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Minutes into a field trip to Washington D.C a tour bus flipped, injuring dozens of students and parents in Kentucky Wednesday night. The tour bus, which was carrying 34 students and 20 parents, reportedly ran off the side of a curve. The accident involved no other vehicles, and no life-threatening injuries were reported. The Hart… Read More »
Coinciding with a previous blog. In addition to the Chrysler Fire Probe NHTSA has ordered that a recall of the Jeep Liberty now cover 35,000 SUVs produced between July 2003 and June 2007. The recall is due to excessive corrosion that can be caused by road salt. This can lead to a rear suspension failure… Read More »
Nautilus issued a recall on their Bowflex dumbbells after receiving reports that the weight selector dials are failing. The weight selector dial on the units can fail which causes the plates to fall when the dumbbell is lifted, injuring the user. There have been 16 reports of the weight selector failing, and 3 reported injuries… Read More »
Regulators have expanded their probe examining whether millions of Chrysler-made sport-utility vehicles have a high-risk catching fire in rear- end collisions. The investigation began in August 2010 and originally focused on 3 million Jeep Grand Cherokees that were produced from 1993 to 2004. Now the investigators have added 2.1 million Jeep Cherokee and Jeep Liberty… Read More »
The National Highway Safety Administration urges motorcyclists to not wear 5X5/SA-08 helmets sold by Tank Sports, Inc. According the administration the helmet failed to meet federal head protection requirements. Tank Sports, Inc. of California declared bankruptcy without completing a recall requested by NHTSA. Although it is believed that none of the 5X5/SA-08 helmets are currently… Read More »
The National Transportation Safety Board concluded in a unanimous vote that the tour bus crash in NY last year was caused by a driver suffering from fatigue, and blamed the company for not providing enough oversight. It was determined that the driver of the bus had almost no sleep in the three days leading up… Read More »
Kolcraft issued a recall on their product entitled the Contours Three-and four-wheeled strollers today after receiving three reports of children whose fingertips were amputated, and two reports of adults who received finger lacerations. According to reports the child or consumer’s finger can become caught in the opening formed when locking and unlocking the hinge mechanism,… Read More »
According to the conclusive data that was released by the BLS Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) program 4690 workers died from work related injuries. This data reported 143 more injuries than what was originally reported in 2011. OSHA calculated that this is the death of one U.S. worker every 2 hours from a work-… Read More »
The NTSB has recently came out with a statement saying that commercial motor vehicle companies should have to obtain a CDL drivers’ 10 year driver history, instead of the 3 year driver history that is required now. The 3 year driver’s history allows many drivers to re-enter the industry with a clean record, even after… Read More »
Last week we reported on a recent Bus Crash that took place in Kentucky. This bus crash caused a brain injury, broken bones, and other injuries that could have prevented if the bus had lap seat belts. For years it has been debated on whether the law should require bus companies to install seat belts… Read More »
