Big-rig trailers are required to have underride guards on the back, essentially "bumpers" to prevent cars from running beneath the trailer in a collision. Through rigorous testing, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has found ...
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A worker has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after falling through the roof of Nestlé’s beverages factory in Dalston, Cumbria. The man was airlifted to hospital Emergency services were called at 10.30am ...
The all-new Volvo V40 hatch has arrived in Australia with the world’s first pedestrian airbag. Sensors located in the front bumper register contact between the car and a person (including a child) before a pyrotechnic charge blows ...
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In the U.S. construction industry, almost two workers per day on average died while on the job, according to the latest available statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor for 2011. The real number for that year was 721 fatalities, the ...
February 6, 2013 - Thanks to IHSA (Infrastructure Health & Safety Association) for reminding you to get ready for this month’s Ministry of Labour’s (MoL) enforcement blitz on slips, trips and falls. “Unfortunately, falls ...
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Sharing the road with big trucks scares almost all of us sometimes. You see a semi closing in on your car and worry if the trucker will brake in time, or if they can even see you. Now, in an effort to help prevent dangerous crashes and ...
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has proposed a minimum sound standard for electric and hybrid vehicles to help reduce pedestrian fatalities. Electric and hybrid vehicles are very different than their gas-only ...
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Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), along with its Lexus division, has unveiled its advanced active safety research vehicle for the first time at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, revealing the company’s ...
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IDV Solutions today announced a free, publicly accessible visualization application that lets users interactively explore more than 60 years' worth of data about tornadoes in the United States. The original Tornado Tracks infographic was ...
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We are in the season of festivities, with many celebrations for the holidays and New Year's. But the sobering reality is that it's also a time of year when many people die on our roads due to drunk driving. In 2011, 9,878 people were ...
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Pacemakers from several manufacturers can be commanded to deliver a deadly, 830-volt shock from someone on a laptop up to 50 feet away, the result of poor software programming by medical device companies. The new research comes from ...
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Fire safety in garment factories has been at the forefront of many people's minds lately, especially in the minds of those connected to factories in Bangladesh. The recent tragedy at the Tazreen Fashion factory served as a stark reminder of ...
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As baby boomers age, there has been a growing concern that traffic fatalities and vehicle crashes will spike especially since older drivers already are a high risk segment, but a new study finds that these changing demographics won't cause ...
To improve car safety and aid in law enforcement, New Jersey is set to begin a new program requiring red decals on the front and rear license plates on any vehicle driven by a permit or probationary license holder under age 21. The new ...
A local report about consumer safety surrounding the use of laminated glass for sidelites which aired recently on NBC 6 South Florida asks the question: are vehicles becoming too safe? In January 2011, the National Highway Traffic Safety ...
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