As Coal Production Goes Up, Workers’ Exposure to Coal Dust Increases
When railroad workers go to work, they can be exposed to hazardous fumes. Coal dust has just been discovered to be cancer-causing.
Unsecured Truck Leads to Chain Reaction Accident in West Virginia (WV)
My colleague Rick Shapiro has posted a new blog to our law firm’s Virginia Trucking Accident/Injury Blog about a serious accident in West Virginia (WV) that was precipitated by unsecured junk falling off an truck. A driver who tried to pick up the junk from the roadway was critically injured when he was hit. DM
Pedestrian-Involved Accident in Newport News, VA Sends Three to Hospital
A crash involving a two vehicles and pedestrian in front of the Newmarket South Shopping Center in Newport News, Virginia (VA), sent three people to the hospital. According to the Virginian-Pilot, a BMW making a left from Mercury Boulevard hit an SUV before also running into a man standing on the median and a second SUV…
John Deere Recalls Thousands of Lawn Tractors
Working with the U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission, John Deere has issued a recall of more than 15,000 lawn tractors equipped with a defective mower blade breaking mechanism. According to the CPSC, failure of hardware used to mount the brake under the mower deck “can cause the mower blades to spin longer than normal after…
Kentucky (KY) Truck Driver Dialed Phone Before Crossing Median and Killing 11
Anyone who has ever driven alone cross-country knows how monotonous spending hour after hour behind the wheel can be. So it’s no wonder that commercial truck drivers want to talk on their cell phones to friends and family. Unfortunately, some drivers become so distracted by the conversation or the actual act of dialing that accidents…