Your semitruck has been on the road day and night tallying up hundreds of thousands of miles with only a few stops in between. Short delivery deadlines and high maintenance costs may cause you to maintain its brakes at the very last minute. You might have noticed your...
Texting and driving is a hazard, yet many people continue to do it despite the risks to themselves and others. As someone who has been involved in a crash with someone who was texting, you may be saying to yourself that it wasn’t worth it, because now you’re dealing...
The last couple of years have been like no other for employees of all kinds in New Jersey and across the Northeast. However, some statistics recently released by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for 2020 give some idea of how deadly workplace injuries are most...
It's unnerving when someone begins tailgating you aggressively. In the mirror, it looks like that car is right on your back bumper. This is exaggerated if it's a large vehicle, such as an SUV or a pickup truck. You know that it's dangerous to have someone driving...
The force of a motor vehicle wreck can lead to severe damage to a person’s body. While many injuries, such as broken bones, are easily noticed at the scene of the crash, there are some that don’t show up for a while. A brain injury is one that can be catastrophic,...
Workers in almost every industry are at risk of smashing their fingers in some type of way. Office workers might accidentally slam a drawer on them. A banker may close their finger in a safe. A construction worker may miss a nail and hit their finger instead. While...
In the United States, road rage accounts for 54% of motor vehicle accidents. Add to that the fact that at least 37% of drivers carry a gun in their car and you have a recipe for disaster. Every year, 30 murders are committed by aggressive drivers. According to the...
Workplace accidents occur in all industries and for all sorts of reasons. Maybe someone in a warehouse gets hurt because they have trouble with having equipment. Perhaps failure of a copier leads to a burn or electrical injury for an administrative professional. Some...
Most able-bodied people take their ability to perform basic life tasks for granted. They may not think a lot about what life would be like if they suddenly lost that ability. People who have suffered from a spinal cord injury are often thrust into a life of...
It only takes a moment for a pleasant interaction with a dog to turn into a traumatic experience. When animals turn aggressive, they can leave lasting physical and psychological injuries for their victims. Owners should do their best to prevent their animals from...
