Workplace Accident and Injury Reduction Program for Small Construction Employers
Minnesota Statutes § 182.653 subd. 8 requires that each employer in certain specified industries establish a safety and health program known as "A Workplace Accident and Injury Reduction (AWAIR)" program. Key to an AWAIR program is the establishment of the goals and objectives of your safety and health program. The goals should be clear and…
Minnesota Dog Bite Law
The Minnesota dog bite law is one of the most favorable to dog bite victims. It actually covers both bites and other injuries, and applies not only to the owner of the attacking dog but also the person who harbors or keeps the dog. Minn. Stat. Ann. sec. 347.22: Damages, owner liable. If a dog,…
How to Prevent Dog Bites
Over 4 million people are bitten by dogs every year. Here’s how you can keep canines from baring their teeth Dogs may be man’s best friend, but they’re not always chummy with children. Every year in the United States an estimated 4.5 million people are bitten by dogs, ranging from minor nips to major attacks….
Criminal Penalties For Dog Bites and Attacks
There are circumstances in which a dog bite can lead to jail time. The dog owner therefore must be concerned with the local county and municipal codes as well as state law. Furthermore, violation of a county or municipal code section might lead to more serious charges under state law, such as where the dog…
MADD and Takata Launch Tie One On For Safety Holiday Red Ribbon Campaign in Minnesota to Save Lives
Campaign Aims to Curb Fatalities in Minnesota from Alcohol-Related Crashes and Increase Seat Belt Use During the Holiday Season MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ — For the second consecutive year, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and Takata, the world’s largest manufacturer of seat belts, are teaming up to promote safety on the highways and save lives….
Dram Shop Law Minnesota
340A.801 Civil actions. Subdivision 1. Right of action. A spouse, child, parent, guardian, employer, or other person injured in person, property, or means of support, or who incurs other pecuniary loss by an intoxicated person or by the intoxication of another person, has a right of action in the person’s own name for all damages sustained against…
Drinking + Driving = Unlucky Number
FRIDAY, Dec. 28 (HealthScoutNews) — If you’re thinking about hitting the road after overdosing on New Year’s champagne, consider this: Drunken drivers are 13 times more likely to kill someone than an average sober driver, says a new study. "Thirteen times may be less dangerous than some people might have thought, but a drunken driver…
Most Children Who Die in Drunk-Driving Accidents Were Riding With The Drinking Driver
WESTPORT, May 30 (Reuters Health) – In the May 3rd issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association, two articles highlight the continuing need for education and policy interventions to reduce the number of alcohol-related deaths and injuries of children. Dr. Lewis H. Margolis and colleagues from the University of North Carolina at Chapel…
More Than Ever, It Is Imperative That Minnesota Adopt the .08 Illegal BAC
Article: Mothers Against Drunk Driving Impaired driving is a complicated problem that demands a comprehensive solution, and research overwhelmingly shows that .08 BAC is a critical part of the solution. Minnesota continues to lose the battle with the most preventable and committed crime in our state: drunk driving. In 2001, an alarming 211 people were…
Q&A: Teenagers Underage Drinking as of March 2004
Article: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control 1. Is alcohol a significant factor in teenage crashes? Yes. Young drivers are less likely than adults to drive after drinking alcohol, but their crash risks are substantially higher when they do. This is especially true at low and moderate blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) and is thought to…
Children and Air Bags
What’s the Problem? Most new cars have air bags for front-seat passengers. When used with lap/shoulder belts, air bags work very well to protect older children and adults. Air bags do not work with rear-facing child seats (those used with infants). Airbags could seriously injure or even kill an unbuckled child or adult who is…
Automobile Safety
Each year thousands of children are killed or seriously injured in automobile accidents. Many could be saved by practicing simple safety precautions such as using a seatbelt. New, young drivers cause a great many of these kinds of accidents because they have not yet learned to properly handle a motor vehicle and they drive at…
Child Seat Safety
Automobile accidents kill more children each year than any major childhood illness. Tragically, 80 percent of the children who have died in automobile accidents would still be alive if they had been protected by child safety seats or safety belts. It’s easy to teach your children safety habits that will last a lifetime and may…
Lead Poisoning
What is it and who is affected? Lead is a highly toxic substance, exposure to which can produce a wide range of adverse health effects. Both adults and children can suffer from the effects of lead poisoning, but childhood lead poisoning is much more frequent. Over the many years since we have known about the…
Tips on preventing childhood injuries
Each year, more children die from injuries than from all childhood diseases combined. As well, injuries result in suffering, doctors’ visits and even hospital stays. Many injuries to babies and children can be avoided if parents take preventive action. Is your home safe for children? Work through this checklist and see. To make your home…
Medical Errors Reported as a Leading Cause of Death
WASHINGTON — According to a recent report by the Institute of Medicine, medical errors are responsible for at least 44,000 deaths each year in the United States and possibly as many as 98,000 each year. This means that more people die from medical mistakes each year than from breast cancer, highway accidents, or AIDS, the…
What are the requirements to prove a medical malpractice claim?
ANSWER: Medical malpractice occurs when a physician, nurse, or other medical provider does something that violates the practice of other medical providers treating the same condition or fails to do something that other medical providers would have done. The correct method of practice is called the "standard of care," but not every bad outcome from…
Make No Mistake: Medical Errors Can Be Deadly Serious
Two months after a double bypass heart operation that was supposed to save his life, comedian and former Saturday Night Live cast member Dana Carvey got some disheartening news: the cardiac surgeon had bypassed the wrong artery. It took another emergency operation to clear the blockage that was threatening to kill the 45-year-old funnyman and…
Avoiding Medication Errors
Be an Informed Consumer Unfortunately, medication errors happen. They happen in hospitals, in pharmacies, or even at home. And sometimes people get hurt because of these errors. The more information you have, the better able you are to prevent errors and to take care of yourself. You have to ask your pharmacists, doctors and nurses…
20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors
Medical errors are one of the Nation’s leading causes of death and injury. A recent report by the Institute of Medicine estimates that as many as 44,000 to 98,000 people die in U.S. hospitals each year as the result of medical errors. This means that more people die from medical errors than from motor vehicle…