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• Two Minnesota Workers Killed in Oil Pipeline Fire

  Jenny Albano | November 29, 2007 7:36 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  Two workers were killed in a fire at a major oil pipeline from Canada on Wednesday, November 28, which then sent oil prices soaring. The workers were trying to fix the underground pipeline when the flames escaped igniting the fire. Residents from the area had to be evacuated from the area because of the thick smoke. The fire burned until the next morningApparently the pipe had leaked a few...

• Charlotte Construction Workers Hurt in Fall

  Shannon Weidemann | November 24, 2007 2:47 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  Two construction workers were hurt in a fall from a scaffolding in Charlotte on Friday. The men were injured in a 20 foot fall. The construction accident happened at a new home that is being built on Lederer Ave. "They were working on the outside of the house when for whatever reason the wooden scaffolding gave way."The workers had non-life threatening injuries and were able to talk to the...

• Cargill Recalls More Ground Beef

  Shannon Weidemann | November 05, 2007 1:00 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Cargill recalled ground beef in early October after reports of four Minnesota children becoming ill after eating the meat. They have now announced a new recall of over 1 million pounds of ground beef that was distributed in 10 states. The recalled meat may be contaminated with E. coli. Cargill learned the meat may be contaminated after the Agriculture Department found a problem with a sample...