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Archive for October 18th, 2007

Mine Accident in South Africa Kills One, Closes Mine

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

After the death of a miner at South Africa’s deepest platinum mine owned by Northam Platinum, underground operations were stopped.

This death is the 19th miner to die in South Africa in the past three weeks.

For the rest of the information from The Times, see:

http://www.thetimes.co.za/aboutus/Default.aspx

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Seven Treated for Injuries After Crane Drops Load on Busy New York Street

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

Reuters reports that a crane dropped a container of debris from the 53rd floor of a signature skyscraper under construction. After the accident, four construction workers and three pedestrians were treated for minor injuries. For more info see:

http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN17375474

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Aircraft Operators Ask for Improved Root Cause Analysis of Failure

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

A 1998 failure of the nose wheel steering actuator is at the cetre of a contoversy around Lockheed’s Jetstar corporate aircraft. For more information see:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/10/16/218275/jetstar-operators-want-ntsb-to-investigate-lockheed.html

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Interesting Article on Patient Safety Improvement

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

Health Now Wp-Content Karl Outsideor Jump


See:
http://hscweb3.hsc.usf.edu/health/now/?p=272

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