Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 6, Issue 1, January/February 2009 Washington, D.C. – The Obama Administration has stuck a crowbar in the public information vault his predecessor was so skilled at keeping tightly closed and issued an Executive Order requiring the Attorney General to issue new FOIA guidelines to all department heads.
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 6, Issue 1, January/February 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. – In 2005, Congress funneled $2.8 million to the University of Oklahoma as an earmark in the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Transportation Equity Act, a Legacy for Users, to conduct a motorcycle crash causation study. But a series of missteps have caused the [...]
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 6, Issue 1, January/February 2009 REHOBOTH, MA – Safety Research & Strategies President Sean Kane announced that his company has officially expanded its safety mission beyond motor vehicles to include all areas of consumer and other product safety. SRS has long been known for and relied upon for its [...]
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 6, Issue 1, January/February 2009 ATLANTA, GA – After a three-year effort involving the automotive industry, trauma specialists, NHTSA and other federal agencies, the Centers for Disease Control last month issued its first national triage guidelines – and dropped rollover from the criteria of automatic transport to a Level [...]
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 6, Issue 1, January/February 2009 VINALHAVEN, ME – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has opened a probe in December 2008 into the strangulation death of a two-year-old who became entangled in the mesh netting of his crib tent.
Reprinted from The Safety Record, Volume 6, Issue 1, January/February 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s effort to write a new roof strength standard drags into its fourth year, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has gone ahead and created one that is far more stringent than anything the agency [...]