Safety Lapse Is Suggested in Fatal Blast at Test Site
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The employees who were killed in a blast at a California spaceship company were not given effective training on the hazards in their work area, according to a new report.
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The use of a cutting torch and flawed construction of a safety barrier caused a May 20 explosion at an eastern Kentucky coal mine that killed five miners, a state investigation has concluded.
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Two workers were killed and 14  were injured when a blast tore apart a scrap metal plant in  eastern Oklahoma and rattled windows up to 55 miles away,  officials said on Wednesday.
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has concluded that it is unlikely significant amounts of radiation would be released in a deliberate crash of a jetliner into a nuclear power plant, but that engineering tests have not entirely ruled out the possibility of radioactive releases.
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Boston drivers may be facing weeks of detours as engineers work to resolve safety problems in a section of the Big Dig tunnel system where a woman died when concrete ceiling panels collapsed on her car.
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BAGHDAD The US military was conducting an investigation Wednesday into the cause of a devastating blast the day before at a base in northern Iraq that killed 22 people and injured 72 in one of the deadliest attacks on US troops since the start of the war.
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The final death toll from a coal mine explosion in central China is likely to rise from 56 to 148, as those still trapped have little chance of survival, an official in charge of work safety says.
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A nuclear plant hit by an earthquake may not be able to reopen for more than a year, Japanese reports say.
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A small explosion was heard near a U.S. military base in Japan but there were no reports of injuries, a police spokesman said early on Tuesday.
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By Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Sep. 20--One of the most egregious pieces of unfinished business from 9/11 is the continuing vulnerability of chemical plants to terrorist attack.
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The first bomb fatality in one of the U.S. Armyâs new armored vehicles has raised questions on its design.
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The scene was hosed down before investigators could gather material. Was it government complicity or incompetence?
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A deadly explosion in the Philippines was probably not a bomb attack as first feared, police say.
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TEHRAN -- An explosion in a southern city some 110 miles from a nuclear facility sparked fears yesterday of a missile attack, and Iranian authorities gave conflicting explanations for the blast, including friendly fire in a military area and construction work.
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City officials said today that it is unlikely that anyone will have long-term health effects from exposure following the explosion in Midtown yesterday.
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By Andrew O Selsky Associated Press  VIEQUES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Puerto Rico - One misstep on this former U.S. Navy bombing range can be fatal.
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The death toll from an explosion at a coal mine in central China has risen to 33 with six injured, as authorities announced plans for an inspection drive in a bid to improve shockingly low safety standards in the nation's mines.