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 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 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 »
July 30, 2020 Too Many Car Accidents Still Involve Speeding According to reports from the National Safety Council (NSC), speed is a factor in roughly one-third of all deadly car accidents, killing more than 9,000 men, women, and children every year. Despite the fact that speed is one of the most preventable – and controllable – factors of nonfatal and fatal car accidents, it continues … Read More »
July 30, 2020 Preventing Falls in Older Americans The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that every second of the day, an older individual falls. As such, falls are the leading cause of death (as well as the frontrunner for nonfatal injuries) for Americans who are 65-years-old and above. 30,000 senior citizens die from injuries they sustain from falls every year … Read More »
July 28, 2020 The NHTSA’s Summer Driving Tips Although things may be looking a bit different this summer, there are still plenty of people on the nation’s roadways or with plans to travel. The roads can be particularly deadly during hotter months. Just two years ago, more than 9,000 individuals were fatally injured in motor vehicle accidents that occurred between June and August. … Read More »
July 23, 2020 Why are Pedestrian Accidents Increasing During the COVID-19 Pandemic? According to the Governor’s Highway Safety Association (GHSA), the number of pedestrians killed in the United States has been increasing steadily for over a decade. Experts expect this trend to continue, particularly owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has prompted the closure of gyms and other indoor recreational facilities. As more people turn to walking … Read More »
July 21, 2020 FDA Warns Consumers About Contaminated Hand Sanitizers The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been seeing a surge in contaminated hand sanitizers. Most of the contaminated units claim to contain ethanol (or ethyl alcohol), but they have tested positive for methanol, or wood alcohol. Methanol is a toxic substance that can cause serious and deadly complications when absorbed through the skin. Why … Read More »
July 17, 2020 What are the Hazards of Working in an Amusement Park? Amusement parks, which have been closed for several months because of the COVID-19 pandemic, have started to reopen across Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Thousands of thrill seekers have been waiting for the chance to jump on their favorite ride. Although amusement parks are about having fun, employees face many hazards, including intense heat, working at … Read More »
