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Waymo Driverless Car Strikes Bicyclist In San Francisco, Causes Minor Injuries
A passenger in the Waymo vehicle at the time of the crash was uninjured. The incident remains under investigation, Laokwansathitaya noted. Waymo spokesperson Julia Ilina had more details to share. The Waymo vehicle was stopped at a four-way stop, as an oncoming large truck began to turn into the intersection. The vehicle waited until it was its turn and then also began to proceed through the intersection, failing to notice the cyclist who was traveling behind the truck.
“The cyclist was occluded by the truck and quickly followed behind it, crossing into the Waymo vehicle’s path,” Ilina said. “When they became fully visible, our vehicle applied heavy braking but was not able to avoid the collision.” After the incident, Waymo contacted the police, but the cyclist left on their own, reporting only “minor scratches,” Ilina added.
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Mother-of-four found dead with ‘severe head injuries outside friend’s bungalow’
Woman, 81, hit by Sophie’s police motorcycle escort is in a coma as family ‘shocked and sickened at her injuries’
A WOMAN in her 80s who was hit by a police motorcycle escorting the Duchess of Edinburgh is in a coma in hospital her family said last night.
The victim of the incident has been named as Helen Holland, 81, from Birchanger, Essex.
The victim of the crash has been named as Helen Holland, 81, from Birchanger, Essex[/caption]
The woman in her 80s is now in a coma following the collision with a police motorcycle escorting the Duchess of Edinburgh[/caption]
A motorcycle with King Charles’ insignia was seen parked at the scene[/caption]
The Met Police said the motorbike collided with a pedestrian at around 3.21pm on Wednesday at the junction of Cromwell Road and Warwick Road in west London, leaving her in a critical condition.
She had been in London visiting her older sister on Wednesday and her family have said she’s now in a coma.
Her son and daughter-in-law Martin and Lisa-Marie Holland told the BBC they were “shocked and sickened at her extensive injuries”.
“She is being well cared for by the NHS who we must thank deeply for their help in keeping her alive,” they added.
BBC News At Ten newsreader Clive Myrie said the family is “calling for a thorough investigation”.
On Thursday, Buckingham Palace said Sophie is “grateful for the swift response by the emergency services”, adding that she will “keep abreast of developments”.
In a statement, the palace said: “The duchess’s heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with the injured lady and her family.
“She is grateful for the swift response by the emergency services and will keep abreast of developments.
“Further comment at this time would not be appropriate while the incident is being investigated.”
The Metropolitan Police has said the pedestrian was taken to hospital following the crash, where she remains in a critical condition.
The Met Police’s Special Escort Group provide armed escorts for Royal Family members, VIPs, protected members of the Government, visiting royals, heads of state and other visiting dignitaries.
It also provides armed vehicle escorts for valuable, hazardous and protected loads – and can include high-risk prisoners.
On Wednesday evening, police said no other injuries were reported and inquiries into the crash were ongoing.
The force said the Directorate of Professional Standards, which investigates officers’ conduct, has been informed as is routine.
Duchess Sophie was also spotted on Friday for the first time since the incident – putting on a brave face as she watched The Riding for Disabled category on Day two of The Royal Windsor Horse Show.
Wearing a beige Barbour coat over a flowery dress and wellington boots she took cover under a cameo umbrella as the jockeys took off.
Peloton Is Recalling 2 Million Bikes Due to Injuries
Peloton became a household name during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, as many people were looking for ways to stay fit from home. Unfortunately, many of the bikes it has sold since 2018 are now being recalled due to injury risks.
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Amazon was responsible for more than half of all ‘serious’ US warehouse injuries last year, report finds
Nearly two years after Jeff Bezos said Amazon would spend $300 million to improve workplace safety, a coalition of labor unions claims the company was responsible for 53 percent of all serious warehouse injuries recorded in the US last year. In a report released on Wednesday (PDF link), the Strategic Organizing Center (SOC) said data collected by the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) shows Amazon warehouse workers continue to suffer injuries more frequently than their non-Amazon counterparts. It also claims those injuries were often more severe.
In 2022, Amazon reported a total of 38,609 recordable injuries. Per the SOC, those are incidents that require a worker to either take time off from their regular job or seek medical treatment beyond first aid. Of those injuries, 95 percent were those the organization considers serious either because Amazon had to temporarily reassign the worker to a less strenuous role or give them time off to recover.
After crunching the data, the SOC found Amazon’s total injury rate in 2022 was 6.9 injuries per 100 workers. Comparatively, that’s a better rate than the 7.9 injuries per 100 workers the company recorded last year, and the staggering nine injuries per 100 workers the SOC says Amazon managed in 2019, but the organization contends the data shows Amazon “failed to make meaningful progress on worker safety.” Specifically, the SOC points to the rate at which Amazon workers suffered “serious” injuries. At 6.6 per 100 workers, the organization says Amazon’s 2022 serious injury rate is 12 percent higher than the one the company recorded in 2020 and more than double the rate seen at non-Amazon warehouses last year.
Put another way, the SOC claims more than half of all serious US warehouse injuries in 2022 occured at Amazon, despite the company only employing 36 percent of all US warehouse workers last year. “For a corporation that prides itself on moving quickly and decisively informed by sophisticated data analysis, Amazon’s ongoing failure to provide safe working conditions raises major questions about whether the company’s management is serious about becoming ‘earth’s safest place to work,’ or whether it continues to put profits before the safety of the very people responsible for its success,” the report states.
Amazon disputes the Strategic Organizing Center’s interpretation of the data it shared with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Specifically, it takes issue with SOC’s use of “serious injury rate,” noting it’s not an official OSHA metric. The agency does track when a workplace injury requires a worker to either change roles or take time off. However, Amazon contends that metric – known as DART or “days away, restricted, or transferred rates” – is not shorthand for a serious injury. It claims DART metrics often incorporate “relatively minor” injuries. Instead, the company says critics should look at its recordable injuries and how long workers have taken off to recover from workplace incidents. When you look at those numbers, Amazon says the data shows it has made significant progress in recent years.
“The safety and health of our employees is, and always will be, our top priority, and any claim otherwise is inaccurate. It’s unsurprising that a self-interested group like this would work to twist the facts to paint an inaccurate picture. While we know we have more work to do, the truth is clearly outlined in our safety report and we encourage anyone to both tour our facilities and read our safety report,” Amazon spokesperson Kelly Natel told Engadget. “That report shows that since 2019, the recordable injury rate across our network has dropped more than 23 percent and the lost time injury rate has dropped more than 53 percent. We’re proud the progress made by our team and we’ll continue working hard together to keep getting better every day.”
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/amazon-was-responsible-for-more-than-half-of-all-serious-us-warehouse-injuries-last-year-report-finds-191753314.html?src=rss
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Man, 36, charged with murder over death of woman, 61, found unresponsive with ‘facial injuries’
COPS have charged a man with murder after a woman was found unresponsive with “facial injuries”.
Emergency services rushed to an address in St Austell, Cornwall, at 6.55pm on Tuesday.
Bernadette Rosario, 61, was found with facial injuries.
Despite medics’ best efforts, she was tragically pronounced dead at the scene.
Michael Rowe, 36, has been charged with murder.
He has been remanded into custody and is due to appear at Truro Magistrates’ Court on Saturday April 1.
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