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When a family learns that a baby is on the way, it is one of the happiest days of their lives.  As many parents can confirm, it is also a scary day.  Parents heads swirl with questions.  Will I be a good parent?  Will my baby be healthy? These questions also typically include questions…

Eagle Ford Inhalation Dangers: Workers Not the Only People Worried about Air Safety For workers on well sites, platforms, transportation facilities, and other locations supporting oil and gas production, the need to take precautions to avoid inhaling dangerous and deadly fumes is well known.  Many workers are required to wear air monitors that alert…

Top 10 Job Safety Ideas With a large number of America’s workforce working in dangerous industries such as oil and gas, manufacturing, shipping, trucking, and other hazardous jobs, employers should see worker safety as their first priority.  Recent statistics have highlighted Texas’ poor record with regard to worker safety.  Texas ranks at or near…

Modern tractor-trailers are supposed to be well designed to prevent passenger vehicles from sliding underneath them, which is called underride. Preventing underride greatly increases the chance of survival of car drivers and passengers when a car crashes into the back of a large truck.  But a recent series of tests conducted by the Insurance…

According to a document filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Nissan USA has found a problem with the air bag system on several of its 2013 models, and has issued what it refers to as a “voluntary” recall in both the United States and Canada. The vehicles being recalled include the 2013…

Traffic Dangers Follow West Texas Oil Boom There is always a risk when navigating Texas highways under the best of conditions. But when traffic is heavy, it’s sometimes difficult to avoid an auto accident, especially when your car has to share the road with a large number of 18-wheeler trucks, with drivers who may…

Every parent wants to keep their child safe, but nearly every one of them has a story to tell about their struggles trying to get their child’s car safety seat properly installed in the back seat using their vehicle’s specially designed safety devices.  Considering the importance of these safety devices, parents must be properly…

Findlay, Ohio-based Hercules Tire & Rubber Company has issued a recall for a number of its light-duty truck tires sold in the United States and Canada because there is a  possibility that the tires “can experience in-service belt and tread separations.”  This is a technical way of saying the treat and/or belt can separate…