Safetyman Academy | General Safety | Activity https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/ Activity feed for the group, General Safety. Mon, 27 Jan 2025 21:21:38 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.7.80 en-GB 30 hourly 2 6a22a17c212d45f345c3ce23d95f1b9e Nigel started the discussion California appeals court, Amazon responsible for third party sellers’ products in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/california-appeals-court-amazon-responsible-for-third-party-sellers-products/ Mon, 03 May 2021 08:25:40 +0100 California appeals court, Amazon responsible for third party sellers’ products

An appeals court in California has ruled that Amazon can be held liable for products sold through its marketplace by a third-party seller, the Los Angeles Times reported. It’s the second major case in California where an appeals court has rejected Amazon’s long-held position that it is merely an intermediary between buyers and its third-party… Read more

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a55e8207fe2feb0060d03f1ad1400b46 Nigel started the discussion What is really happening to our children's mental health to have caused this in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/what-is-really-happening-to-our-childrens-mental-health-to-have-caused-this/ Sat, 03 Apr 2021 04:12:21 +0100 What is really happening to our children's mental health to have caused this

A teacher from Cheshire England has been awarded a payout of £155,000 following an attack by a pupil, whom she asked to get back to work. The teacher suffered severe injuries during the incident, according to the NASUWT teaching union.

The incident was publicized by the union on Friday, when it released a report on the compensation it had…

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03078e2de0ff2d615498ddb81b3e9245 Nigel started the discussion 14 people arrested in Denmark and Germany over terrorist plot in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/14-people-arrested-in-denmark-and-germany-over-terrorist-plot/ Fri, 12 Feb 2021 15:50:03 +0000 14 people arrested in Denmark and Germany over terrorist plot

13 people have been arrested in Denmark over the past few days in connection with a suspected terrorist plot. They are believed to have been preparing attacks either in Denmark or Germany, where one person has also been arrested.

Danish security authorities provided updates on the alleged terrorist plot during a press conference on…

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a8e5d98a735660d5ef47a88619ac42a9 Nigel started the discussion Ethiopia’s former FM among three Tigray leaders killed in crackdown on region in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/ethiopias-former-fm-among-three-tigray-leaders-killed-in-crackdown-on-region/ Thu, 14 Jan 2021 12:56:38 +0000 Ethiopia’s former FM among three Tigray leaders killed in crackdown on region

Former foreign minister of Ethiopia Seyoum Mesfin was among the three leaders killed by government forces in the ongoing crackdown on the northern region of Tigray, which the authorities in Addis Ababa accused of insurrection.

Seyoum, Abay Tsehaye, Asmelash Woldeselassie and Colonel Kiros Hagos were killed “in fire exchanges undertaken with the…

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8e5547edfc0cff930a1891c686fc54a8 Nigel started the discussion Honduran president wanted to ‘shove drugs right up the noses of gringos,’ in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/honduran-president-wanted-to-shove-drugs-right-up-the-noses-of-gringos/ Sun, 10 Jan 2021 19:12:28 +0000 Honduran president wanted to ‘shove drugs right up the noses of gringos,’

Motions have been filed by US federal prosecutors alleging that the president of Honduras took bribes from drug lords and has even sent in the country’s military to guard a cocaine laboratory.

The motions were filed on Friday with the southern district of New York against Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez, a suspected drug trafficker from Honduras.…

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815649e3cbbeeaa33e3d93094b9da70e Nigel started the discussion Pittsburgh police investigate 2 explosions less than 2 hours apart in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/pittsburgh-police-investigate-2-explosions-less-than-2-hours-apart/ Mon, 04 Jan 2021 16:51:08 +0000 Pittsburgh police investigate 2 explosions less than 2 hours apart

Police in Pennsylvania are investigating two explosions that occurred less than two hours apart on Sunday night.

Pittsburgh police said the first incident occurred in the 3600 block of Penn Avenue at around 9:30 p.m. Security footage showed an incendiary device thrown from a white pickup truck, according to police.

Shortly after, a second…

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c226c56dd2e8e5709c2d3fa7b1816fca John Johnson started the discussion Shootout at Virginia Walmart injures three, including a deputy in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/shootout-at-virginia-walmart-injures-three-including-a-deputy/ Sun, 03 Jan 2021 17:18:49 +0000 Shootout at Virginia Walmart injures three, including a deputy

Three people, including a sheriff’s deputy, were injured Saturday in a shootout at a Walmart in Virginia, authorities said.

The deputy, who was not identified, and two Walmart security employees were hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman said at a news conference.

The suspect,…

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a8b246446a47eae54f8f991af03b5fe7 John Johnson started the discussion IS gunmen kill 11 minority Shiite coal miners in SW Pakistan in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/is-gunmen-kill-11-minority-shiite-coal-miners-in-sw-pakistan/ Sun, 03 Jan 2021 17:12:56 +0000 IS gunmen kill 11 minority Shiite coal miners in SW Pakistan

Gunmen opened fire on a group of minority Shiite Hazara coal miners after abducting them, killing 11 in southwestern Baluchistan province early Sunday, a Pakistani official said.

The Islamic State group later claimed responsibility for the attack.

Moazzam Ali Jatoi, an official with the Levies Force, which serves as police and paramilitary in…

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a4201dcbed76b4b7225cd96aa750b7d6 Nigel started the discussion 2019 figures show the worst year for fatalities in the workplace in the USA in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/2019-figures-show-the-worst-year-for-fatalities-in-the-workplace-in-the-usa/ Thu, 31 Dec 2020 16:21:25 +0000 2019 figures show the worst year for fatalities in the workplace in the USA

2019 was unfortunately a record-setting year with fatal work injuries the highest they’ve been in more than a decade, and several other measures were at all-time highs, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), part of the BLS, tracks all fatal work injuries in the United…

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74738cd2612017b0e1e375431a94e8ff John Johnson started the discussion Second explosion heard near presidential palace in Yemen’s Aden in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/second-explosion-heard-near-presidential-palace-in-yemens-aden/ Wed, 30 Dec 2020 20:49:53 +0000 Second explosion heard near presidential palace in Yemen’s Aden

Local news have reported yet another explosion in Yemen, this time near the presidential palace, to which the new cabinet fled following the blast at Aden airport.

Yemen’s new government was transferred to the palace right after an explosion disrupted their arrival to Aden airport earlier today. It occurred as the officials were arriving to Aden…

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7abe8037608fa2570136b64d9f034a56 John Johnson started the discussion East Ham stabbing: Murder probe after man, 28, killed in broad daylight in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/east-ham-stabbing-murder-probe-after-man-28-killed-in-broad-daylight/ Wed, 30 Dec 2020 08:06:21 +0000 East Ham stabbing: Murder probe after man, 28, killed in broad daylight

A young man has been stabbed to death in a broad daylight attack in east London.

Emergency services rushed to Stondon Walk, East Ham, just before 3.30pm on Tuesday following reports of a man being assaulted.

There, they found a 28-year-old man suffering knife wounds.

Despite the efforts of paramedics he was pronounced dead at the scene.

His next…

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8e6f3c32457e32b27e25162c0ae48af9 Mohammed Alhada started the discussion Authorities employ WRESTLER thugs to enforce mask wearing in public in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/authorities-employ-wrestler-thugs-to-enforce-mask-wearing-in-public/ Thu, 24 Dec 2020 16:49:13 +0000 Authorities employ WRESTLER thugs to enforce mask wearing in public

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and health authorities in Irapuato, central Mexico, took this advice to the extreme, by deploying a gang of ‘lucha libre’ fighters to enforce public mask wearing.

In an apparent bid to enforce extreme compliance with mask wearing rules in public, authorities in the central Mexican city of over…

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6ce99914b5238d7c647bdcf654d4e517 Nigel started the discussion Glowing opportunity: Japan to pay citizens $19k to live next to Fukushima in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/glowing-opportunity-japan-to-pay-citizens-19k-to-live-next-to-fukushima/ Fri, 18 Dec 2020 16:29:20 +0000 Glowing opportunity: Japan to pay citizens $19k to live next to Fukushima

The Japanese government has taken an unprecedented step to revive areas near the Fukushima power plant, offering hefty sums of money to those agreeing to move there. There’s a catch though – they’ll have to stay for five years.

The repopulation program, aimed at 12 municipalities surrounding the nuclear plant that were crippled during the…

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5e5a3386bb2507176bf86990c2a31e4e John Johnson started the discussion Japan’s ‘Twitter killer’, preyed on users sharing suicidal thoughts online in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/japans-twitter-killer-preyed-on-users-sharing-suicidal-thoughts-online/ Tue, 15 Dec 2020 15:39:07 +0000 Japan’s ‘Twitter killer’, preyed on users sharing suicidal thoughts online

A court in Tokyo has sentenced a serial murderer, known as the ‘Twitter killer’ in Japan, to be executed. He picked his victims on social media, targeting girls with suicidal thoughts, and kept their dismembered bodies at home.

Takahiro Shiraishi, 30, was found guilty of a series of grisly crimes he committed over the course of three terrifying…

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ca7f8b4645dab08d25d360d5bd10c2d7 Nigel started the discussion NYPD SHOOT ARMED SUSPECT AT CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE DEVINE in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/nypd-shoot-armed-suspect-at-cathedral-church-of-st-john-the-devine/ Mon, 14 Dec 2020 11:09:54 +0000 NYPD SHOOT ARMED SUSPECT AT CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE DEVINE

Video has emerged that showed the moment an armed gunman was fatally shot by the NYPD on Sunday after he opened fire during a Christmas concert outside a church in New York City.

The video, which was about four minutes long, was posted on Facebook by a person who attended the outdoor concert with his family at the Cathedral Church of St John…

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91dd5acfddc232f7c7e405e4d05ffbc7 Mohammed Alhada started the discussion Sickly Bill Clinton reportedly ‘petrified’ Hillary will seek a divorce in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/sickly-bill-clinton-reportedly-petrified-hillary-will-seek-a-divorce/ Thu, 10 Dec 2020 10:13:03 +0000 Sickly Bill Clinton reportedly ‘petrified’ Hillary will seek a divorce

Sickly Bill Clinton reportedly ‘petrified’ Hillary will seek divorce over claims he visited Epstein’s ‘paedophile island’ She knew he was friends with and staying with the paedophile and said nothing, she is a guilty as he is, they should both be jailed!

A frail Bill Clinton is reportedly spending his days sitting in front of the TV,…

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49ce60f343ca34e6ae84746106c963be Mohammed Alhada started the discussion Cheering Albanians torch Christmas tree amid fiery protests in capital in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/cheering-albanians-torch-christmas-tree-amid-fiery-protests-in-capital/ Thu, 10 Dec 2020 09:28:05 +0000 Cheering Albanians torch Christmas tree amid fiery protests in capital

Cheering Albanians torch Christmas tree amid fiery protests in capital over police killing of Covid curfew-breaker. What is the matter with the police around the world now, they now act like Nazi oppressors towards the people yet want us to support them.

A crowd of protesters cheered the destruction of a huge Christmas tree in the Albanian…

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478e3af64ecf5fec6790be81b07c9426 John Johnson started the discussion MASSIVE blaze, EXPLOSIONS at gas plant near shopping mall in El Salvador in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/massive-blaze-explosions-at-gas-plant-near-shopping-mall-in-el-salvador/ Sun, 06 Dec 2020 16:58:08 +0000 MASSIVE blaze, EXPLOSIONS at gas plant near shopping mall in El Salvador

A gas plant just outside the country’s capital San Salvador went up in flames on Saturday afternoon. Videos and photos of the blaze quickly surfaced on social media. There have been no reports of any victims or injuries.

A massive fire combined with explosions has been filmed near the Plaza Mundo mall, with authorities urging residents to avoid…

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78a262cd3009440d35345a16b624243a Sarah started the discussion Why does Canada host a company that inflicts rape videos on the world? in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/why-does-canada-host-a-company-that-inflicts-rape-videos-on-the-world/ Fri, 04 Dec 2020 14:08:47 +0000 Why does Canada host a company that inflicts rape videos on the world?

Facebook removed 12.4 images related to child exploitation in a three-month period this year. Twitter closed 264,000 accounts in six months last year for engaging in sexual exploitation of children.

By contrast, Pornhub notes that the Internet Watch Foundation, an England-based nonprofit that combats child sexual abuse imagery, reported only…

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ae2c146cd22d10c9f0bc669afc6dda7f Sarah started the discussion Pornhub, where sick child porn is viewed as entertaining and revenue in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/pornhub-where-sick-child-porn-is-viewed-as-entertaining-and-revenue/ Fri, 04 Dec 2020 13:53:16 +0000 Pornhub, where sick child porn is viewed as entertaining and revenue

Pornhub prides itself on being the cheery, winking face of naughty, the website that buys I billboard in Times Square and snowploughs to clear Boston streets. It donates to organizations fighting for racial equality and offers steamy content free to get people through Covid-19 shutdowns.

That supposedly wholesome porn attracts 3.5 billion visits…

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dbb2d3b2203f4c706aac70ee85d6add1 Sarah started the discussion Four killed in blast at water treatment works near Bristol in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/four-killed-in-blast-at-water-treatment-works-near-bristol/ Thu, 03 Dec 2020 18:48:28 +0000 Four killed in blast at water treatment works near Bristol

Four people have been killed in a large explosion at a water treatment works near Bristol.

Emergency services were called to reports of a large explosion involving a chemical tank at Wessex Water’s Bristol water recycling centre in Avonmouth at about 11.20am on Thursday.

Chief Inspector Mark Runacres, from Avon and Somerset Police, told a…

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a1ff0e4ea1e77fd7f8cfa58ffb21ccf9 Nigel started the discussion Elon Musk heralds ‘glorious’ Mars mission – but admits colonists will die in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/elon-musk-heralds-glorious-mars-mission-but-admits-colonists-will-die/ Thu, 03 Dec 2020 18:22:36 +0000 Elon Musk heralds ‘glorious’ Mars mission – but admits colonists will die

Elon Musk heralds ‘glorious’ Mars mission – but admits colonists will almost certainly die

Elon Musk has heralded SpaceX’s planned expedition to Mars, saying the mooted colony will be “glorious,” if the mission succeeds. However, the billionaire admitted that there’s a “good chance” the first settlers will die.

SpaceX has high-profile…

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f53b86d5463ac00ba2878e5ebd5868ed Nigel started the discussion Frenchman fined for citing 'smash a guy's face in' as reason to leave his home in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/frenchman-fined-for-citing-smash-a-guys-face-in-as-reason-to-leave-his-home/ Tue, 24 Nov 2020 15:06:47 +0000 Frenchman fined for citing 'smash a guy's face in' as reason to leave his home

A man from the Brittany region of France has been detained and fined for violating Covid lockdown rules after claiming “smash a guy’s face in” was his justification for leaving home. The police said it wasn’t an essential reason.

Police in the town of Lannion discovered someone hiding suspiciously behind a car early on Saturday. When asked to…

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b9400ac72f576304a5536ff6deb23410 Nigel replied to the discussion Turkey threatens Armenia against breaking the Nagorno-Karabakh truce in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/turkey-threatens-armenia-against-breaking-the-nagorno-karabakh-truce/#post-3888 Thu, 12 Nov 2020 15:35:44 +0000 Reply to Turkey threatens Armenia against breaking the Nagorno-Karabakh truce

Baku and Yerevan have been in a state of a semi-permanent war since 1988, always tittering on the edge of a knife in the name of national sovereignty and territorial integrity.

But, Azerbaijan and Armenia’s territorial dispute dates back to 1918, following the disintegration of the Transcaucasian Federation, when both states laid claims to…

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3e43e9a69f2314d488c7f6de029f9a94 Nino started the discussion Seven peacekeepers killed in Sinai helicopter crash in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/seven-peacekeepers-killed-in-sinai-helicopter-crash/ Thu, 12 Nov 2020 14:48:29 +0000 Seven peacekeepers killed in Sinai helicopter crash

Israeli and Egyptian officials say a helicopter belonging to an international peacekeeping force has crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, killing at least seven people. Both sides said the crash appeared to be an accident.

The Israeli official said that five Americans were among the dead in the crash on Thursday in Sinai. The Egyptian official…

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19863b3ee5f46bfe51783115cba0c2ee John Johnson started the discussion Female prisoner suing UK government after a sexual assault by transgender inmate in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/female-prisoner-suing-uk-government-after-a-sexual-assault-by-transgender-inmate/ Sun, 01 Nov 2020 03:14:12 +0000 Female prisoner suing UK government after a sexual assault by transgender inmate

A female prisoner is suing the UK government in an effort to ban some trans women from all-female prisons, after claiming she was sexually assaulted by a biologically male inmate who had not undergone gender reassignment surgery.

A judicial review of the lawsuit, launched on Wednesday, will last about two days, and could overturn the…

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99564cd1a590ba37fcb63f38af8da982 Tia started the discussion 7 Nigerians Questioned After UK Forces Storm Tanker off Isle of Wight in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/7-nigerians-questioned-after-uk-forces-storm-tanker-off-isle-of-wight/ Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:27:43 +0000 7 Nigerians Questioned After UK Forces Storm Tanker off Isle of Wight

The UK armed forces boarded an oil tanker off England, ending a 10-hour standoff in which stowaways on the vessels had threatened the crew in what UK authorities described as a “suspected hijacking.”

Seven Nigerians have been detained, while all 22 crew of the oil tanker are safe and well, the UK authorities said, after the Special Boat Service…

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3e74c4acbc964fb6d1d38372a32a7923 Nigel started the discussion Deadly month in Norfolk England following the deaths of 2 men in works accidents in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/deadly-month-in-norfolk-england-following-the-deaths-of-2-men-in-works-accidents/ Tue, 27 Oct 2020 15:00:32 +0000 Deadly month in Norfolk England following the deaths of 2 men in works accidents

Two separate work accidents just ten days in Norfolk England has left two people killed.

The first a 60 year old man dies and another seriously injured whilst working on the outer harbor in Great Yarmouth at the Peterson decommissioning yard on the 17th October..

Norfolk Police said both men were seriously injured and taken to hospital but it…

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f5cbfcb83358aa500f01dc942ef7d9dd John Johnson started the discussion Protests erupt across Italy as crowds clash with riot police against lockdown in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/protests-erupt-across-italy-as-crowds-clash-with-riot-police-against-lockdown/ Tue, 27 Oct 2020 13:38:02 +0000 Protests erupt across Italy as crowds clash with riot police against lockdown

The people of Italy tired of seeing their democracy and liberty being removed under the pretext of a mass killer covid 19 pandemic, held demonstrations across Italy which have ignited in several Italian cities.

Throngs of protesters were seen fighting with law enforcement and ransacking businesses as they called for an end to the country’s…

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90ab6de4f8494327ed8b07227fd58e91 John Johnson started the discussion Terrorists target children again in Pakistan in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/terrorists-target-children-again-in-pakistan/ Tue, 27 Oct 2020 13:11:21 +0000 Terrorists target children again in Pakistan

At least seven people were killed and 83 wounded in an explosion inside a seminary in northern Pakistan on Tuesday morning. Children are among the victims.

The blast took place in Peshawar, the capital of the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Senior police official Wagar Azim stated that a bomb hidden in a bag was brought inside the…

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1d4a3d80f21adf9533eb01ca15abd08c John Johnson started the discussion 15 new cases of vaccine-derived polio confirmed in South Sudan in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/15-new-cases-of-vaccine-derived-polio-confirmed-in-south-sudan/ Fri, 23 Oct 2020 16:34:48 +0100 15 new cases of vaccine-derived polio confirmed in South Sudan

Health officials in South Sudan will launch a new four-day vaccination campaign on October 27, after a new outbreak of polio in the country, caused by a mutated, vaccine-derived form of the virus, infected some 15 people.

Despite declaring victory over the wild form of the infectious and contagious virus, which attacks the spinal cord and…

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4f6aa786de407df4125830228ae307b1 Sarah started the discussion Bill Gates admitted 700,000 people will die from this vaccine and that's ok! in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/bill-gates-admitted-700000-people-will-die-from-this-vaccine-and-thats-ok/ Thu, 22 Oct 2020 05:01:23 +0100 Bill Gates admitted 700,000 people will die from this vaccine and that's ok!

Bill Gates admitted in an interview on CNBC that 700,000 people will die from his covid-19 vaccine but that is OK and demands protection by governments for these people deaths.

The globalist billionaire who has long advocated that there needs to be a massive reduction in the worlds population, along with his fathers eugenics program portrays…

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c95ee8830ae4ab5930d6f34b03bdf766 Nigel started the discussion Sweden bans use of Huawei, ZTE equipment in 5G networks in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/sweden-bans-use-of-huawei-zte-equipment-in-5g-networks/ Tue, 20 Oct 2020 14:38:11 +0100 Sweden bans use of Huawei, ZTE equipment in 5G networks

A Swedish regulator on Tuesday banned the use of telecom equipment from Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE in its 5G networks. The move comes ahead of the spectrum auctions scheduled to start on 10 November.

The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) has examined applications and approved four companies for participation in the 3.5 GHz and 2.3…

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16c00d45a5c6f01b386eed7521938a93 Sarah started the discussion The Hierarchy of Controls, Total Workers Health approach, think about it! in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/the-hierarchy-of-controls-total-workers-health-approach-think-about-it/ Thu, 08 Oct 2020 14:44:08 +0100 The Hierarchy of Controls, Total Workers Health approach, think about it!

A few years back I recall being in a meeting that was discussing a new NIOSH approach to the hierarchy of controls.

The Total Worker Health approach that prioritizes a hazard-free work environment for all workers. It applies a prevention approach that is consistent with traditional occupational safety and health prevention principles of…

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c2c7a1df0cfc72f64338e10e1f8c1d5a summer started the discussion The Hierarchy of Controls, How do you use it in your business? in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/the-hierarchy-of-controls-how-do-you-use-it-in-your-business/ Thu, 08 Oct 2020 14:29:29 +0100 The Hierarchy of Controls, How do you use it in your business?

A hazardous substance splashes onto a chemical plant operator taking a sample. The worker is not seriously injured, and the ensuing investigation focuses on training, personal protective equipment and the particulars of the sampling station.

But did anyone ever ask whether the worker needed to take the sample at all?

Identifying and…

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7a098490b5b3200633c47f16d62b910b Tia started the discussion Ergonomically working, have we thought about this? Does it really matter now? in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/ergonomically-working-have-we-thought-about-this-does-it-really-matter-now/ Thu, 01 Oct 2020 15:08:56 +0100 Ergonomically working, have we thought about this? Does it really matter now?

If you work in an office, chances are good that you sit for a large part of the day. This puts you at risk for ergonomics-related problems. So, your employer under the duty of law has to provide you with ergonomically suited equipment for your well being.

This includes height adjustable chairs, workstations, monitors to name but a few but, “No…

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9cbf1c2c46555f14ae82b52c58e04862 Sarah started the discussion Authorities detain suspect who allegedly sent package containing deadly RICIN in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/authorities-detain-suspect-who-allegedly-sent-package-containing-deadly-ricin/ Mon, 21 Sep 2020 21:27:26 +0100 Authorities detain suspect who allegedly sent package containing deadly RICIN

A woman suspected of sending a letter containing the deadly poison ricin to President Donald Trump was detained by US Customs and Border Patrol agents as she tried to enter the country from Canada.

The suspect was not officially identified. NBC News reported her apprehension on Sunday, citing an unnamed US law enforcement official. The letter…

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cf447c09a8bb2485e1daec48b1a90961 Sarah started the discussion Rochester mass shooting: Two dead and 14 injured in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/rochester-mass-shooting-two-dead-and-14-injured/ Sat, 19 Sep 2020 13:15:08 +0100 Rochester mass shooting: Two dead and 14 injured

Two people have died and 14 others were injured following a shooting at a backyard party in New York police said.

Witnesses reported hearing gunfire in the early hours of Saturday morning in Rochester.

Interim Police Chief Mark Simmons told reporters a man and woman had died, both between the ages of 18 and 22.

The wounded were taken to two…

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e9b78aad79069bdc69f7d1c6ca832b54 Tia started the discussion How dangerous is a bit of fun in the kitchen in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/how-dangerous-is-a-bit-of-fun-in-the-kitchen/ Thu, 27 Aug 2020 10:00:39 +0100 How dangerous is a bit of fun in the kitchen

We all love the idea of cooking with our children in the kitchen, be it with mum or dad, even playing around during the preparation of the food and sometimes whilst over or close to the hot oven and hot plate.

Since young children are still growing, they have thinner skin than us adults, which can result in more serious injuries from a burn…

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baf2610c300abc74e4f95f22f5991397 Nigel started the discussion Families ignore warnings to stay out of the water at park where man drowns in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/families-ignore-warnings-to-stay-out-of-the-water-at-park-where-man-drowns/ Mon, 10 Aug 2020 23:13:48 +0100 Families ignore warnings to stay out of the water at park where man drowns

Families were still taking to the water in a lake where a man drowned over the weekend despite warnings not to swim or paddle.

A man in his 20s died after getting into difficulty in a lake at Bawsey Country Park, near King’s Lynn, Norfolk England two days earlier.

His body was recovered after firefighters searched the water using boats.

While the…

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589a226cb2ad832f9673d5eeb928bc02 Nigel started the discussion Mother died after heroic attempt to rescue two boys off the Norfolk coast in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/mother-died-after-heroic-attempt-to-rescue-two-boys-off-the-norfolk-coast/ Mon, 10 Aug 2020 23:00:37 +0100 Mother died after heroic attempt to rescue two boys off the Norfolk coast

A mother died after desperately fighting to rescue two boys who were struggling with an inflatable canoe off the Norfolk coast in England.The mother, aged in her 30s, was recovered from the sea at Waxham but pronounced dead in hospital on Sunday, August 9th, though the boys managed to get to safety.

Sea Palling Lifeboat and Coastguard teams…

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00ba5edb40a1dece43c7e1c9e92401fc Nino started the discussion Four year old died of cardiac arrest trapped between two stair gates in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/four-year-old-died-of-cardiac-arrest-trapped-between-two-stair-gates/ Fri, 07 Aug 2020 11:44:04 +0100 Four year old died of cardiac arrest trapped between two stair gates

The death of a four year old child in Norfolk England, who died after being trapped between two stair gates has been described as a “Tragic Accident” a serious case review concluded.

The child, who is known as AH, died in a hospice in April 2019 following a cardiac arrest three weeks after the accident at their Norfolk home.

The incident prompted…

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125066f0e498afee2b91211cd87b082d Nigel started the discussion Why fertilizer packs such a devastating power in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/why-fertilizer-packs-such-a-devastating-power/ Wed, 05 Aug 2020 09:26:14 +0100 Why fertilizer packs such a devastating power

When an explosive compound detonates, it releases gas that rapidly expands. This “shock wave” is essentially a wall of dense air that can cause damage, and it dissipates as it spreads further out.

A mass of exploding ammonium nitrate produces a blast that moves at many times the speed of sound, and this wave can reflect and bounce as it moves,…

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96bae5702f65ceaf70845e93b52c0483 Nigel started the discussion Search is on for survivors after blast kills more than 100 in Beirut Lebanon in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/search-is-on-for-survivors-after-blast-kills-more-than-100-in-beirut-lebanon/ Wed, 05 Aug 2020 09:12:06 +0100 Search is on for survivors after blast kills more than 100 in Beirut Lebanon

Rescue workers still struggling to treat thousands of people wounded in an enormous explosion that rocked Beirut turned their attention on Wednesday morning to the desperate search for survivors.

The blast, so powerful it could be felt more than 150 miles away in Cyprus, leveled whole sections of the city near the port of Beirut, leaving…

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bb304c94dea12151b72662111be33e4b summer joined the group General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/community/p/416/ Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:42:08 +0100 0 9406ee32e26b01effd130f309d187756 Nino started the discussion Pubs, restaurants and cafes require both smoking and non-smoking outdoor options in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/pubs-restaurants-and-cafes-require-both-smoking-and-non-smoking-outdoor-options/ Tue, 28 Jul 2020 18:59:59 +0100 Pubs, restaurants and cafes require both smoking and non-smoking outdoor options

People using pubs, restaurants and cafes in the UK will soon have greater freedom to choose non-smoking outdoor areas.

People using pubs, restaurants and cafes will soon have greater freedom to choose non-smoking outdoor areas following an amendment tabled today to legislation in Parliament.

Under the Business and Planning Bill, the government…

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b3d30f6c69d1a187df65520e0f37d9a4 Nigel started the discussion 10-year-old boy dies on construction site in Glasgow in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/10-year-old-boy-dies-on-construction-site-in-glasgow/ Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:28:04 +0100 10-year-old boy dies on construction site in Glasgow

A 10-year-old boy has died after reportedly falling into a hole on a building site in Glasgow.

The boy died in hospital after suffering serious injuries on the site near Glenkirk Drive in Drumchapel.

Emergency services were called to the site Drumchapel, near Glenkirk Drive just before 10pm on Thursday 16 July 2020.

Police Scotland…

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56f0c612e0dd7e09c7c4d9dabb0b9438 Daniel joined the group General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/community/p/361/ Sun, 12 Jul 2020 06:22:11 +0100 0 604e909592baa2f518d6e84ee9874f55 Nigel started the discussion Crane collapse in London leaves one person dead in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/crane-collapse-in-london-leaves-one-person-dead/ Thu, 09 Jul 2020 06:32:37 +0100 Crane collapse in London leaves one person dead

A woman has died after a 20-metre crane collapsed onto two houses and a block of flats in Bow, London.

Firefighters alerted to the accident had rushed to the scene of the accident in Gale Street, Bow and carried out a “complex rescue operation” to free people who were trapped.

Four people were treated at the scene for injuries, two of the…

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c696dd01e1b88e11f3a94940d026c07a Nigel started the discussion 1 in 4 serious injuries occur in the workplace! Are we really so shocked? in the forum General Safety https://www.safetyman.academy/groups/general-safety/forum/discussion/1-in-4-serious-injuries-occur-in-the-workplace-are-we-really-so-shocked/ Thu, 09 Jul 2020 04:37:28 +0100 1 in 4 serious injuries occur in the workplace! Are we really so shocked?

New research into injury incidents in the UK has revealed the over 27% of the population that have suffered a severe injury at work within the last five years.

The research data suggests that fifth of victims are unwilling to pursue claim against employer, young males are dis-proportionally affected by severe injury and just under half don’t…

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