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• Worker Killed in Casting Machine Accident

  Jenny Albano | August 21, 2007 1:51 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  Matthew Salisbury, an employee of Brush Wellman Engineered Products, was crushed to death Sunday night in a casting machine. According to another employee, the machine broke down and Salisbury entered it to try and fix the problem. While he was trying to unclog the machine he became pinned and was crushed to death; another employee turned off the air compressor that powered the machinery, but...

• Nokia Recalls 46 Million Cellphone Batteries for Overheating

  Courtney Mills | August 15, 2007 8:41 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The Nokia Corporation, the world's largest manufacturer of cellular phones, announced on Tuesday that lithium-ion batteries in nearly 46 million phones would need to be recalled after reports of 100 incidents of overheating. There have been no injuries to date.Nokia specified that the company's faulty BL-5C battery, a product of the Matsushita Battery Industrial Company, was placed in nearly 46...