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Flooding trapped 16 coal miners in northeastern China on Saturday, while the death toll from a gas blast at another mine rose to 10.
Steve Roe’s catalogue of self-induced injuries reads like something out of The Spanish Inquisition Handbook: fractured skull, torn rotator cuff, shattered fingers, broken wrists, fractured elbows, torn muscles, sulfuric acid burns, self-stabbings, multiple broken noses and, as of last month, a ruptured tendon in his ankle.
The United Nations urged governments around the world to require bicycle helmets, swimming-pool fencing and other measures to stop preventable accidents that kill hundreds of thousands of children each year.
A Fourth of July fireworks shell misfired in a northern Iowa town, sending a fireball skidding down a street into a crowd of spectators and injuring 37 people, officials said Saturday.
Beware: Puttering around on golf carts can be hazardous to your health.
A dump truck spilled a load of mud inside a traffic tunnel, causing a chain-reaction crash of 23 vehicles on Friday in suburban New Orleans. Eighteen people were taken to hospitals, including a woman in labor.
No one died during 2007 in accidents among larger scheduled U.S. airlines and smaller commuter aircraft, and deaths in private plane accidents dropped to 491, their lowest total in more than 40 years, the government reported Wednesday.
At least 27 Chinese miners were missing in two separate accidents concealed by mine owners in northeastern Heilongjiang province, a state-run news agency reported Wednesday.
A five-year campaign to improve China's notoriously deadly industrial safety record is seeing results, with accidental deaths falling by 13.9 percent in the first ten months of this year, the country's top safety official said Monday.
After clocks are turned back this weekend, pedestrians walking during the evening rush hour are nearly three times more likely to be struck and killed by cars than before the time change, two scientists calculate. Ending daylight saving time translates into about 37 more U.S. pedestrian deaths around 6 p.m. in November compared to October, the researchers report.
Catherine Hartman is familiar with the concrete barrier where a bus carrying a baseball team from a small Ohio college crashed last week. Five years ago, she and her husband were in an accident at the same spot after she mistook the exit ramp for a commuter lane.
Minister calls for passive accident onlookers to be shocked into actionThose who gawk at accidents without helping the victims should be shocked out of their inaction by being shown photographs of accidents and those hurt in them, according to Schleswig-Holstein's interior minister Klaus Schlie.
Whiskey Tanker OverturnsWe're told the tanker was filled with 7,000 gallons of Canadian whiskey and was on it's way to the Jim Beam distillery in Frankfort. I certainly hope no one was hurt. I wonder if they need volunteers to help with the cleanup?? - H2
5 Things Never to Say to Your Insurers"Some words are red flags to insurers and using them could mean that your claim might be delayed or even denied."
Pesticides Likely Caused Infant's DeathANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. -- Investigators in Anderson County are trying to determine if pesticides caused the death of a baby.
Driven to Distraction - Britain Sets Tough New Laws for Texting While DrivingOXFORD, England — Inside the imposing British Crown Court here, Phillipa Curtis, 22, and her parents cried as she was remanded for 21 months to a high-security women's prison, for killing someone much like herself.
Bay Bridge: C.C. Myers Backtracks On Blame Against CaltransSACRAMENTO, Calif. -- C.C. Myers and his namesake construction company backtracked Thursday afternoon after he blamed the California Department of Transportation for a flawed design on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
93-year-old Peabody driver arraigned in Wal-Mart crashThe mother of a 1-year-old girl who was seriously injured when a car plowed into a Danvers Wal-Mart in June looked on yesterday as the elderly driver pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on negligence charges.
For most of us, our daily routines include an early morning commute to work as well as an equally long commute home. Some of us have long trips, some short. Some of us travel my car, others via public transportation (or a combination of the two).
Schoolgirl lost fingers in plaster-of-Paris art lesson A school was ordered to pay £19,000 today after a 16-year-old girl lost most of her fingers when she put her hands in a bucket of plaster of Paris during a school art lesson.
Environmental work boosts fears of bird strikes at Teterboro airportA massive project to restore a wildlife habitat in the Meadowlands has raised fears of increased bird strikes at nearby Teterboro Airport, which already has the highest rate of hits in the region.
There's another article on Newsvine where the Florida State Supreme Court has ruled that dogs are possession and not covered by malpractice laws as it pertains to recovering emotional damage if your vet makes a mistake and your dog dies. I think that wrong.
Strict Rules from Parents Lead to Safer-driving Teens"Two studies coming out in the journal Pediatrics . . . show that parents have a big impact on the safety of teen drivers."
Firey crash of SUV that killed 3 people was stopped earlier by cops on suspicion of drunk drivingA Lincoln Navigator that was involved in the firey death of its 3 occupants was the same car, that was stopped 3 hours earlier. The officer determined they had all been drinking but arrested only the driver and turned the vehicle over to one of the passengers.
Nationwide Warnings of Faulty Transit SensorWASHINGTON — Federal safety officials warned city transit systems nationwide on Tuesday about a dangerous flaw that may fool safety systems into indicating that a track is empty when it is actually occupied.
Tractor-trailer hauling 88 cattle wrecks in Roanoke Co.A tractor-trailer carrying almost 100 cows wrecked around 7 a.m. today in the 4200 block of Jae Valley Road (Virginia 116) in Roanoke County, near the Franklin County line. Both lanes of Va. 116 are expected to be closed until at least 6 p.m. to finish the cleanup.
Imperial man shoots himself in the head while teaching firearms safetyAn Imperial man is dead after accidentally shooting himself in the head while teaching his girlfriend firearms safety.
Monday accidents blamed on hangovers More domestic accidents happen on a Monday as people recover from heavy weekend of drinking or staying up late, according to new research.
Small Plane Crashes In Lebanon CountyA small plane crashed in Fredericksburg, Lebanon County, this afternoon, according to county officials.
Fresno Boy inside Stolen Car during High Speed Chase A quick trip to a convenience store turned into a nightmare for a Fresno couple when their pickup was stolen while their 8-year-old grandson was in the back seat.
Crews Respond To Crash Near Seaside High SchoolSAND CITY, Calif. -- Emergency crews are responding to a crash on Highway 1 near Seaside High School that involves at least four vehicles.
Arizona: Peoria Cameras Increased AccidentsThe number of traffic accidents doubled at locations where red light cameras were installed in Peoria, Arizona, according to data released last week at a city council study session.
Poor Literacy Costing WorkplacesPoor literacy among workers has become both a serious productivity and safety issue, causing accidents and costing the economy millions.
Driven to Distraction - Video on Teenagers Texting While Driving Gains Web AudienceThe Gwent Police Department produced a film on the subject to be shown in Welsh schools this fall. And with zero promotion by the police, a gory, explicit four-minute excerpt from the film went viral and has been viewed more than four million times on YouTube and other sites.
Gauging Your Distraction [An NYT Interactive Feature Emulating Texting While Driving]I know I'm way late but I just saw this. Try it. Unfortunately, you don't crash and die if you fail to hit the right gate.
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