Deadliest jobs: Is yours one of them?
All lines of work involve hazards to one degree or another. For some, though, the risk of injury or death is far greater than others. According to Time Magazine, the following are among the top 25 most dangerous jobs in the United States, measured by fatality rate: Construction workers: It’s...
Widow wins survivor benefits after husband worked himself to death
Most fatal work injuries result from sudden accidents: vehicle collisions, falls, equipment malfunctions and the like. However, as one case illustrates, job-related deaths can happen out of the blue from something as simple as overwork. Two decades of backbreaking labor The wife of a Pennsylvania worker found herself without a...
Tesla Autopilot accidents reflect potential dangers of self-driving cars
No longer relegated to science fiction novels, self-driving cars are becoming more and more within reach. In recent years, companies as diverse as Google and Tesla have made high-profile forays into the realm of autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles. Their goal is to reduce the risk of accidents by taking human...
Top 3 factors that contribute to accidents among teen drivers
It’s a scary statistic: Teen drivers are three times more likely to get into an accident than adults (per mile driven). As the parent of a teen driver, your biggest nightmare is learning that he or she has been in an accident. Understanding some of the biggest risk factors that...