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Its Drive Safely Work Week – Plan Ahead to reduce the risk of accidents

835 sales workers and truck drivers died in traffic accidents last year  according to preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI). To raise awareness about these accidents and to reduce the number of drivers dying on the job, the Network of Employers for…

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To mitigate risks of personal injury or wrongful death, child welfare workers should always make sure that red-flag concerns are always at the front and center of a child’ file

By simply noting red-flag concerns front and center of  a patient’s file, child welfare workers can protect children from being seriously abused, injured or killed. In a recent article in Youth Today, Daniel Pollack, a professor at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University in New York City and a frequent…

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One dead and several injured after a New York Bus driver fell asleep at the wheel

A 54 year old woman died in a bus accident yesterday night. The bus was traveling from New York City to North Carolina when the bus driver, 23 year old Eric Jimmerson from New York, fell asleep near Benson North Carolina on Interstate 95. The bus crossed the median heading towards…

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How to prevent deaths and personal injuries related to tipping furniture and TVs?

Furniture and TV tip-overs are among the top cause of deaths and personal injuries around the house. Every 24 minutes in the US a child is sent to the emergency room because of a fallen TV or tipped furniture. Every 15 minutes someone in the U.S. is injured by furniture…

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Personal injuries and wrongful deaths related to rear end crashes could decrease significantly if collision avoidance systems were standard on all new passenger and commercial vehicles

Half a million people suffered personal injury and 1,700 died in more than 1.7 million rear-end vehicle accidents in 2012 in the US. Many of these accidents could have been avoided or at least mitigated if vehicles were equipped with collision warning systems paired with active braking systems according to a…

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Nursing home negligence related to unsafe wandering or elopement can result in serious personal injury and sometimes death of a resident

If a nursing home resident who suffers from dementia or Alzheimers gets injured because he or she wandered unsafely or into unsafe places, got hurt, eloped, got lost or became trapped in unsafe areas, the nursing home can be held liable for negligence because it failed to proprely supervise the resident.  Incidents of unsafe…

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6 people dead and more than 100 injured in an Amtrak train accident

An Amtrak train heading from New York to Washington DC derailed yesterday night in Philadelphia. 6 people died and many the 243 passengers of suffered personal injury and were taken to the hospital. Among the people injured 6 of them were in critical condition. The Amtrak accident happened yesterday night…

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More than 2,500 teens die on the road every year and around 300,000 will suffer personal injury in car accidents: What can parents do to help their teens become safe drivers?

Parents can play a big role in helping their children become safe drivers and avoid being injured or killed in a car accident. Thursday April 28th at 1:00 PM CST, the National Safety Council is organizing a webinar during which Jessica Mirman, PhD, a behavioral scientist and researcher on the Center…

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Patient Safety Awareness Week: how to improve communication between patients and health care providers to mitigate harm?

Medical errors and adverse events are among the leading causes of death and personal injury in the U.S. According to a recent study in the Journal of Patient Safety  the number of premature deaths associated with preventable harm to patients is estimated at more than 400,000 per year. Serious harm seems…

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To prevent medical malpractice and address the risk of spreading CRE infections in hospitals, ECRI institute recommends culturing duodenoscopes

After two patients died and many other suffered personal injury from a recent “superbug”outbreak involving duodenoscopes, the safety of these medical devices (see previous blog) and the method used by hospitals to reprocess them are being questioned. In a recent Hazard Report, the ECRI Institute is recommending culturing Duodenoscopes as a key…

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