This week, there were two very disturbing reports about security at North Carolina long-term care facilities. Oddly, they came from both sides of the door. ON THE INSIDE… At Louisburg Manor (Louisburg, NC), two women entered the nursing home and took jewelry from a 90-year-old resident. According to a report on WRAL.com, the intruders told …
A Home Depot store in San Antonio has been fined over $70K by OSHA. These proposed penalties have been issued secondary to multiple violations. The Home Depot store was cited for failing to provide its employees with necessary safety equipment and failing to properly train its employees. These violations were found to potentially lead to …
Governor Ed Rendell in Pennsylvania vetoed a bill that would have provided Worker’s Compensation Coverage to firefighters with cancer. The bill had overwhelming support from the Pennsylvania Legislature. http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/11/rendell_vetoes_bill_to_expand.html
January 6, 2010 Five people were injured in a two-vehicle Asheville auto accident, according to citizen-times.com. One of the drivers lost control of her vehicle in the Asheville auto accident. She crossed the center lane and hit the other vehicle. Both drivers and their passengers were taken to Mission Hospital following the Asheville auto accident and …
Some great news for University of North Carolina (UNC) fans, especially those with an interest in brain injury: NFL Charities, the charitable foundation of the National Football League (NFL) owners, has awarded a $100,000 grant to the Center for the Study of Retired Athletes at UNC to support concussion research. In addition, the NFL Players Association matched that grant …
Imagine this: You’re in your car, stopped at a traffic light when another car slams you from behind, pushing you across the road and into a light post. Your car is totaled and you have some serious medical bills. Who do you think will end up paying your bills? Well, if the driver who hit …
Road statistics show that of all normal (and legal) driving maneuvers, the most dangerous is something we do every day: Making a left turn. Studies of intersection wrecks show that making a right turn caused only 4% of collisions, but making a left turn caused a whopping 50% of intersection collisions. The reason has to …