Tag: worker
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Cincinnati Zoo worker loses part of thumb after primate bite
A Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden worker’s thumb was partially amputated after a bonobo attacked during morning feeding Friday, the zoo said. The employee has been stabilized at a hospital and was being treated, the zoo said in a statement Friday afternoon. The bonobo bit through a protective mesh barrier as the primate care worker…
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Man posed as utility worker charged with murder over home invasion as police hunt second suspect
A man who was caught on camera posing as a utility worker to gain entrance to a Michigan house on Friday has been charged with murdering a man in a “gruesome” attack and tying up his wife, prosecutors said Sunday. Carlos Jose Hernandez, 37, from Dearborn, Michigan, was arrested in Louisiana and charged with felony…
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Rescuers search for Yellowstone concession worker missing after hike in bad weather
Rescuers in Yellowstone National Park searched the area of Eagle Peak on Sunday in an effort to find a park concession worker who failed to check in at the end of a personal trip, authorities said. Austin King, 22, missed that check-in, at which he was to be picked up by a boat at Yellowstone…
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CDC says a second health care worker tied to Missouri bird flu case had symptoms
A second health worker in contact with the Missouri patient who tested positive for H5N1 also developed respiratory symptoms but wasn’t tested for influenza, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. The Missouri bird flu patient, who didn’t have known contact with poultry or dairy cows, was hospitalized in August and tested positive…