When you decided to work in the airline industry as a pilot or flight attendant, you probably thought of the adventure, how you could fly from one place to the next and see the world. You may not have wanted to dwell on how you could be injured or even killed on the job.
Yet accidents do happen—especially at busy airports like Chicago O’Hare and Midway. And the most common flight crew injuries are not headline-grabbing. They include the following:
How can construction workers stay safe?
While construction workers must be safe and professional on the job site, their employer must also strive to create a safe working environment for all. This entails many steps, which prevent accidents from occurring and ensure workers are trained in how to adequately protect themselves. Accordingly, ConstructConnect.com offers the following tips.
Cook County sees increase in alcohol, speed fatalities
As vehicle technologies focused on safety continue to advance, people in Illinois might believe that fewer crashes should take place or that the injuries experienced in crashes should be less severe than those experienced in older vehicles without today's modern safety features. Unfortunately, even the best technology seems to be unable to prevent drivers from making very poor and negligent choices that put innocent people in harm's way.
For road conditions, the little things matter to motorcyclists
Summertime is motorcycle season in Chicagoland, where road conditions and the cold keep winter biking to a minimum.
