Year: 2015

A terrible blight has struck Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, but the devastation is not destroying the crops. Instead, children on farms are being killed at an alarming rate. Machinery is responsible for the deaths of these children, and grieving communities barely have time to cope with one death before the next

Just two years ago, a massive wildfire in Texas wiped out 1600 homes and killed two people. Entire towns were devastated, and dozens of people were left homeless. The scars of the burn still stretch across the land, reminding everyone of those terrible days. Now the same area is suffering

Too little, too late is a common saying, but sometimes it isn’t true. Sometimes it would be proper to say “just enough, too late,” when the authorities do the right thing only after something terrible has happened. A situation in Bloomington, Illinois is the latest example of just enough, too

On November 15th, 2014, four employee were killed due to the leak of a toxic chemical at a DuPont manufacturing facility in Houston, Texas. Now, a year later, a series of safety guidelines have been approved by the US Chemical Safety Board in hopes that a similar incident never occurs

When you get hurt on the job, you want to believe your employer will do what is right. You want to believe that a proper investigation will be held, and that the results of the investigation will determine how to proceed. You want to believe you work for an honest

Driver safety is extremely important, which is why most high schools offer a driver education class, and why all states require a license to drive. We want to know that the people we share the road with know the laws they are supposed to follow, and we want to make

It is always troubling when something goes so wrong that a school bus has to be evacuated. But if the bus driver, the school, and the school district handle things correctly, parents are left reassured that their children are in safe hands. Unfortunately, it seems the authorities rarely handle things

There are a variety of injuries which can result in amputation. Though never the first choice for treatment, sometimes there is nothing that can be done to save a limb. In these circumstances, the surgeon will proceed with the amputation in order to save the person’s life. Amputations continue to

A property management firm is claiming that it was an “Act of God” that led to an elevator accident that killed a 37 year old man on October 2nd, 2015. According to the company, there was nothing that could have been done to prevent the terrible tragedy, because “acts of

A major breakthrough in Birmingham, England has the potential to put an end to scarring caused by burns. The developers are ready to make a trial run, treating burn victims in the area with these new patches that stimulate the regrowth of normal tissue rather than scar tissue. If the