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A car crash involving a school bus and an SUV in Camden County left 15 people injured Friday morning. Twelve students who were on the bus when it was hit were transferred to the hospital to be treated for minor injuries. The 25-year-old male driver of the SUV and two children, ages two and four, […]

Working in the construction industry comes with a unique set of risks that you will not typically encounter in other employment settings. With those risks come a higher rate of work-related injuries and deaths than you might find in other jobs. When a construction worker is fatally injured on the job, family members may file […]

A recent study conducted by Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) measured the effects of drowsy driving by comparing the performance of night shift workers driving in two test drives; one after a night of sleep, and one after their usual night shift. The results were both astounding and disturbing, with 37.5% of the participants nearly […]

While many east coast residents enjoyed unseasonably warm weather well into December, the ice, snow and freezing temperatures that come with winter have hit the Northeast now. With these hazardous weather conditions comes a higher incidence of slip and fall injuries. Ice and snow are unavoidable this time of year, but if you keep some […]

This year’s hottest craze, hoverboards, have been caught on camera across the country suddenly catching on fire. As 2016 begins, there have been 24 hoverboard fires reported to the Consumer Product Safety Commission in 17 states throughout the U.S. The fires occurred all across the country, from Washington State to Florida and New York City […]

After the devastating train derailment this past May, Amtrak recently installed a safety train system called positive train control (PTC) on the portion of the track where the accident occurred. If the system had been installed in 2008, when it was originally mandated, the eight deaths and over 200 injuries could have been prevented. The […]

Statistically speaking, going straight on a highway is a person’s safest bet. However, if you change lanes only when necessary the risk of a car accident occurring is likely very low. “When necessary” means that you are not changing lanes too often, which is deemed to be three times or more per mile. It also […]

In the fall of 2014, four members of the North Central Texas College softball team were killed when a truck collided into the team’s bus along Interstate 35 North near Davis, Oklahoma. After conducting an investigation into the accident, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently issued recommendations for trucking companies that will help address […]

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently conducted a study to determine the causes of serious accidents involving large trucks. The study found that where a large truck was the critical reason for the crash, 87 percent of these truck accidents were caused by truck driver error. The […]

Safety is a priority at all construction sites, simply because, unlike other work environments, a construction site accident can be devastating. One of the best ways to prevent an accident from happening is to provide employees with the proper training in order to dramatically reduce the incidence of tragic accidents. Sometimes, taking a step back […]