The speed and size of the vehicles involved in a crash tend to have a direct relationship to the severity of the resulting collision. The higher the speed of the vehicles involved and the bigger the difference in their size or weight, the greater the potential for...
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Year: 2023
3 steps injured railroad workers need to take for an FELA claim
Railroad workers can get hurt on the job for many different reasons. Most commonly, an unsafe work condition can lead to an injury or a piece of equipment could malfunction or fail, leading to a worker getting seriously hurt. There are innumerable job risks for those...
What is behind recent aviation safety scares?
Air travel is exceptionally safe when compared to ground travel, in part because there are numerous layers of protection in place to prevent issues from causing crashes. For example, pilots and their flight crews perform a series of redundant checks prior to take-off...
Train derailments lead to renewed calls for railway safety
Railroads are no longer part of the cultural mainstream in the United States in the ways they were a few decades ago. Much travel and cargo transportation now involves planes or commercial trucks on surface roads rather than railway travel. However, thousands of...
What’s behind the increase in auto accidents across the U.S.?
Those who have felt like driving seems more dangerous recently aren't just imagining things. According to data provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) concerning collisions in 2021 and 2022, motor vehicle accident fatalities have been on...
Explaining the difference between FELA and workers’ compensation
Those hurt on the job reasonably expect their employer to take care of them financially while they recover. Work injuries can quickly incur medical expenses and in many cases, workers will be unable to work at least temporarily following the injury. In many...
How safe are smaller planes?
Flying in a large commercial jet is a stressful and often uncomfortable experience. You will likely be far too close to the person in the next seat, and amenities that used to be an essential part of flying, like a checked bag and a meal, now require that passengers...