- Ricky Bagolie | March 31, 2006 9:48 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesYet again, driver fatigue causes needless highway deaths. It appears that the driver of the tour bus that crashed in northern Chile may have falled asleep, according to the prosecutor in charge of the accident. The bus was carrying American tourists back to their cruise ship when it plunged hundreds of feet down a hillside in the Andes Mountains, killing 12 of the passengers. According to...
- Ricky Bagolie | March 30, 2006 8:43 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesRemember, when you get hurt on the job and are dealing with a workers' compensation claims adjuster, they are working for the insurance company and are not going to help you get everything you are entitled to. It is best to consult a lawyer that is familiar with the comp system. As a workers' compensation attorney in New Jersey, I have seen many examples of injured workers loosing out on...
- Ricky Bagolie | March 28, 2006 6:37 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe FDA Announced a recall by North Country Spring Water, Ltd.,of Port Kent, New York, of all bottled water products due to potential coliform bacteria contamination. The company's products were distributed in New York, Vermont and New Jersey. Although no illnesses have been confirmed, those who may have consumed this water and have health concerns should consult with their doctor...
- Ricky Bagolie | March 25, 2006 6:43 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesYet another firefighter has died in the line of duty. Pennsylvania firefighter Barry Levin incurred a fatal heart attack while performing Fire Company Related acitivies.According to Firehouse.comBarry R. Levin, 58, was a charter member of the Glen Richie Fire Company in Lawrence Township. A present-day safety officer, he had previously volunteered as chief from 1978-2004, and was an active...
- Ricky Bagolie | March 24, 2006 8:45 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsNearly 375 people were killed and 7,500 others were injured each year between the years 1997 and 2000 as a result of tired truck drivers report the Federal Motor Safety Administration. Greed is often the motavation as the longer truckers can drive the greater the potential revenue and profit for trucking companies. Driver fatigue and drowsiness can result in reckless behavior such as failure to...
- Ricky Bagolie | March 23, 2006 8:36 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsActor Tom Wopat, Luke Duke of the television series the Dukes of Hazzard, has been arrested for drunken driving in Ringwood, New Jersey.All Headline News reports:Passaic County Sheriff's Department spokesperson Bill Maer confirms that Wopat, 54, was driving a Ford Bronco when "he struck some orange traffic cones and nearly slammed into a Ringwood police vehicle at the scene of an unrelated...
- Ricky Bagolie | March 21, 2006 6:42 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesThe Congressional Budget Office has again indicted that the proposed asbestos reform trust fund would be inadequate. There is a strong likelihood that the fund would fall short of the amount needed to pay claims and that many victims of asbestos exposure would not be adequately compensated under the system.As reported in the full text: http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=6989&type=1"CBO...
- Ricky Bagolie | March 20, 2006 5:52 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesAnother first responder has suffered a fatal heart attack while fighting a fire, North Carolina firefighter Kelly Michael Kincaid, a reserve firefighter with the Morganton Department of Public Safety, died late Sunday night, two days after suffering a heart attack while trying to put out a pair of fires in his own neighborhood. The fires were ablaze just three blocks from his house. As...
- Ricky Bagolie | March 17, 2006 9:49 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe risk of fire has lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission to recall about 35,000 Forever-Glo Nite Lites. Manufactured by American Tack & Hardware Co. Inc., of Saddle River, New Jersey, an electrical short circuit in the light can cause it to overheat and smolder or melt which can burn consumers or result in a fire. The recalled night lights should stop being used...
- Ricky Bagolie | March 14, 2006 3:57 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesScientists announced last month that the chromium industry withheld reports that showed lung cancer was affecting workers exposed to low levels of hexavalent chromium - a metal to which approximately 380,000 U.S. workers are exposed.Researchers at George Washington University claim that the chromium industry intentionally manipulated data that showed chromium is carcinogenic at lower levels so...