Tag: Worker
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Worker Is Crushed by a Robot That Mistook Him for a Box
[ad_1] Police are investigating a horrific incident that occurred in South Korea when a man was crushed to death by an industrial robot that mistook him for a box of vegetables. According to a Korean news agency, the victim, a worker in his 40s, was inspecting the robot’s sensor at a vegetable-packaging plant in South…
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Aldi worker gets engaged while working on the checkout
[ad_1] A supermarket worker was surprised with a wedding proposal during a busy shift on a checkout. Lynne Fuller was putting through trolley-loads of shopping at Aldi’s Inshes store in Inverness when a piper in full Highland dress marched in, followed by her boyfriend Mike Durrant. Mike, who works as a store assistant in the…
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‘Human mistake’ by manufacturer’s worker broke ACT Fire & Rescue’s 42-metre aerial firefighting lift | The Canberra Times
[ad_1] Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra Times in 2018. He is a Legislative Assembly reporter, covering ACT politics and government. He also writes about development, transport, heritage, local history, literature and the arts, as well as contributing to the Times’ Panorama magazine. He was previously a Sunday Canberra Times reporter. Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra…
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Crimes of ‘depraved’ care worker who raped patients and made them eat soil revealed
[ad_1] For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A care worker who raped, sexually abused and filmed grotesque videos of an unknown number of elderly vulnerable women across two care homes has been jailed. Teo-Valentin…
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Enhancing Worker Safety Through Advanced Video Surveillance
[ad_1] Construction sites are bustling hives of activity, a blend of manpower and machinery aimed at building tomorrow’s skyscrapers, homes, or infrastructure. Ensuring the safety of workers within this dynamic environment is an ever-present challenge for construction companies. While helmets, safety harnesses, and caution signs have been the traditional layers of safety, we’re entering a…
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Worker dead in ‘tragic accident’ involving large marble slabs
[ad_1] Article content One person is dead after a workplace incident at an industrial business in northeast Calgary on Tuesday afternoon. First responders, including police, technical rescue crews with the Calgary Fire Department and paramedics, were called to the intersection of Hopewell Place and 27th Street N.E. around 1:30 p.m. Article content “Some marble was…
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Office worker who went on maternity leave for 28 months and refused to return to work has unfair dismissal and discrimination case thrown out
[ad_1] An office worker who lost her job after going on maternity leave for 28 months and refusing to return to work failed to sue her bosses for unfair dismissal and discrimination. Jowita Parsons spent two years and four months out of the office following two successive maternity leaves as well as additional leave for…
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UN envoy links temporary foreign worker program to ‘contemporary forms of slavery’
[ad_1] A United Nations official on Wednesday denounced Canada’s temporary foreign worker program as a “breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery.” Tomoya Obokata, UN special rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, made the comments in Ottawa after spending 14 days in Canada. “I am disturbed by the fact that many migrant workers are exploited…
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Watch: ‘Haynado’ in field captured by farm worker
[ad_1] A farm worker has captured the moment a “haynado” formed in a field. Lee Kimpton, 45, said the phenomena lasted between three and four minutes, as pieces of hay were tossed about 150ft (45.7m) into the air above a field in Leicestershire on Wednesday. “I just nicknamed it as a haynado. It’s quite a…