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Engineering Firm Fined $250,000 After Worker Crushed

May 26, 2023
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An engineering firm has been fined $250,000 (US$163,000) after a worker was killed while dismantling a former Victorian cheese factory. Glen Parsons died when he was crushed by a 770kg condenser at the old Murray Goulburn Cheese factory at Leitchville, in northern Victoria, in December 2017. The equipment was being loaded into a shipping container…

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Encino Man, 60, Killed When Large Tree Topples Onto House

November 30, 2021
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ENCINO, Calif.—A 60-year-old man was killed when a large tree fell into a two-story house in Encino, authorities said Monday, Nov. 29. Three occupants of the home escaped safely after the tree toppled onto the house at 5006 N. Odessa Ave. at 11:14 p.m. on Sunday, said Los Angeles Fire Department Firefighter Nicholas Prange. Heavy rescue and urban…

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Encino Man Killed When Large Tree Toppled Onto House

November 30, 2021
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ENCINO, Calif.—A 64-year-old man was killed when a large tree fell into a two-story house in Encino, authorities said Monday, Nov. 29. Dennis Franks died at the scene of his injury, which occurred about 11:15 p.m. Sunday in the 5000 block of North Odessa Avenue, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office and the Los…

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