Routinely testing areas for the presence of flammable gases, equipping workers with cheap and easy-to-use air monitors, thoroughly training workers on safe practices and providing qualified supervision can prevent explosions and fires caused by welding flames and grinding sparks. These are the basic conclusions the federal U.S. Chemical Safety Board reached after it investigated an…
My colleague Emily Mapp Brannon is alerting parents of another federal recall of drop side cribs in her latest post to the Norfolk Injuryboard. The recall of more than 500,000 Generation 2 Worldwide and ChildESIGNS cribs comes after three infants lost their lives and at least 20 more became injured. It also comes five years…
Terry Mays of Ona, West Virginia (WV) was killed when the Saturn he was riding in hit a tractor trailer on the turnpike in Raleigh County near Ghent. The driver of the car, who was drinking and driving, tried to pass the tractor trailer but wound up slamming into the back of the large truck,…
A Ford Ranger carrying four passengers was hit by another vehicle and propelled into oncoming traffic on I-70 in West Virginia (WV). The Ranger was then hit by a tractor trailer causing a major wreck. Three of the passengers died at the scene and one passenger was seriously injured. The root cause of this tragic…
Virginia State Police suspect the at-fault driver who killed William E. Goode, Jr. of Norfolk while driving the wrong way on Interstate 295 (I-295) was under the influence of alcohol. Not only did the accident kill Mr. Goode, but it seriously injured Mr. Goode’s 8-year-old daughter. Sadly, the child was left an orphan by this accident as her…