Many people in Illinois drive their cars every day. People rely on them to drive to work, go to school, run errands, go shopping, drive their children to various activities, go to friends' homes, entertainment and many other reasons. When people are driving to these...
Month: September 2019
Construction violations make OSHA top 10
Falls at a construction site may be fatal. But failure to provide protection against falls at construction sites topped the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's preliminary list of the 10 most cited violations from Oct. 1, 2018 through Aug. 31, 2019. This...
Running red light deaths set decade record
Violating traffic signals can be fatal. A recently-released study, in fact, revealed that car accident and other traffic fatality deaths attributed to running red lights set a 10-year record in 2017. The number of these deaths reached 939 in 2017, the latest years...
Columbia senior care facility under scrutiny
The death of a resident at a Columbia senior care facility last Feb. was just one serious symptom of resident care problems. Understaffing and other problems at the facility have led to neglect and poor care. The Illinois Department of Public Health fined that...