Posts tagged safety

• Swimming Pool Toddler and Child Death Awareness

  Jeff Weinstein | May 22, 2012 12:16 PM | 0 CommentsAthens, TX Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Every year at this time we read of deaths of toddlers and children associated with falling into pools or lakes and drowning. I just read about a 3 year old that died in Laredo from an incident...

• Deaths and Injuries From Car Wrecks - No Seatbelts

  Jeff Weinstein | May 18, 2012 1:34 PM | 2 CommentsAthens, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I just don't get it. Why don't people wear seatbelts and why don't they restrain their children properly? I just read about a car accident on the Texas New Mexico border that kills...

• Tragedy Strikes Again With Kids and Cars

  Jeff Weinstein | May 16, 2012 7:49 PM | 0 CommentsAthens, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Everyday in this country tragedy strikes homes when family members accidentally harm other family members using their cars. Most cases involve backing up. Over 50 children a week are backed...

• Cyclist are people too! Share the road: it's the law.

  J. Robert Davis | May 15, 2012 7:47 PM | 0 CommentsThe Alamo City, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A visit to Grandmother’s house always includes (for me anyway) a trip to the longleaf trace with my bike. Believe me the hour and a half long drive from her house is worth the trip;...

• Cincinnati Schools Work to Educate Students on Bullying

  Jeff Weinstein | May 14, 2012 7:09 PM | 1 CommentAthens, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Congrats to the Cincinnati Public Schools for allowing students to watch the film, Bully. I know it's a tough call to allow students to watch a PG-13 rated show but let's face it, kids in...

• Young Bicyclist Dangers, Accidents & Injuries

  Jeff Weinstein | May 09, 2012 7:33 PM | 0 CommentsAthens, TX Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  My children may never know the true dangers of riding a bicycle in the neighborhood. We live in a gated community off a farm to market road so they are kind of land locked realizing it is much...

• Distracted Driving update: has your student taken the pledge?

  J. Robert Davis | April 23, 2012 2:56 PM | 1 CommentThe Alamo City, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I am excited about my DD presentations! For those of you who don’t know, DD stands for Distracted Driving. This April I am presenting to Taft and Marshall high schools in San Antonio and...

• Catering service worker killed by truck at DFW Airport

  Shezad Malik MD JD | March 23, 2012 2:36 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two agencies are investigating the death of an LSG Sky Chefs employee who was killed at the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport on Sunday when he was hit by a company truck. The fatal accident occurred...

• Legal Requirement - Rear "Back-Up" Cameras in Cars

  Jeff Weinstein | March 03, 2012 8:49 AM | 0 CommentsAthens, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Tom Young with the Injury Board brought this latest tidbit of information from the U.S. Department of Transportation to my attention. A proposal is being discussed at the Department that...

• CPSC Hosting First Twitter Chat: #TVSaftey

  Scott Kappes | February 15, 2012 3:38 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Over the past couple of years the CPSC has done quite a bit to improve the reputation of the agency and its image. Nowhere is this more evident than online. The CPSC has embraced the social...