Seat belts saved more than 75,000 lives from 2004 to 2008!    42% of passenger vehicle occupants killed in 2007 were unbelted.   A 2009 NHTSA study estimates more than 1,600 lives could be saved and 22,000 injuries prevented if seat belt use was 90 percent in every state.  

Have air bags? Buckle up anyway. In most vehicles, air bags are only in the front and inflate only in frontal crashes. In rear or side crashes and rollovers, the seat belt can save you from serious injury or death. Air bags inflate rapidly in a crash. If you’re not buckled up, you could be thrown too close to the air bag and seriously injured or even killed. Air bags are more effective when you’re...

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If you wear a seat belt every time you get into a vehicle, you’re more likely to: … HomeRead More »

Fatal Crashes and Fatalities Involving Alcohol-Impaired Drivers Drivers are considered to be alcohol-impaired when their blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is .08 grams per deciliter (g/dL) or higher. Thus, any fatality occurring in a crash involving a driver with a BAC of .08 or higher is considered to be an alcohol-impaired-driving fatality. The term “driver” refers to the operator of any motor vehicle,...

There are nearly 61 million children age 14 and younger in the United States. This age group made up 20 percent of the total U.S. resident population in2008.  Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for ages 3 to 14 (based on 2006 figures, which are the latest mortality data currently available from the National Center for Health Statistics).  … HomeRead More &raqu...

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Many THANKS to John Newquist, Assistant Regional Administrator at DOL-OSHA, for providing this training presentation. Flat roofing safety 10 31 11 short View more presentations from Bryan Haywood

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Deep frying turkeys for the holidays has gotten more and more popular over the past decade.  Butterball has even developed a turkey fryer that can be used indoors.  Not sure about this product, but saw it on an info-mercial while the family was shopping for kids shoes this weekend. This weeks video is brought to us by Underwriters Labratories (UL).  They did a very nice job making this...

I am not making any guarantees that this information is accurate.  YOU MUST verify; I am just passing along info from other network subscribers. MSA allows their V Gard hats to be worn reversed as long as you reverse the suspension. See the attached Q&A document. The message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: Shortcut to: http://media.msanet.com/na/usa/headeyeface/vgardprotectivehelmets/vgardprotectivecapsandhats/0613_31faqs.pdf (See...