Many professions call for the regular use of a ladder. For example, if you’re employed as a roofer or construction worker, you can expect to use this tool time and time again. While a ladder is meant to make your life easier, it also increases the risk of an accident...
Most people who buy processed food products don't spend much time looking at the ingredients or nutritional information. Some people don't even really understand why manufacturers include all of that on the packaging. The reason is simple. Some people don't have the...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) notes that falls take the highest number of lives in the construction industry. Many of these falls happen from roofs, but you also have risks from ladders, lifts, vehicles and falls from one level of a...
Riding your bicycle on an empty road is nothing like tackling heavy traffic. For example, if you commute to and from work on your bicycle, you’re likely to come across a variety of situations that could cause an accident if not approached in the appropriate manner....
The fight against drunk driving has been waged to a significant extent by people who have lost loved ones to drunk drivers. No one knows the grief and loss that drunk drivers can cause better than they do. Their courageous efforts to fight through their pain to...
How many different prescription medications do you take? How much do you trust your doctor and pharmacist to catch any mistakes in your medications and keep you from harm? Those are important questions. Every year, up to 9,000 people in this country die from...
Driving down the highway or interstate is fast, many times free of stop signs or traffic lights, and has been romanticized in everything from rock-n-roll songs to movies and television shows. But the truth is, there are many potential dangers when driving on an...
