a tunnel near the Las Vegas Strip.... worker's injuries.

5. El Palacio de los Jugos restaurant in SW Miami-Dade remains closed after SUV crash that ...

   El Palacio de los Jugos restaurant in SW Miami-Dade remains closed after SUV crash that injured driver and 2 employees. By Jayme Berezdivin.

6. Worker flown to hospital with critical injuries after being electrocuted, falling from ladder in Woodstock

   A worker was flown to the hospital with critical injuries after he was electrocuted and fell from a ladder at a store under construction in ...

7. No injuries following gas line rupture - KNOE

   No people were injured, he said. The police department... FILE - Workers assemble Ford trucks at the Ford Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Ky ...

8. Fergus Falls Walmart honors employee killed in fatal Otter Tail County crash

   Walmart said 51-year-old Basro Abokar was “a valued part of our team.”

9. Postal workers seek justice after woman killed in hit-and-run crash on Chicago's South Side

   Postal workers are seeking justice after Churone Walls was killed in an ATV crash near 79th Street in Auburn Gresham; Darryl Short was charged.

10. Smithfield employees exposed to amputation risks, dangerous chemicals: OSHA records

    Records do not indicate whether employees suffered injuries related to any of the listed violations. Since July, the plant has experienced issues ...