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Mall of America Zip Line Reopens After Accident

A new zip line attraction has reopened at the Mall of America after an employee was injured while working on it. A mall statement says the employee was injured by a piece of equipment on the east platform of the …

Dallas Super Bowl Injury Trial Set to Begin This Week

A worker who filed suit after he was injured by ice and snow falling from the roof of Cowboys Stadium during the week before the 2011 Super Bowl heads to court this week. Severin Sampson contends in his Dallas County …

One Worker Injured in Pennsylvania Roof Collapse

A man working on a suburban Philadelphia construction site is reported injured after a collapse of wooden roof trusses of a building under construction. The collapse happened around 9 a.m. Thursday at the site of a commercial building that’s under …

Indiana Judge Dismisses Unions From Burned Man’s Suit

An eastern Indiana judge has dismissed two unions from a lawsuit that was filed by a man badly burned when he fell into a tank of chemicals heated to about 200 degrees. The Wayne Circuit Court judge dismissed Teamsters Local …

Washington Lumber Company Fined After Worker Injured

State regulators have fined a south-central Washington lumber company more than $244,000 for dozens of safety and health violations after a worker got caught in machinery and was seriously hurt. The SDS Lumber Co. of Bingen has appealed the citations …

Worker on New Hampshire-Maine Bridge Suffers Leg Injury

Firefighters say a man working the center span of a new bridge that will connect New Hampshire and Maine suffered a serious injury when a 40-foot-long steel beam struck in him the leg. Portsmouth Fire Capt. Mike Hogan said it …

California Regulators Seek Fine After Disneyland Accident

State regulators want to fine Disney nearly $235,000 for violating safety regulations after a worker was injured at the Space Mountain ride. The Orange County Register says fines are being proposed by the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health. …