According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 842 non-fatal injuries were sustained by workers in third quarter workplace accidents. From July to September 2015, there was only one workplace fatality, but there were hundreds injured. The majority of these accidents have occurred in manufacturing and construction occupations. The statistics regarding workplace injuries are…
A truck accident resulted in one serious injury and cranberries covering the roadway. The accident happened in Sagamore, Massachusetts on Friday morning. According to Massachusetts State Police, a head-on crash involved a truck carrying cranberries at around 7 a.m. The truck was heading into Cape Cod on the Sagamore Bridge when it collided head-on…
A Thursday morningDUI accident claimed the life of a police officer in San Bernardino, California. At approximately 2:05 a.m., 27-year-old Archie Green III ran a red light at the intersection of Fourth Street and Etiwanda Avenue. As he sped through the intersection, he collided with 40-year-old Bryce Hanes’ police squad car. The impact caused…
An Illinois man was killed in anauto accident in Madison County on Wednesday evening. According to the Madison County Coroner’s Office, Maryville resident 68-year-old Steven Atteberry was operating his vehicle westbound on Interstate 270 at the time of the crash. For unknown reasons, Atteberry lost control of his vehicle and veered off the Interstate…
The automotive company, Honda, has issued a recall for over 145,000 motorcycles. The recall is due to defective brakes that can cause a fire. There have been consumer reports linking the issue to eight fires, and it is unknown if any injuries were sustained. Honda is recalling the Honda GL1800 produced between 2001 and…
On October 28th, a 3-year-old girl was awarded $9.6 million for damages she sustained in abirth injury. The medical malpractice lawsuit claims that Dr. Paul Davainis failed to perform a C-section delivery promptly and by delaying the procedure caused the child to sustain serious injuries. The complaint alleges that the baby’s heart rate had…
On Tuesday, a woman was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison fordriving under the influence of drugs that resulted in the death of an 8-year-old boy. According to accident reports, 39-year-old Kimberly Garrett was operating her vehicle on Darwin when she veered off the roadway and into the yard of the victim….
Amotorcycle accident on Wednesday afternoon resulted in the death of a man and another individual injured. The accident happened in Marietta, Georgia at approximately 1:15 p.m. Authorities reported that a motorcyclist was traveling eastbound on South Marietta Parkway when a collision occurred with a bus. The bus was attempting to turn into the Cobb…
A man was critically injured in apedestrian accident when he was struck by a Greyhound bus in Washington, D.C. According to authorities, at around 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, a man attempted to cross 7th Street, and the bus was making a left turn when the bus hit the pedestrian. As the bus turned…
On Tuesday night, a man was injured in a workplace accident in Burlington, Iowa. The accident happened around 9:30 p.m. at the Samuel metal processing plant. According to authorities, a 7,000-pound steel coil fell onto the worker trapping him. The worker, a 56-year-old man, was rescued from underneath the coil, transported to the hospital…