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1. Above and beyond a day's work: Waste Management driver helps injured dirt biker | News

   Jonas Molina was driving away from the county landfill in late April, when something caught his eye. By the time the evening was over, ...

2. Man with knife shot, killed after charging METRO officers at southeast Houston bus stop, agency says

   METRO says an employee spotted a person holding a knife near Park Place Boulevard and Findlay Street; HPD now leading investigation. Christian ...

3. Construction worker hospitalized after fall at Madison site - The Daily Reporter

   The fire department described the man's injuries as non-life threatening. No one else was injured, but firefighters stayed on scene to deal with ...

4. Dunedin robotics company charged over worker's death - Stuff

   ... workers. It claimed the company failed to “comply with that duty, and that failure exposed workers to a risk of death or serious injury”. The ...

5. At least eight killed, 35 injured as train hits bus in Bangkok | News - Al Jazeera

   Images from the scene showed dozens of emergency workers and onlookers crowding onto the streets surrounding the collision, as smoke billowed from the ...

6. Firefighter dead, at least 10 injured after explosion at Searsmont lumber mill - WBFF

   It was reported to be a mass casualty event. (Thorndike Fire Dept.) A co-owner of the Robbins Lumber Inc. says all mill employees are accounted for.

7. Another Naftogaz worker injured in 5 May Russian attack on Poltava Oblast dies in hospital

   59-year-old Naftogaz employee Serhii Klymenko has died from his injuries. The death toll from the attack has risen to four.

8. Oregon man impersonating utility worker tases 25-year-old woman in brutal kidnap attempt

   Officers using a police dog found Aranda injured and hiding in a nearby bush, pulled him out and arrested him. Police said the woman Aranda tried ...

9. Three workers killed, two injured in Sarlahi brick kiln wall collapse - The Himalayan Times

   Three workers were killed and two others seriously injured after a brick kiln wall collapsed in Haripur Municipality–5, Majurwa, in Sarlahi ...

10. Driver of big-rig involved in fatal crash sues worker's employer in Bowie County court

    TEXARKANA, Texas -- The parents of a construction worker killed in an Interstate 30 work zone have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the ...