Accident

Every year, approximately 385,000 healthcare employees in the hospital are accidently injured while handling or disposing of needles. In non-acute facilities, 600,000 individuals are injured, including those who are not handling the devices first-hand. A needlestick commonly occurs in the process of disposal, during use on a patient, or after disposal if the device is not properly placed in a sharps container. These statistics can easily be avoided by proper education and training.…

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Railroad crossings are very dangerous and have caused many serious crashes and even deaths. When crossing them you have to be very aware of what is happening around you, and the signs telling you what to do and where to go. I believe that in order to avoid crashes while crossing them you need to use common sense, understand and see the signs warning you about the dangers, and if you do this you will be fine. I think that it is ironic that railroad crossings are such a problem because it’s not an…

The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, to protect the health and safety of their employees so far as is reasonably practicable. Duties also exist to protect members of the public who may be affected by the running of the business. This duty also applies to the self-employed. Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 these specify the minimum welfare standards in the workplace including number of toilets, wash hand basins, work space, temperature, safe glazing in windows, etc…

Hello Everyone, I’m going to go over Hazard recognition which is defined “as the process of identifying agents or conditions which have the potential of causing harm to a worker’s health and safety”. It is a basic concept but is very important topic that many people can become complacent too, especially on the smaller aspects of the job; like walking into someone back yard and not noticing the “Beware of Dog Sign, or stepping out of the truck if your off roads and not noticing a hole or divot…

One would think that someone could feel the sudden acceleration of the train. If the engineer was aware of his speed at the time he should have began to slow down because he was approaching a curve. Taking a curve at a slower rate is important so accidents such as a derailment do not happen. Take driving for instance, when a sharp turn is nearing, driver generally slow down so they do not lose control of the vehicle. One would think that the same precautions would be taken with a train that is…

The Criteria For Accountability In A Wrongful Death Suit: Do You Have A Case? When you're dealing with a death, it's difficult to see beyond the pain of losing someone; however, if that death was wrongful, you have a limited time to pursue a case and many variables to consider. The following questions and answers should help you determine if you have a wrongful death case and how you should proceed. 1. How Do You Know If The Death Was "Wrongful"? Everyone dies, eventually, and since death is…

that makes the accident horrendous. The airbag came off and hold my head against the wheel. I can see a smoke coming out from the engine and the street light on the ground. It all looks a dream to me. I pushed the door hard to open it and got out from the car and start looking around feeling lost and terrified. The first thing came to my mind was to call my brother, I called him and told him to come and help me. I was crying and feeling guilty when I told him that I have an accident. He asked…

Increasing Problem of ACL Injuries Is there something we can do to prevent more ACL injuries in the future? ACL injuries are taking out athletes from sports one-hundred thousand to three-hundred thousand each year (Hewett, 2010). Females especially are suffering the most from this specific injury. The ACL muscle is located in your knee and has many functions. It helps keep the tibia from moving forward, keeps the knee from extending farther than it should, and keep the shock absorbers safe from…

Mishap at the Burial Site Mistakes are made in every industry and funeral directors services are no exception. Even though the clients of these men and women are already dead, the mistakes can be just as horrible to the deceased’ family members as if they were alive. While there are many mistakes that can, and are, unfortunately made in this field, one surpasses them all; that is leaving of jewelry on the deceased instead of removing it prior to burial. There are several causes for such…