An Employer and its Lack of Concern for the Safety of its Employees On April 5, 2010, an explosion ripped through an underground coal mine in West Virginia. The name of this coal mine was the Upper Big Branch Mine and it was run by Massey Energy Company. 61 miners were underground at the time of the explosion and 29 of them were killed, making this disaster one of the worst mining tragedies in US history . The MSHA, or the Mine Safety and Health Administration, released a final report concluding
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Question: 1 Young children can sustain serious injuries from ______, which deploy even in a low speed crash. Correct: air bags Question: 2 Highway hypnosis is related to ____________. Correct: drowsy driving Question: 3 Safety belts are designed_______. Correct: with an emergency locking mechanism Question: 4 When you are tired your _________ shrinks. Correct: peripheral vision Question: 5 If you take sedatives, you could experience____. Correct: impaired reflexes Question: 6
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a truck carrying a shipment of Wellbutrin® XL from Biovail’s manufacturing facility in Manitabo to Biovail’s Distributor, North Carolina was involved in a multi-vehicle traffic accident near Chicago. The company announced that the loss of the quarterly earnings which target by $260 million is because of the truck accident happened. It contributed
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I was not going to get involved in this conversation, however, a few things are in need of saying. 1) the so called fast lane is always for the "faster driver" BS! I personally have seen both if not all three lanes be used as a "slow lane" it didn't matter where I lived... From Georgia, to Florida, to Oregon, to California, to Arizona, back to Florida and finally in Tennessee... it did not matter 2) the fact that slow drivers in the left lane should be ticketed... again BS if you really think that
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CLARK TWP. — A Sugarcreek woman was injured in an afternoon two-vehicle crash that culminated in a tractor-trailer catching fire and closing state Route 93 well into Wednesday night. Stephanie Troyer, 32, County Road 108, was transported from the scene of the crash to Union Hospital in Dover, according to Chief Deputy Richard Haun of the Holmes County Sheriff's Office, noting Troyer was then flown via emergency helicopter to another hospital, although he was unaware which hospital Wednesday evening
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I know that the topic of texting and driving is a very controversial issue, but there are many questions that I am interested in finding out this semester through my research. I want to find out why people are so prone to look at their phones while they are driving. Everyone knows texting while driving can result in bad things, but they ignore the fact that serious consequences can arise in a single moment with a quick glance at their device while operating a vehicle. I have questions about the human
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in an accident. After hearing that fact, do you think texting while driving should be illegal? My opinion is that it should because more than 11,000 people have died from texting and walking. In the news there was a 14 and 15 year old that got killed for being on there phones. They reduced speed limit around schools and on highways, and other types of streets to try to reduce the amount of accidents. The government reduced the speed limit between 20 and 40 mph.TO try to limit the accidents. They
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train fares. > The off peak car scheme gives Singaporeans more ability to own a car. > There are low taxi fares in Singapore > The private car rental scheme allows car owners to rent out their vehicles. > Singapore is only a small country making it much more efficient to use public transport rather than renting a car to only use for short journeys. >Petrol prices rise’s Opportunities >Owning a car in Singapore requires high maintenance
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1. How has Enterprise Rent-A-Car (ERAC) defined its service differently than that of the typical national car rental company? Basically, ERAC focuses on customers’ convenience. In order to support their convenience, ERAC has established a lot of its branches over the regions, which makes the company offer rental service within 15 minutes. In addition, it provides customers shuttle service to bring them at their homes, offices, or repair shops without fee. So, customers can easily use its service
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Defensive Driving Getting in a car is not about getting to a destination as fast as possible. Instead, it is about safely getting to the final destination. Defense driving is a technique that shows drivers how to drive in a defensive way that will keep them out of harms way when possible. Example: You are driving on a four lane highway. You are in the second to left lane and behind you, to your right and left are 18 wheeler trucks. A motorcyclist is in front of you and a car zooms ahead of the truck
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