1 day ago by Greg Lemke

During a particular busy work shift you see a heavy object fall off a ledge or shelf and thud to the floor a foot or so away from a coworker. Whew…no harm, no foul. Right? Consider this Seventy-five percent of all accidents are preceded by one or more near misses, according to the National Safety Co ...

The Safety Director's Cut - safetydirectorscut.com · 1 reference

3 days ago by ejk

Author: Scott D. Fitzgerald, Richmond Personal Injury Lawyer Richmond Injury Lawyer Scott D. Fitzgerald With gas prices remaining high, consumers are trading in their automobiles in favor of gas-sipping scooters and mopeds, particularly in urban areas. Scooter sales were up 17% in 2011, and moped sa ...

Allen & Allen Law Blog - allenandallen.com/blog · Rank: 27,342 · 8 references

3 days ago by Kelly

Kelly Messerschmidt Technical Communications Manager MSC According to a statement released by Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems on February 2, 2012, Bendix notified NHTSA of a potential defect in the Bendix ATR-6 valves that were manufactured between December 02, 2010 and January 18, 2012. Bendix st ...

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12 days ago by Lifeline - Gosh Blog

Two doctors from Great Ormond Street Hospital’s intensive care team are seeking to raise awareness amongst parents about the importance of child safety in the home. Dr’s Joe Brierley and Ruchi Sinha say they have seen a number of patients being admitted to the intensive care unit over the last year ...

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12 days ago by Mike Taubitz

Why is it that safety professionals keep hoping to instill safe behavior by dealing only with the minds of employees? Think about it — skills training, hazard awareness and even (from my perspective) the misguided attempt to have one employee watch another to correct unsafe acts – all of it deals wi ...

FDRsafety - fdrsafety.com · 11 references

14 days ago by ejk

Just because you have a license does NOT mean you are ready to drive! Paul D. Hux, Petersburg personal injury attorney Author: Paul D. Hux, Petersburg Personal Injury Lawyer What parents can do to help new drivers once they get their license? As a Virgina personal injury attorney that has seen many ...

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28 days ago by Kamlesh Desai

deer car insurance accidents Study of Deer-Vehicle Collisions Planned in West Virginia-would that help in reducing car accidents? Every year in West Virginia, motorists and insurance companies pay more than $50 million to fix damage caused when vehicles collide with deer. State wildlife and highway ...

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29 days ago by Kelly

Kelly Messerschmidt Technical Communications Manager MSC Last week in Detroit, Michigan, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Administrator David Strickland spoke to the Society of Automotive Analysts about NHTSA’s considering changes to their 5-star crash rating system, which woul ...

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29 days ago by Mike Taubitz

An OSHA directive on lockout states, “Setting up is not considered utilization of a machine or equipment and is classified as servicing and/or maintenance, rather than normal production operations.” The significance of that statement is that lockout must be applied to set up (because it is classifie ...

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38 days ago by Mike Taubitz

The path to “getting to zero” and eliminating accidents from the workplace does not lie in applying ever greater pressure on employees to follow the rules. Success lies rather in motivating workers to “want to” act safely rather than having them feel that they “have to” obey. That is the premise of ...

FDRsafety - fdrsafety.com · 11 references