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• Coal mining accidents spur safety recommendations

  Staff Writer | December 05, 2006 9:39 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The Mine Safety Technology and Training Commission just came out with more than 70 documented safety recommendations for miners. The goal is to prevent more deaths and injuries resulting from mining accidents. The mining industry has just experienced its worst year in many decades, with more deaths and injuries than most people can remember. An interesting article on insurancejournal.com details...

• Accident during police pursuit kills suspect

  Staff Writer | November 21, 2006 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Last Sunday night a Bon Secour man died in a vehicle crash as police pursued him after a domestic disturbance report. He was reportedly driving at an excessive speed when his vehicle went off the road and crashed into some trees. He was instantly killed in the crash.The motor vehicle accident occurred at around 6:30 p.m. on Fort Morgan Road near the intersection of Henrietta Fulford Place, two...

• Preventing eye injury in the workplace

  Staff Writer | November 15, 2006 1:08 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Eye injuries in the workplace may be caused by a number of factors, including an unsafe environment, an employee's lack of training or failure to follow proper safety practices. An article on OccupationalHazards.com offers advice on how to improve safety in the workplace and prevent eye injury among workers. In one case, a 24-year-old worker lost his left eye when a pallet when a co-worker swung...

• The Risks Of Taking Fosamax Appear To Be Great

  Tom Methvin | October 17, 2006 2:06 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Last month we wrote about the mounting problems associated with the popular osteoporosis drug Fosamax. Since that time it has become most apparent that the problems are widespread. As a result, the Fosamax litigation scene will be very active. Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ), a disfiguring condition that leads to the breakdown of the jawbone and loss of teeth, is clearly a most serious matter....

• Truck driver charged in deadly crash

  Tom Methvin | October 13, 2006 3:58 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A truck driver has been charged with homicide in a crash that killed five people and injured 29 others on a bus carrying high school band students home from a weekend competition. The man's tractor-trailer had swerved off an Interstate highway and jackknifed across the bus' path before dawn on October 16th. The charter bus slammed into the rig, killing the band's director, his wife, their...