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Motor Vehicle Accidents 
Aging brings new concerns to both those who are experiencing it, and those who will be responsible for their future care. Nursing home abuse, one of the primary concerns, results in over half a million reports annually. It’s up to family members to be vigilant and know how to recognize the signs of nursing home abuse.
According to the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) which was conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 4,679 individuals lost their lives to work related injuries in 2014. Alarmingly, that is a 2 percent increase in work related fatalities from the previous year.
The residential building boom in big cities, such as Chicago is good news for both the construction industry and economy. However, with this upswing has come an increase of fatalities and injuries among construction workers. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, deaths from injuries on construction sites increased by 5 percent during 2014 to 874 deaths.
Any individual who is employed is in some type of risk of experiencing an on the job injury. While some dangers, like working from high structures or around heavy machinery, may be pretty obvious, others are a bit more discreet. Working in confined spaces is one such danger.
Recently, an Illinois police officer injured his back while loading a 40 pound duty bag into the trunk of his personal vehicle as he prepared to report to work. It is reported that the officer was dressed in his work attire, but he was not on duty at the time of the accident, and it was not close to the time for him to report to the police station.
A preliminary report released by the Chicago Police Department shows that the number of pedestrian fatalities in the city rose by 31 percent during 2015. Forty-six pedestrians lost their lives after being struck by motor vehicles last year. This is up from 35 fatalities the previous year.
When considering jobs that are high risk, most individuals do not think about the health care field. While occupations like construction work, law enforcement, and similar fields tend to have more obvious hazards, however, the health care industry is still third in the nation when it comes to on the job injuries.
Recently, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) withdrew its “Slips, Trips and Falls rule” from the White House review process- a move that will leave employers on shaky ground in the coming months.
There are approximately 1.6 million of America’s most vulnerable members of society who reside in nursing homes. While nursing home abuse takes many forms, and the nursing home abuse epidemic has flooded newspapers and news stations across America for quite some time, there is one form of abuse that has seemed to escalate in recent years, and unfortunately, it is difficult to detect.
The United States Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) released a plan recently that is designed to make it easier to identify trucking companies that are potentially unsafe and get their trucks off of America’s roadways.