August 25, 2020 How a Delayed Medical Diagnosis can Affect your Legal Claim According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 3 million Americans sustain nonfatal injuries in car crashes every year. When someone’s injuries are the result of another person’s negligence, the injured party may file a personal injury claim to cover the damages sustained in the accident. However, there is one problem: … Read More »
August 25, 2020 Baby Safety Month this September Since 1983, the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA) has been annually sponsoring Baby Safety Month. This year, the organization is reminding parents and caregivers the importance of selecting juvenile products that are infant and child-safe and providing other useful tips. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that unintentional injuries are the leading … Read More »
August 18, 2020 Preventing Hearing-Related Workplace Injuries The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that 22 million workers are exposed to noise hazards on the job every year, which makes hearing loss one of the most common job-related injuries. At high levels, noise exposure can result in long term or permanent hearing injuries – but more often than not, these … Read More »
August 17, 2020 NHTSA Proposes New Protection Standards for Driverless Vehicles Just a few months ago, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued its first proposal to modernize the existing occupant safety standards for vehicles equipped with semi-automated driving systems. The standards that are currently in place fail to take into account automated vehicles without traditional manual controls. Creating up-to-date occupant protection standards is a … Read More »
August 13, 2020 2020’s COVID-19 Back-to-School Checklist Millions of families around the country are gearing up to send their kids and teens back to school, and many worry about how to best keep them safe as COVID-19 rates continue to increase. After spending much of their spring semester learning remotely from home, many students will need to get back into the groove … Read More »
August 12, 2020 What Workplace Hazards are Often Overlooked? Some workplace hazards are obvious, such as washing windows on a scaffold attached to a skyscraper or operating heavy machinery in a construction zone on a busy highway. However, there are many other serious workplace hazards that are often overlooked. Collectively, workplace hazards account for millions of work-related injuries and illnesses each year. Employers can … Read More »
August 12, 2020 Pennsylvania to Spend $175 Million to Improve Coronavirus Nursing Home Safety There are approximately 700 nursing homes – and nearly 2,000 long-term care facilities – in Pennsylvania, all of which have been struggling to maintain health and safety efforts as the Coronavirus continues to spread. Officials first raised concerns over catastrophic nursing home safety failures just months ago. In response, the state decided to funnel $175 … Read More »
August 10, 2020 OSHA: 2019’s Top 10 in Workplace Safety Violations The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, just released its top 10 list of workplace health and safety violations for 2019. The agency’s findings are critical when it comes to limiting preventable occupational injuries and deaths, which the National Council on Occupation Safety and Health (National COSH) reports result in more than 50,000 fatalities … Read More »
August 7, 2020 Healthcare Workers Losing Their Lives on the Frontlines According to a project launched by The Guardian and KHN (Kaiser Health News) called Lost on the Frontline, almost 600 healthcare workers have died from COVID-19 since the pandemic first hit the United States. The death toll includes healthcare workers like nurses, doctors and paramedics along with support staff like hospital administrators, nursing home workers, … Read More »
