Posts tagged Safety

• Tips to Prevent Medical Errors

  Jan Boswell | November 11, 2009 9:22 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  This blog is written in response to the blog, 98,000 Reasons to Care about Patient Safety, by Jane Ayre at InjuryBoard.com. This is the number of Americans who die from medical errors each year. As...

• Males Die More Than Females

  Jon Lewis | September 09, 2009 6:13 PM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  According to a study done by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, more males have died in automobile crashes from 1975 through 2007. Why? Men typically drive more and take more chances such...

• Driving while pregnant

  Danny Lehane | August 26, 2009 2:09 PM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  According to AAA, September 12-18 is National Child Passenger Safety Week. AAA passed along some helpful tips for mothers-to-be. First and foremost, seek the advice of a medical professional if you...

• Safety - Protect Yourself and Your Family

  Jon Lewis | August 26, 2009 11:27 AM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Our society values safety and health, and really, what is more important? Safety is defined on Wikipedia as: Safety is the state of being safe (from French sauf), the condition of being...

• Are they Really Accidents?

  Jon Lewis | June 09, 2009 8:52 PM | 4 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I just finished a book called Safety 24/7 - Building an Incident-free Culture. The authors, Gregor M. Anderson and Robert L. Lorber, Ph.D, make it clear that there are very few true accidents. In...

• Alabama Truck Accidents - New Law

  Jon Lewis | March 27, 2009 6:57 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Alabama has finally passed a law to protect the public and State highways from future steel coil incidents. According to the Birmingham News, T. J. Willings, of the Alabama Trucking Association,...

• Bus Accidents

  Jon Lewis | October 22, 2008 1:30 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  More than three decades ago, UCLA engineers performed a series of classic school bus crash studies, which determined that the major cause for injury in school bus accidents was the inadequacy of...

• Water Safety

  Jon Lewis | July 04, 2008 4:45 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Summer is a time for swimming. Whether at the pool or at the beach, people love the refreshing feel of the water during the hot summer. Have your kids ever said "no" when asked if they wanted to go...

• Fireworks Safety

  Jon Lewis | July 04, 2008 4:34 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  This 4th of July, practice safety with respect to fireworks. The Red Cross has published the following safety tips with regards to fireworks: • Never give fireworks to small children, and...

• Another Steel Coil

  Jon Lewis | June 20, 2008 6:34 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  It has happened once again. Another runaway steel coil. Amazingly, no one was injured. Yesterday, the trailer bed of an 18-wheeler collapsed, and as a result, a 46,000 pound steel coiild rolled...