Posts tagged Prevention

• Increased safety needed for DC Metro Subway, train and bus drivers

  Doug Landau | November 29, 2009 10:48 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  After four metro drivers have been injured in train accidents since June, it appears that greater safety training is needed by DC Metro. Union officials have also called for more safety training for...

• There Are Far Too Many Bullies In School

  Mike Bryant | November 27, 2009 9:48 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  I've written before about the school assault bill that got passed on the last day of the legislative session, but was later vetoed. It was the anti-bullying bill. It's intent was to add sexual...

• An attitude of gratitude

  Janette Fennell | November 27, 2009 9:33 AM | 0 CommentsVoices Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Greetings: KidsAndCars.org has an opportunity of being awarded $25,000 from the Chase Community Giving Foundation. It costs you no money at all to help us; and would significantly help...

• Police Chase on I-35 in Iowa

  Steve Lombardi | November 26, 2009 12:01 PM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  This accidental death raises the question, are high speed chases really necessary? On Wednesday October 14th 2009 at about 2:30 in the morning an officer noticed a car driving erratically; when the...

• 4 Consecutive Suicides at Local High School Stuns Palo Alto Residents

  David Mittleman | November 09, 2009 9:47 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Suicide is tragedy enough for one family, but what if it becomes the latest trend amongst teenagers? Unfortunately, this became a reality at Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto, California where...

• Hospital Fined for Wrong-Site Surgery

  Beth Janicek | November 06, 2009 10:10 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The Health Department has fined Rhode Island Hospital for $150,000, after a surgical team violated safety policies when it operated on the wrong finger of a patient. This October incident was the...

• For A Safe Halloween

  Mike Bryant | October 29, 2009 8:28 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  It only a couple of days away. the boys have changed costume plans a dozen times. It's a Saturday night, before fall back, so it should be full of fun. But, it is never a time to forget...

• Fire Prevention Week 2009

  Mike Bryant | October 18, 2009 10:11 PM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Sponsored annually by the National Fire Prevention Association it has been Fire Prevention Week. To help with the effort, cities across the state are holding forums, providing daily fire prevention...

• When Will Big Tobacco Stop Going After Kids - FDA Bans Flavored Cigarettes

  Wayne Parsons | September 23, 2009 2:34 PM | 4 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  USA Today (9/23, Rubin) reports that on Tuesday, the FDA banned the sale of candy-, fruit- and clove-flavored cigarettes. The move was authorized by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control...

• Sleepwalking Scare Highlights Danger

  Bret Hanna | September 22, 2009 6:35 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Early Sunday morning, a 12-year-old Vernal girl fell from a motel window while sleepwalking. The girl was staying in a third floor room with her family at a Hampton Inn in Orem, when she fell about...