Opinion

Letters: Chicago needs a connected network of protected bike lanes for the good of the city

Chicago’s streets are public space, and the right to move through that public space should not depend on owning a car.

Rodrigues Transport and Ensign Services fined $600,000 for driver’s fatal fall

The death of a truck driver who fell more than 1m onto concrete floor at a laundry in Melbourne’s southeast was found to be ...

Contractor cited for fall hazards at Samsung's Taylor chip plant

Several third-party contractors have been fined nearly $60,000, due to unsafe working conditions at Samsung Electronics' ...
Malay Mail

Fadhlina Sidek demands stricter school safety, guidelines enforced after student’s fatal fall in Negeri Sembilan

The Education Ministry has ordered all schools nationwide to strengthen their protection and safety aspects through the ...
abc13

Police investigating whether woman was pushed after fatal fall from west Houston apartment balcony

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Investigators are trying to determine the identity of a woman whose body was found at a west Houston apartment complex, police said. Authorities told ABC13 the woman fell off ...
luxtimes

‘Climbing naturally involves risks’, says federation after fatal fall

Wall climbing is not inherently riskier than other athletic ctivities, a spokesperson for a sports association has said following fatal accident in southwestern Luxembourg. A 37-year-old man fell ...
abc27

Lancaster County woman charged after mother’s fatal fall, DA says

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A central Pennsylvania woman was charged Thursday after allegedly pushing her mother, causing her to fatally fall down a flight of stairs, according to the district ...
AOL

Woman identified in accidental fatal fall from Moab tree

MOAB, Utah (KREX) – A 35-year-old woman has been identified as the victim who died after falling from a tree at a Moab park. Megan Frost fell 40 feet out of the tree in the morning hours on Tuesday at ...
Outside

After a Fatal Fall in Wisconsin, Climbers Debate the Need for Safety Tethers

The Midwest climbing community is mourning a rock climbing guide who tragically died while tying an anchor at the top of a popular crag. Audrie Pelosi, 30, suffered a fatal fall on the morning of May ...
Khaleej Times

Two-year-old dies after falling from stairs in Sharjah tower; authorities investigating

According to preliminary investigation, the toddler wandered outside the apartment before falling through an opening near a staircase area ...
AOL

Lone survivor rescued after fatal fall kills three climbers on Mount McKinley

Three Latvian climbers died and a fourth survived after a fall on Wednesday near Denali Pass on Alaska's Mount McKinley. Four members of a seven-person climbing expedition fell near Denali Pass, about ...
The Commercial Dispatch

OSHA: Roofing company had similar citations before fatal fall at MUW

OSHA also cited the company for similar violations at an Alabama jobsite a few months before the fatal fall at The W. Ignacio Hernandez, 47, of Jackson, an employee of Chavez Roofing LLC, was ...