| Brazil Children drown at flooded tourist park site Four Argentinian children aged 6-11 years drowned in a water feature under construction at the new Parque Turisto Ambiental de Integracion which lies on the border between Brazil and Argentina, extending over 2 miles between Bernardo de Irigoyen and Barraco y Bom Jesus do Sul. Heavy rains had caused the site to swell with water to a depth of 2 metres in places. 14th January 2011 |
| Sudan 3 aviation workers abducted Three East European workers of an aviation company engaged in the provision of humanitarian aid were abducted on Thursday from their helicopter at a landing strip in Um Shalaya, 40 miles southeast of El Geneina, West Darfur. 14th January 2011 |
| Argentina 4 killed in Buenos Aires lightning storm Four people were electrocuted in separate incidents during a violent lightning storm in Buenos Aires. Two children aged 8 and 11 were electrocuted at the Florencia Varela sports club swimming pool, having just left the pool and were walking under trees, and a 25-year old worker died in a farm in the same locality. In Lujan the masseur of Racing Club FC was struck by lightning as the team trained on a hotel playing field. 13th January 2011 |
| USA Electrocution in Mississippi substation A 29-year old electrician was electrocuted in an accident during the testing of transformers at a Howard Industries substation in Ellisville, Mississippi. 13th January 2011 |
| Turkey 5 killed in military helicopter crash An instructor and 4 trainees on night-flight training were killed when their UH-1 military helicopter crashed in fog at Polatli, west of Ankara. 12th January 2011 |
| France Nursery child scalded by hot coffee A Nantes police tribunal has condemned a nursery as causing injury by negligence over an accident in June 2008 in which a child received 2nd degree burns to the face and arm when a cup of hot coffee overturned. The nursery was fined €1,000 (£831-45), the owner stated that all refreshments are taken in the kitchen area and never in the play area. 12th January 2011 |
| India 6 killed in improvised service lift crash An improvised service lift fell 19 storeys at the newbuild Rustomjee La Sonrisa site in Matunga, Mumbai(Bombay). The workers, engaged in interior finishing work and subcontracted to M/S Success Developers Pvte Ltd, were on the 21st floor and had gone down to the 19th floor to access the service lift. Five workers are thought to have died in the accident, as well as another person on the site.11th January 2011 |
| South Africa Fatal accident at Limpopo platinum mine Operations were suspended yesterday at Northam Platinum's Zondereinde mine in Limpopo Province pending investigation of a worker's death 1,480 metres underground in a tramming accident. 11th January 2011 |
| Iran Boeing 727 crashes in snow near Orumiyeh A Boeing 727 aircraft of IranAir crashed near Orumiyeh on Sunday, of the 103 people on board it is believed that more than 70 died. The flight from Teheran to Orumiyeh had been an hour late in taking off, heavy snow conditions were prevalent at Orumiyeh. 10th January 2011 |
| France Breton fishing boat crew rescued The fishing boat Amandhelo came to grief on rocks as it approached Beg-anTour on Sunday, beginning to take on water as it approached the harbour on Finnisterre. All 4 crew were safely rescued, spending some time in the water, which left 1 fisherman in a state of advanced hypothermia. The harbour master closed the port later on Sunday as the boat posed a hazard to shipping. 10th January 2011 |
| China Tour driver killed by tiger A Heilongjiang tour bus driver was killed by a tiger at the Hengdaohezi Feline Breeding Centre in Hailin City after alighting when his vehicle became stuck in snow. 7th January 2011 |
| France CO incident Five staff at the B'Plast home improvements showroom in rue de la Liberte, Avranches, were treated for carbon monoxide sickness yesterday morning, fire crews who arrived at the locus reported CO levels of 200ppm instead of the tolerated levels of 30ppm. 7th January 2011 |
| Malta Fall from height An accident on Wednesday on a construction site in Triq San Guzepp(St Joseph Street), Zabbar, has left a 44-year old Maltese worker with critical injuries after a 3-metre fall. 6th January 2011 |
| Russia Trawlers stuck in Sea of Okhotsk The 135-metre long ice-breaker Admiral Makarov yesterday managed to reach and free the trawler Mys Yelizavety and its 78-man crew which was trapped in ice in Sakhalin Bay in the Sea of Okhotsk. The St Petersburg trawler Anton Gurin remains stuck, in all 500 seamen are trapped in the ice, including 340 on the factory ship Sodruzhestvo. 6th January 2011 |
| Argentina Drilling triggers trench collapse A Bolivian construction worker died and another has been injured when a sewerage excavation collapsed during drilling at the junction of Riestra and Lacarra Streets in the Fatima district of Soldati, southwest Buenos Aires. 5th January 2011 |
| USA New Hampshire worker's foot amputated A worker's foot was amputated following an accident in Claremont, New Hampshire, where he was cutting a steel beam which gave way and he subsequently fell 5 metres into Sugar River, some material may also have fallen on him from a wall on which he was sitting. 5th January 2011 |
| Malaysia Construction death in Kuala Lumpur A construction worker died yesterday when a floor collapsed during a concrete pour at the Bank Rakyat building in Jalan Ang Seng, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur. 4th January 2011 |
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