Seven Workers Perish in Rajasthan Chemical Factory Blaze
A fire at a chemical factory in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, killed seven workers. Rescue efforts continue for others who may be trapped. Safety concerns are raised.
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A fire at a chemical factory in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, has sadly resulted in the deaths of seven workers. Rescue teams are still working to find any others who might be trapped. The incident is making people think about safety at factories.
#RajasthanFire, #BhiwadiAccident, #FactorySafety, #WorkerDeaths, #IndustrialFire
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Today in Labor History February 19, 2006: A methane explosion in a coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, killed 65 miners. Workers had gone on strike at least 14 times against the company for safety violations.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #mexico #mining #strike #union #WorkerDeaths #WorkplaceSafety #CorporateGreed
Today in Labor History January 27, 1891: The Mammoth Mine Explosion in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, killed over 100 workers. Many were Polish, Hungarian and Italian immigrants. A miner's oil lamp ignited firedamp in the mine, causing the explosion. However, the explosion killed very few of them directly. Most died from suffocation due to afterdamp.
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Today in Labor History November 9, 1963: At Miike coal mine, Miike, Japan, an explosion killed 458, and hospitalized 839 with severe carbon monoxide poisoning. Most of the survivors suffered permanent brain damage as a result. The miners’ exposure to the toxic gas was exacerbated by the mine’s ventilation system, which helped to spread the toxic gas, and by managers who wouldn’t let workers leave the mine. Just three years earlier, Miike miners had engaged in the largest labor-management dispute in Japanese history.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #union #strike #japan #coal #mining #disaster #WorkerDeaths #WorkerSafety
Today in Labor History October 14, 1913: The Senghenydd colliery disaster occurred in the United Kingdom, killing 439 miners. It was the country’s worst mining disaster ever. In May 1901, three underground explosions occurred at the same colliery, killing 81 miners. The cause of the 1913 explosion is unknown. 60 victims were younger than 20. 8 were only 14 years old. 542 children lost their fathers in the disaster and 205 women were widowed. The disaster is portrayed in two works of historical fiction: Alexander Cordell's “This Sweet and Bitter Earth” (1977) and “Cwmwl dros y Cwm” (2013) by Gareth F. Williams.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #coal #mining #disaster #workplacesafety #workerdeaths #historicalfiction #HisFic #novel #books #author #writer @bookstadon
Three men from the Houston area died Wednesday in Trinity County after entering a manhole that contained toxic gas, according to the Trinity County Sheriff’s Office.
#Business #Local #News #HydrogenSulfide #ManholeToxicGasDeaths #TrinityCounty #TrinityCountySheriffSOffice #WorkerDeaths
The workers were servicing a lift station about 90 miles north of Houston when a sewage line broke loose below ground, according to the Trinity County Sheriff's Office, which said the men entered a manhole and were exposed to hydrogen sulfide.
Today in Labor History May 23, 1933: The "Battle of Toledo" erupted when sheriffs' arrested picket leaders at the Auto-Lite plant in Toledo, Ohio, and beat an old man. 10,000 strikers blockaded the plant for seven hours, preventing strikebreakers from leaving. Ultimately, the crowd was broken up with tear gas and water cannons. The National Guard was called in the following day. The strikers held their ground against the troops, who shot and killed two of their members and wounded 15 others. The strike lasted from April 12 to June 3. The American Workers Party, led by Marxist A.J. Muste, supported the strikers. On June 2, the union and management came to an agreement, that included union recognition and a 5% raise, but only after the threat of a General Strike.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #strike #union #generalstrike #toledo #policebrutality #police #workerdeaths #murder #communism #toledo #nationalguard #AJMuste
Today in Labor History May 19, 1950: 31 dockworkers died and 350 were injured when four barges carrying 420 tons of ammunition blew up at South Amboy, New Jersey. The blast destroyed nearby businesses and homes and caused $10 million in property damage. The men were loading anti-tank and anti-personnel mines destined for Pakistan and Afghanistan. Three years later, they unearthed sixty-two live mines scattered throughout the waterfront area. Kilgore Manufacturing Company was later charged with 9,000 counts of munitions violations. The indictment documents weighed thirty pounds. The Coast Guard was also cited with negligence in supervising the loading.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #munitions #explosion #disaster #NewJersey #mines #workerdeaths #imperialism #pakistan #afghanistan #southamboy #newjersey #pakistan #afghanistan
Today in Labor History January 5, 1933: Construction began on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Bay. Eleven men died from falls during the construction. Ten of these deaths were completely avoidable. They occurred on February 17, 1937, when the safety net failed after a scaffold had fallen. Nineteen other workers were saved by the net. They became members of the Half Way to Hell Club.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #GoldenGateBridge #sanfrancisco #workplacesafety #workerdeaths
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