A UK transport union has lashed out at West Midlands Trains for causing “so much hurt,” after the operator promised staff a bonus for “hard work” during the Covid pandemic, before revealing it was a “phishing simulation test.”

In a Twitter post on Tuesday, Manuel Cortes, general secretary of the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA)…

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the 2019 National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries showing that refuse and recyclable materials collectors had the 6th deadliest occupation in the United States. This is a slight improvement from being 5th on the list, where it has been for the past several years.…

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A passenger bus on the road between Deir ez-Zor and Palmyra came under attack by terrorists, resulting in the death of at least 25 people on board, reported the Syrian state news agency SANA. Another 13 people were injured.

The attack took place on Wednesday afternoon local time, near the town of Kobajjep (Kabajeb), about 50 kilometers along…

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A couple has been rescued after spending two hours submerged in their car on Christmas eve.

Emergency crews were called after the unnamed man and woman got into trouble in Norfolk on 24 December as the country braced for Storm Bella.

Footage online showed rescuers pulling the couple from the vehicle when they arrived at…

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Air Canada flight makes unscheduled landing after pilots forced to shut down one engine.

A Boeing 737-8 MAX was forced to make an unscheduled landing and have one engine shut down after it ran into issues.

The Air Canada service from Arizona to Montreal was diverted shortly after take-off on 22 December.

In a statement, the airline said the…

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Train carrying crude oil derails & catches fire, triggering evacuations in Custer, Washington.

Residents in Whatcom County, Washington have been ordered to evacuate after a train carrying a load of crude oil derailed and caught fire, with local authorities clearing anyone within a half-mile of the crash site.

The derailment late on Tuesday…

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The operator of a very large Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground off Mauritius in the Indian Ocean in late July was the result of the crew seeking better cell phone reception, according to Reuters news agency.

Japan’s Nagashiki Shipping released a statement Friday that said the crew of the MV Wakashio, a nearly 300-meter Cape Size bulk…

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An Irish man has been sentenced to two months in prison for failing to wear a face mask on a bus while traveling to his uncle’s funeral despite claiming he was medically exempt.Andrew Heasman was traveling from Dublin to Knock in the Republic of Ireland on July 14 to lay his relative to rest when he was asked by a bus driver to wear his mask… Read more

Doyle Shipping Group has been fined €850,000 after a worker was fatally crushed by a vertical stanchion.

At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, Judge Pauline Codd imposed a fine of €850,000 on Doyle Shipping Group following an incident at their Dublin Port premises on 6 June 2018.

The company pleaded guilty to Section 8(2)(a) of the Safety, Health…

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It’s that time of the year when we have to contend with a rise in morons thinking they can drink and drive. These selfish people kill and maim people every year for their desire to drink alcohol, cut through the BS excuses, there is no defence for drink driving!

On Twitter, Norfolk Special Constabulary said: “Yesterday on the late shift SC Bennet…

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Twelve people died at the scene and five more in hospital after a bus plunged off an overpass in Brazil onto railway tracks below. The driver of the bus jumped out and fled the scene, police said.

The incident on Friday shut off a portion of route BR-381 in João Monlevade, a municipality in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, about 100…

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At least 41 people have died as a result of a crash involving a bus and a truck in Brazil. The Military Police have reported many more are injured following the collision, which happened in Sao Paulo state early on Wednesday.

The two vehicles collided on a highway between Taguaí and Taquarituba, in the region of Avaré, some 350 kilometers from…

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A and D Logistics Limited, a national logistics haulier, has been fined after a worker suffered flash burn injuries when there was an explosion as he opened the door of a container.

On 7 January 2019, a team leader was requested by a member of the management team to dry out condensation from the office accommodation container. The custom…

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The UK government is proposing that from next year, it could become illegal for anyone to pick up and use their mobile phone while driving, putting an end a loophole that can allow drivers to escape punishment for using a hand-held phone to take a photo or play a game.

A consultation has been launched, proposing expanding the use mobile…

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A transport company has been fined after a worker was fatally injured when the pallet of stone tiles which he was attempting to deliver fell onto him.

An agency driver was carrying out a delivery for Reason Transport UK Limited at Fraser Road, High Wycombe. The driver was delivering a pallet of stone tiles using a tail-lift and a manual…

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Europe’s aviation regulator has declared Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft safe to fly after it was grounded in March 2019 following two accidents that left 346 people dead.

Patrick Ky, executive director of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, Friday that he’s satisfied with the changes Boeing has made to the aircraft, adding that the aircraft…

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Energy safety Canada have reported that a truck driver crashed after he was overcome by carbon monoxide.

Shortly after a fuel leak on a semi-trailer truck was repaired at a dealership, the driver noticed it was leaking again.

While en route to the dealership to get it fixed, the driver was unaware that fuel was leaking on the exhaust…

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At around 20:00 hrs on 14 December 2019, a train driver became trapped between two trains in the yard at Tyseley maintenance depot, Birmingham. The driver received fatal injuries as a result.

The driver became trapped because he was passing between two closely-spaced trains when one of the trains was moved towards the other as part of a…

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The UK Health and Safety Executive have investigated several serious incidents involving air suspension systems on vehicles. The two main causes are collapse of inadequately supported vehicles and unintended rupture or release of components from the air suspension system.

Vehicles are commonly fitted with air suspension, including buses…

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There were 36,560 people killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes on U.S. roadways during 2018, a 2.4-percent decrease from 37,473 in 2017, which came after a 0.9- percent decrease from 2016 to 2017.

Prior to 2016 there were two back-to-back yearly increases of 8.4 percent and 6.5 percent, respectively. Fatalities decreased from 2017 to 2018…

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One person was treated for smoke inhalation after a Union Pacific train derailed and caught fire on a bridge over Tempe Town Lake in Arizona.

Plumes of black smoke could be seen rising into the sky beneath a trail of flames on video and images from the site of the derailment, where part of the bridge collapsed.

The train was hauling…

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