Many South Carolina drivers are confident in their driving skills. However, the number of deadly car accidents continues to increase. During 2015 alone, for example, the number of crash fatalities rose 8 percent, the highest jump in 50 years. The figures are even...
Workplace fatalities rise in 2016
Workers in South Carolina and across the United States have good reason to be concerned with safety in the workplace. Fatal injuries on the job rose by 7 percent in 2016 over the number of such fatalities in 2015. The increase was also accompanied by a rise in the...
GAO report on meat and poultry industry calls for teamwork
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspected 244 meat and poultry processing facilities in South Carolina and around the country in 2016, but a report released recently by the Government Accountability Office suggests that the agency's efforts to...
December 2017 is National Impaired Driving Prevention Month
South Carolina residents are likely aware that the number of road users killed in drunk driving accidents increases each year during the holiday season. The White House said that action was needed to reduce this annual surge in road deaths in a Nov. 30 proclamation,...
New logging mandate for truckers
Independent commercial truck drivers in South Carolina and the rest of the country will soon be required to use a new logging system. According to the federal government, the Electronic Logging Device mandate, which will be administered by the federal Motor Carrier...
Concussions: more common than some think
Every year, more than 250,000 people in South Carolina and across the U.S. are hospitalized for traumatic brain injuries with about 50,000 dying from their injuries. Concussions are the most common form of traumatic brain injury and are defined mainly by the...
Texting while driving a major roadway danger
Texting while driving is recognized as one of the most dangerous behaviors a driver can engage in behind the wheel by a great majority of survey respondents in South Carolina and across the country. Distracted roadway behavior can be associated with social...
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