Category: Safety, School Safety/Violence Five Critical School Safety Issues TASA ID: 2774 This consulting company's research team has provided biyearly school safety reports for Congress since the year 2000. The following list was developed from interviews with teachers, school security personnel, police and principals from 120 school districts throughout the United States. Read more
Category: Safety, Transportation Who Is Responsible for Worker Injuries at Loading Docks? TASA ID: 625 Whenever people and trucks are in close proximity, the area becomes very hazardous. In most cases, but not all, those that are doing the loading or unloading, as well as pedestrians, can be the losers. Generally, loading and/or unloading involves a great deal of people, goods and machinery, often on a raised platform or loading dock. There are a number of standards and regulations designed to limit the number of hazards workers are exposed to on loading docks. Read more
Category: Accident Analysis / Reconstruction, Safety Factors Involved in Motorsport Accident Litigation TASA ID: 2998 Motor sport is particularly dangerous as it involves equipment with a high mass or weight, traveling at high speed. A footballer at full speed may trip and fall a yard or so. A vehicle at high speed will travel the length of the football field and more, taking out most of what is in its path. Read more
Category: Food Safety and Production, Safety Food Safety and Related Issues TASA ID: 1005 Food safety is very much in the news nowadays. Headlines such as "Food Companies Work to Ensure Safety from Salmonella (1)" and "FDA: Plant Knew Peanuts Laced with Salmonella (2)" are just a few recent examples. Read more
Category: Engineering, Safety Things the Robot Safety Engineer Will Learn in Legal Depositions Now That the ISO 10218 Document Is Adopted by ANSI (The Primacy of OSHA over ISO is settled in an Ohio Court) TASA ID: 3199 America is different from all other industrial nations due to the unique American system of justice. Any company who attempts to manufacture products and systems in America must be mindful of this significant difference. To ignore the difference is imprudent and not advised. In the unique American civil justice system the use of the advocate system, trial by jury, the lack of a ‘loser pays’ process and the presence of the Occupation Safety and Health Administration sets the US apart from the rest of the industrialized world. Bluntly put: America is truly different from the rest of the world in industrial safety and our track record of safety success speaks for itself. Read more
