Posts tagged injuries

• Four-Wheelers Are Not Toys

  Pete Mackey | September 09, 2009 12:51 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Like many folks in the Mobile area, I went to the beach on Labor Day. On my way home, I saw two young boys coming the other way on a four wheeler in the grass next to the road. This road is a four...

• There Is Trouble In Your Gasoline Can

  Pete Mackey | June 07, 2009 6:43 PM | 2 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  That gasoline can in your garage sure looks safe. You bought it from a big box store - they would not sell it unless it is safe, right? Wrong. In fact, there is a key safety component that most...

• Rear-facing carseats

  Pete Burns | December 31, 2008 8:45 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Rear-facing carseats are substantially safer than front-facing car seats for children up to 3 to 4 years old. The following youtube video clip is 3 minutes and 28 seconds long. It graphically...

• Crane Operator Injured in Worksite Accident

  Chrissie Cole | February 29, 2008 11:35 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  An Omaha crane operator suffered on the job injuries, in a construction accident, when the 140,000 pound crane he was on slipped down an embankment and into the Papio Creek trapping him inside the cab.The worker was trapped for almost an hour. Firefighters were able to release him from the cab with the Jaws of Life, according to the Omaha Fire Department.He was treated for hypothermia and is...

• Study says weight affects risk of worksite injury

  Staff Writer | June 15, 2007 1:07 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A workplace injury study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Injury Research and Policy says that obesity can increase the risk of a worksite injury. Published in May 2007, in the American Journal of Epidemiology, the study's findings show that a body mass index (BMI) in the obese category significantly raises the possibilities for trauma injuries on the job. Of...

• Hispanic group promotes workplace safety

  Staff Writer | May 10, 2007 10:01 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  The Birmingham News reported last week that a team of Hispanic business owners and contractors has come together to create the Association of Hispanic Contractors to help improve workplace safety in the area. The group of 55 seeks to lower workplace injuries."Our focus is on education and safety," said Martinez, president of the new group. "Safety in our community is a big issue and with us...

• North Carolina man dies of injuries

  Staff Writer | April 23, 2007 10:52 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  The Fayette Observer reported that a man crushed by a backhoe at a gravel pit died from his worksite injuries. As he was operating the backhoe on the job at his family's gravel pit, it slid off an embankment and flipped onto him. He was sadly crushed, and died about one week later. Many workplace injuries occur each year, sometimes because of worker mistakes and sometimes because the right...

• San Francisco construction accident injures workers

  Staff Writer | March 29, 2007 4:32 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A construction accident in San Francisco that injured four workers has prompted an investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSHA) for the state of California.Bay City News Wire reported that the accident happened in a Nob Hill residential building where a team of workers were renovating a basement and garage. San Francisco Fire Lt. Mindy Talmadge comments on the incident:...

• Will slope shelving prevent workplace injuries?

  Staff Writer | February 13, 2007 10:01 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A news release from A Plus Warehouse on PR Web promoting their new slope schelving storage cabinets says that the product could help prevent more back and hand injuries in warehouses.The American Society of Safety Engineers has apparently endorsed this type of shelving, which allows workers to inspect products without picking everyone of them up. This could eliminate many of the hand and back...

• Protecting immigrant labor from injuries growing concern

  Staff Writer | February 07, 2007 11:35 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  An Associated Press story last week addresses the growing problem of workplace injuries among immigrant workers who may speak little or no English. With more immigrant labor entering the construction and landscaping business, proper safety training is becoming an issue. A number of companies are failing to adequately train their non-English speaking workers, and injuries among them are on the...