injuries
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Man Gets Eye Exam, Learns He’s Had a Splinter Stuck in His Cornea for 15 Years
Talk about an eyesore. In a case report this month, doctors have described finding a wooden splinter lodged inside a man’s cornea for apparently 15 years. Amazingly, the man’s vision appears unaffected by the foreign object and doctors have opted to simply monitor him for now rather than try to remove it. The strange injury…
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Injuries at Amazon Warehouses Are Staggering, the Company’s Own Reports Show
Reveal from The U.S. Centre for Investigative Reporting released a massive report Tuesday morning detailing how Amazon has been hiding the true extent of warehouse workforce injuries for the last several years. Reveal obtained a trove of internal safety reports and weekly injury numbers from more than 150 of Amazon’s nationwide network of fulfillment, sortation,…
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A Set Injury Might Mean Major Delays For Cowboy Bebop
John Cho, oh no! The star of the upcoming Netflix live-action version of Cowboy Bebop has had an on-set mishap, and it could mean that the series is a lot later than we thought it would be.
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Hot Pavement Is More Dangerous Than You Realise
Doctors at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the U.S. are warning about a less-recognised danger of summer heat: pavement burns. Their recent study suggests that people in hot places can end up in the hospital with serious burn injuries caused by contact with sizzling pavement.