INADEQUATE WINDOW GUARD MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAGIC ACCIDENT BRONX, NEW YORK (July 6, 2016)  A 5-year-old child was seriously injured after falling 5 stories threw a window at an apartment building on Bristol Street, according to CBS News. (map) Reporters have been able to identify the boy that was injured as James Frierson. The accident happened on Tuesday in the Crotona Park East section of the Bronx. This comes just two days after a three-year-old fell to his death at an apartment complex in Harlem. Investigators indicated that there were window guards properly in place at the apartment where the boy fell. Yet, somehow, the boy was able

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), unintentional injuries – like those caused by drowning, burns, falls, road traffic and poisoning – are the leading of death among children in the United States. Each year, over 12,000 children aged between 0 and 19 years die from unintentional injuries and over 9.2 million are treated in emergency departments for nonfatal injuries. In 2008, the leading cause of death among children aged 1 to 4 was drowning. For those aged 5 to 19, the leading cause of death was motor vehicle crashes. Statistics show that children are at a much higher risk of being

According to data provided by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Consumer Product Safety Commission, incidents that involve elevators and escalators cause roughly 30 deaths and about 17,000 serious injuries each year in the United States. 90% of the deaths and 60% of the serious injuries are caused by elevators. Almost 40% (14) of the annual deaths involve people who work on or near elevators, including those who repair, install, and maintain elevators and work in or neat elevator shafts. Elevator accidents are not common, but when they do occur, they usually cause serious and at times fatal injuries. Elevators are complex machines

According to figures from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Fatal Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 32,675 people died in 2014 as a result of motor vehicle crashes in the United States. The estimate for fatality in 2015 is up 8.1% from the first six months last year, and the fatality rate increased by 4.4%. The NHTSA also reports that 9,967 people died in alcohol-impaired crashes in 2014. These fatalities account for about 1 out of 3 highway deaths on US roads. An alcohol-impaired traffic fatality occurred every 53 minutes and there was a daily average of 27 alcohol-impaired deaths in 2014. How to Avoid