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Working as a janitor at a chemical factory, Winston endures a freak industrial accident that turns him into a mutant.—Nick Romano, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2025 For example, addressing a product recall will look much different than addressing a natural disaster, industrial accident or cyber attack.—Michele Dobnikar, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024 Check this out 🔥 ‘Gates of Hell’: Rarely does an industrial accident develop into a tourist attraction.—Daniel Wine, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024 By Day 7, even with the backyard reeking like an industrial accident at a toothpaste factory, the tiny trio of terrorists was back in full force.—Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024 She was discovered by her co-workers and taken to a hospital for treatment, but was pronounced dead at around 1 p.m. No other details about the industrial accident were released.—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2024 However, once again, with feeling: the explosion at the fuel plant, which is the only recent event by the striking workers that could be described as violent, was a terrible industrial accident caused by the scabs who went there to circumvent the strike.—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2024 Nicolas Cage costars in this romantic classic as the inconvenient sibling in question, a baker missing a hand from an industrial accident who woos Cher’s character with puppy-dog charm.—Katie Rife, EW.com, 31 May 2024 Morrill’s great-grandfather, Raymond Winfield, Starring’s father, was died by electrocution in an industrial accident, leaving his wife, Frances Olsen, and her three children fatherless.—Giuseppe Ricapito, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
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