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Safety Tips for Highway Work Zones

According to the Federal Highway Administration, there were 87,606 work zone crashes in 2010, accounting for 1.6% of all roadway crashes. That year, 0.6% crashes in work zones were fatal, 30% led to injuries while 69% were crashes involving property damage only. From the data give to us by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 105 workers in road construction sites died in 2013. 63% of occupational work zone fatalities in 2013 were to highway maintenance workers, construction laborers, tractor trailer and heavy truck drivers, construction equipment operators, and first-line supervisors of extraction and construction workers. Keeping Yourself Safe on Highway Work Sites Construction sites on

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Safety Tips to Prevent Summer Sports Injuries

According to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), every year, nearly 2 million people suffer injuries caused by sports activities and seek treatment in hospital emergency departments across the United States. The cost of these treatments can range from $2,294 for a sprain to $7,666 for a fractured arm. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Safe Kids Worldwide, more than 3.5 million children aged 14 and under are treated for sports-related injuries each year. 62% of injuries sustained in organized sports occur during practice as opposed to during a game. Roughly 33% of parents do not take the same safety

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Configuration errors causes computer crash during surgery

New York patients who are scheduled to have a surgery that uses computers to assist in the procedure may be interested to learn that in February, a patient’s heart surgery was stopped for five minutes when a computer began doing an automatic virus check. Although the patient, who was sedated at the time, was not harmed, the incident does highlight the vulnerability of such systems to errors that could potentially be life-threatening.

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Filing a Dental Malpractice Lawsuit

Thousands of people in the United States are affected by dental malpractice each year. According to the American Board of Legal Medicine, 13.1% of all claims for professional malpractice are filed against dentists. Other statistics show that in any one year, 1.6% of dentists will face a civil malpractice lawsuit. Some of the top negligence categories include:

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Medical Assistant Practice Liability

In 2014, the total amount in medical malpractice payouts in the United States was $3,891,743,050. 40% of these payouts were in outpatient incidents while 46% were for inpatient cases. The total payment percentage by gender was 53% ($2,076,790,450) for female patients and 45% ($1,752,854,350) for male patients.

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Symptoms and Dangers of Concussions and Brain Injuries

According to the CDC, traumatic brain injury, or TBI, is one of the major causes of death in the United States, contributing to approximately 30% of all deaths caused by injury. 138 people in the country die every day from injuries including TBI. In 2010, TBI resulted in about 25 million emergency department visits, hospitalizations, or deaths. In most cases, concussions are caused by sports. The CDC reports that the number of reported concussions has more than doubled in the last decade. 3,800,000 concussions were reported in 2012. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, concussion-related emergency room visits for children aged 8 to 13

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How to Prevent Injury in Commercial Fishing

Commercial fishing is one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States. The fatality rate in this industry is 39 times higher than the national average. Man overboard fatalities are the second leading cause of death among workers in professional fishing nationwide. Between 2000 and 2014, 210 fishermen died after falling overboard from their vessel. None were wearing PFDs (personal flotation device) when they drowned. During the same period, vessel disasters were the leading cause of death, accounting for 50% fatalities in commercial fishing. On-deck injuries caused 12% of all fatal injuries and the largest number of non-fatal hospitalized injuries. Between 2000 and 2014,

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Important Steps to Take before Filing a Personal Injury Lawsuit Against an Amusement Park

According to the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA), 300 million people visit the nearly 400 amusement parks in the United States every year. In an analysis of amusement rides at parks and carnivals by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, an estimated 37,154 people were treated in hospital emergency rooms for serious amusement park injuries in 2011. Out of these injured people, 35,977 were released, while 1,177 required further treatment in the hospital or died due to their injuries. Everyone loves amusement parks, but no one thinks about the dangers that come with these places. You and your family can have a fun

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