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3rd worker rescued after Queens construction accident
ABC7 Eyewitness News   20 June 2017   USA   New York  
<p>Emergency crews worked frantically to free a worker following an accident at a construction site in Queens Tuesday.<br />There was a massive sigh of relief when firefighters finally rescued the trapped construction worker and gave him hope for another day.<br ...
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Oakland construction accident: 9 workers hurt in collapse
SF Gate   01 June 2017   United States   Americas  
Collapsed formwork (source: SF gate, Photo: Jim Stone, Special to The Chronicle)
<p>Nine workers were injured Friday when a building partially collapsed at an Oakland construction site near downtown, forcing a desperate and successful effort to free many of them from wet concrete.</p><p>No workers were seriously injured in the collapse, ...
At least 40 killed in China construction accident: Xinhua
Reuters   24 November 2016   China   Asia  
Rescue workers search the site where a power plant's cooling tower under construction collapsed, in Fengcheng, Jiangxi province, China, November 24, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer
<p>At least 40 people have died and others are still trapped after a platform under construction at a power plant's cooling tower in eastern China's Jiangxi province collapsed on Thursday, state news agency Xinhua said.</p> <p>The accident happened in Fengcheng ...