6 posts and columns on accident

Third Foxconn Worker Dies Due to Explosion, Apparently Caused by “Combustible Dust”

in News on May 22, 2011 at 10:54 am PT

A third worker has died from an explosion at a Foxconn plant in China that makes Apple products, the contract manufacturer said on Sunday. The company said it us still investigating the blast, but said initial findings suggest “that the accident was caused by an explosion of combustible dust in a duct.”
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Viral Video: "Another Earth" (Another Life?)

in News on April 27, 2011 at 12:37 am PT

For anyone who loves the idea of a doppelgänger–someone out there who is you except different–this trailer for much-anticipated indie film, “Another Earth,” is for you. It’s about astrophysics and accidents and aliens and alienation, on the occasion of the “discovery of a duplicate planet in the solar system.”

Viral Video: "Wrecked"

in News on October 22, 2010 at 1:21 am PT

Okay, this is a freaky Friday video–a trailer for the upcoming movie “Wrecked,” starring Adrien Brody. He wakes up after a car accident at the bottom of a ravine in the deep forest and has no idea how he got there. Also, there are lots of dead people with him. Really freaky.

Amazon Apologizes for “Ham-fisted Cataloging Error”

in Media on April 13, 2009 at 5:31 pm PT

Amazon won’t come out and say exactly what happened to it sales-ranking system over the past few days. But it is sorry, and it would like the Web and its customers to know that it wasn’t singling out books aimed at gays and lesbians.
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Suntech: Some Workers Hurt in Plant Accident

in News on December 3, 2008 at 4:27 am PT

Several of Suntech’s employees were injures at its plant in Wuxi, China, on Nov. 28–it’s unclear how many and to what extent, though. Research firm Wedge Partners reported that one worker was killed and seven injured in an explosion on a cell-diffusion line. Hours later, the company issued an announcement stating that seven of its workers were hurt, but said nothing about either an explosion or a fatality. It remains unclear exactly what happened.

Trn Eng Txting Scnds B4 Crsh

in News on October 2, 2008 at 9:42 am PT

You’d think that with all the text messaging bans and new hands-free cellphone usage laws being adopted these days a motorist would know better than to text while driving, especially if that motorist also happens to be a commuter train engineer. Tragically, that’s not the case.