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Infranord faces 250,000 kronor fine after fatal accident at Malmö freight yard
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Two men dead in workplace accident outside Söderhamn
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Violent incidents preceded employee being strangled at LSS home in Helsingborg
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Two conscripts suffered frostbite to their toes during exercise at K4 regiment in Arvidsjaur
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Amateurs shovel roofs, a recipe for disaster, warns Byggnads
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Sweden
Doctors work without breaks, patients suffer
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