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Another worker electrocted, this one at John Deere's Waterloo foundry

Posted on August 09, 2009
It appears the worker who was electrocuted at the John Deere Waterloo facility has died. The man, Daniel Gerdman, 22-years-of-age died on Tuesday while working at the foundry. Working on some lighting he was electrocuted. OSHA is investigating the incident...

Titan Tire Worker Pulled into Milling Machine

Posted on August 09, 2009
Last Tuesday afternoon a Titan Tire worker from the mill room was pulled into a milling machine last week. His name is Christian Alvarez of 1807 Mondamin Ave. in Des Moines, Iowa. He is 20-years-old. Reports have him suffering neck and head injuries, a type of injury that can be seriously disabling...

Negligence, a failure to yield and paying the highest price

Posted on August 08, 2009
Many times we think of the other guy and what happens to him when he doesn't stop for the stop sign or just fail to yield the right of way while turning. For young drivers it's important to look at what it could mean to you, the driver who makes the mistake...

What might have prevented this 24-year-old Des Moines electrician from being killed by electrocution?

Posted on August 08, 2009
What caused the death of a 24 year old Des Moines electrician? That was the question surrounding the death of Chris Turney but now the autopsy has revealed that it was in fact caused by electrocution. Mr. Turney was standing on a metal scaffold working with electrical wires at the Hy-Vee under construction at College Square Mall in Cedar Rapids when it happened...

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Part 10 of 20 - Wrong-way Interstate Collisions, ?My mother always said nothing good happens after midnight.?

Posted on August 07, 2009
Santa Fe, New Mexico – June 2009 - A wrong-way driver crashed into a car loaded with teenagers killing four of them. The teen driver may also have been driving illegally as the driver had a provisional driver's license that prohibits driving between midnight and 5:00 a...

Cheerleading Parents, to Avoid Catastrophic Injury to your Teen, Get Busy Learning the Cupie/Awesome

Posted on August 07, 2009
Today we're going to talk more about cheerleading safety standards and parental involvement with the cheer squad. With the draconian legislative tort-reform measures put into place, it's important for every parent to understand the safety standards their cheer coach should follow, when they aren't and what risks their child is being exposed to...

Part 9 of 20 - Wrong-way Interstate Collisions, ?What time do most of these take place??

Posted on August 07, 2009
Dallas, Texas - July 2009 – Letter to the Editor 'Nothing will work' states that putting more signs up will not help stop wrong-way drivers due in part to drunk drivers being totally unaware they are the one's going the wrong way and being unable to read a sign...

A New Era In Safety May Be Dawning for Cheerleaders

Posted on August 06, 2009
Irvine, California – July 29, 2009 - The National Cheer Safety Foundation (NCSF) panel of experts teams up with the National Council for Spirit Safety and Education (NCSSE) to establish college-level safety courses for cheer coaches around the world...

Part 8 of 20 - Wrong-way Interstate Collisions, ?Is the driver mentally ill??

Posted on August 06, 2009
Coos Bay, Oregon – July 2009 – Most wrong-way driving is accidental, but occasionally your run into a story where it was purposefully done. This is one of those news stories. This one involves a masked man on a four-wheeler ATV traveling the wrong-way on a one way street attempting and then succeeding to allude law enforcement...

Here is what is wrong with Wisconsin's Anti-Cheerleader Tort Reform

Posted on August 06, 2009
If you're a parent of a cheerleader in Wisconsin watch this video and listen to the podcast. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwt-wQTBnw4&feature=player_embedded After your baby girl is catastrophically injured, good luck finding a lawyer in Wisconsin who can help you with the school district that turns their back on your quad-kid...

Part 7 of 20 - Wrong-way Interstate Collisions, ?Did the driver?s GPS malfunction??

Posted on August 06, 2009
Monroeville, PA – July 2009 – 9:20 A.M. - Pennsylvania Turnpike, heading west in the eastbound lane of traffic. She was 36-years-old and had a 2 ½ year old son in a car seat that survived suffering only a cut above his right eye. She was a nurse and collided head-on with a tractor-trailer semi truck...

Statistically the New York's Taconic State Parkway Wrong-way Collision Cause Not a Surprise

Posted on August 06, 2009
In light of the New York wrong-way collision on the Taconic State Parkway getting so much publicity I thought it appropriate to repost my findings and conclusions about wrong-way collisions. The cause of the New York collision that killed eight people wasn't surprising to me...

Part 6 of 20 - Wrong-way Interstate Collisions, ?Are the police chasing the guy??

Posted on August 05, 2009
Fredericton, Canada - December 2007 - A 61-year-old woman drove the wrong-way on a divided highway named Vanier Highway, the other head-on crash victim died. The wrong-way driver suffered a broken ankle but learned the person who died was a friend. The wrong-way driver was charged criminally and the trial testimony along with expert witness testimony is reported in the Daily Gleaner...

Part 5 of 20 - Wrong-way Interstate Collisions, ?Is the driver suicidal??

Posted on August 05, 2009
Spring Hill, Florida – July 2009 - Wrong-way driver on Commercial Way. Driver was suspected of Dui but blew a negative breath test. The 28-year-old driver's mother indicated she was probably on either prescription drugs or methamphetamines. Saskatchewan, Canada – July 2009 - A $2,500 fine was issue to a man who had caused a collision when driving the wrong way while driving under the influence...

Part 4 of 20 - Wrong-way Interstate Collisions, ?Is the driver too old to be driving??

Posted on August 04, 2009
Syracuse, NY – July 2009 – Three people died, wrong-way driver on Route 481, 60-year-old male. The at-fault driver had an 82-year-old passenger who also didn't realize they were traveling the wrong way. The driver of the car they struck was 27-years-old and died in the collision...

Is Direct To Consumer Marketing by Big Pharma Backfiring?

Posted on August 04, 2009
I've covered direct marketing to patients by the pharmaceutical industry in a previous post. I was critical that other countries don't allow marketing directly to patients and that by doing so it creates a market influenced by patients pressuring physicians for drugs they might otherwise never take...

Part 3 of 20 - Wrong-way Interstate Collisions, ?Is the driver on prescription medications??

Posted on August 04, 2009
Twin Cities, Minnesota – July 2009 – 49, y.o. female, OWI – BAC .33 legal is .08. Wrong-way driver on McAndrews Road in Burnside, MN. Slight injuries to both drivers, the story is covered by Pioneer Press. Baldwinsville, NY – July 2009 – Route 481 – three deaths...

Part 2 of 20 - Wrong-way Interstate Collisions, ?Is the driver drunk??

Posted on August 03, 2009
Dallas, Texas – July 2009 – Dallas North Tollway – June 1, 2009 you can listen to the 9-1-1 call about wrong-way driver on the Dallas North Tollway. Age of driver is 28 years-old, female; head-on collision resulted in killing both drivers...

Part 1 of 20 - Wrong-way Interstate Collisions, Don't blink a car is ready to hit you head-on

Posted on August 03, 2009
This week I want to cover wrong-way collisions. I've collected as many news items on wrong-way collisions as were available during the last 3 or 4 months. My intent was to report on all for a six-month period, but in going through them I wrote up only July's since there so many to handle and the theme simply keeps repeating itself...

Iowa and Nebraska EMT?s consider a Crane to Transport the Morbidly Obese Bureaucrats

Posted on August 03, 2009
America the obese is weighing down government budgets for things like cranes and forklifts to move 800-pound EMT patients. The cost of ambulances and equipment is increasing with America's waist line. In 2008 27 percent of Iowa and Nebraska's population was obese; that was up from 23 percent in 2005...

Analyzing July 2009 Wrong-way High Speed Collisions in America

Posted on August 03, 2009
Wrong-way drivers are causing deaths in America's interstate highway system all across the United States. No state seems to be immune. With two vehicles traveling towards one another at 70 mph death is almost certain. So what can you do to avoid being in one? For several months I've collected news items on wrong-way collisions and have analyzed where, when and how they occurred...

Van Crashes into Train in Adams County, Iowa

Posted on August 03, 2009
On July 20th 2009 a man driving a van crashed into a moving train in Adams County. While the crash happened two miles east of Nodaway near the RAGBRAI route it was not apparently a RAGBRAI support vehicle. Sheriff's stated that one person was in the van at the time of the crash and that he apparently wasn't seriously injured...

When You're Over 50 How Much Bike is Too Much?

Posted on August 03, 2009
I read where a man 67-years-old was riding eastbound on I-80 at the 142 mile marker. He's in the left lane, his bike leaves the roadway on the left side where he rolls it and is killed. This accident happens at 4:01 pm and he's heading east so the sun would not be a factor unless it's being reflected off of something...

Iowa's RAGBRAI Mania, like the Tour in France brings out the best and worst in People

Posted on August 02, 2009
With RAGBRAI wheeling through Iowa we have pro-bikers and con-bikers making the news. For those of you who don't know about RAGRBRAI it stands for the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa. This is the 37th annual great bike ride across Iowa...

Iowa Trucker Killed While Unloading Pipe in Tennessee

Posted on August 02, 2009
On Monday July 20th 2009, Larry LaCroix of Fort Madison died at University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville after he was crushed by a load of pipe he was delivering to the cleanup site of a coal ash spill in Tennessee. Mr. LaCroix was releasing a hold-down strap on his flatbed trailer when the 20-inch diameter pipe came loose and rolled on top of him officials said The cleanup was halted temporarily so that safety procedures could be reviewed with the hundreds of workers at the site...

Child on the Rear, this Motorcyclist is charged with Child Endangerment

Posted on August 02, 2009
On July 24th 2009 Stacey Pierson was charged with child endangerment, attempting to elude and driving with a suspended license. He is accused of leading police on a chase with his 12 year old child on the back. The chase along Interstate 380 near in interchange reached speeds of 80 mph and according to court documents caused 'a substantial risk' to the child...

Tradition is Tradition and Palin Should Bite the Head off the Republicans Latest Red Herring

Posted on August 02, 2009
Well, she did it again. She's avoided the library. It's reported that Sarah Palin was to speak at the Simi Valley Republican Women's event at the Reagan Library. The latest Palin-PR announcement is that she's cancelled. Once again she's proven how to avoid ever being accused of visiting a library...

Russian-American Texas-Policia Taser Viciously Dangerous 72-year-old Grandmama

Posted on August 01, 2009
It's true. One of America's most feared law breakers was tamed by the Texas Highway Patrol; this 72-year-old woman had to be Tasered after driving her car too fast on Texas roads and then having the temerity to argue with the officer. Here is what she said that required electrocution but not execution...

If the Police Believe Tasers are Safe Why is This One Blocking the Taser Camera Lens

Posted on July 31, 2009
Take a look at this Lakewood, Ohio video tape of a policman using the Taser on a dog. Each time the officer uses the Taser for some unexplained reason the Taser's camera lens gets blocked with what looks to be something having the color of human skin...

When Money Talks, the Truth Walks

Posted on July 31, 2009
This morning we talked about a 15-year-old boy who died after being Tasered. And what about the Detroit teenager who also died in April after being Tasered? Since 2001, more than 330 people in the United States have died after being shocked by Tasers, according to the human rights group "Amnesty International...

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