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- Massive Takata Airbag Recall About to Get Larger
Jun 4, 2016
The massive recall of Takata airbags The Takata airbags were discovered to be defective because the materials would erode under extreme heat conditions and then explode upon impact. Auto safety experts with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have investigated There have been reports of 13 deaths and more than 100 injuries caused by the faulty airbags. As a result of the airbag problem, carmakers have already recalled 50 million motor vehicles throughout...Read More - Sportscaster Erin Andrews Settles Stalking Case against Nashville Hotel
May 31, 2016
Popular sportscaster Erin Andrews finally resolved her Andrews reached a settlement with the Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt University, with the hotel agreeing to pay her an undisclosed sum in the wake of Andrews, who worked for ESPN at the time of the stalking incident and who has since been a host on “Dancing with the Stars,” gained unwanted notoriety in 2008 after nude videos of her were posted on the Internet. It soon...Read More - Quaker Oats Recalls Granola Bars in Wake of Listeria Outbreak
May 23, 2016
The Quaker Oats Company, the Chicago-based food conglomerate and subsidiary of PepsiCo, recently announced a recall of granola bars that have been connected to a Listeria outbreak seemingly generating new headlines about Concerns about consumers being contaminated with Listeria have led a lot of major companies, including food distributors in the United States and Canada, to issue voluntary recalls of food products. The most recent Listeria-related recall involves Quaker Quinoa Granola Bars, which are...Read More - New Jersey Hospitals Graded in Terms of Safety Records
May 5, 2016
A national health care quality group has given high marks to five New Jersey hospitals. Since 2012, these five NJ medical facilities have received straight A’s when it comes to their safety records. The Leapfrog Group first began to look into the idea of “grading” U.S. hospitals after a 1999 report by the Institute of Medicine indicated that preventable hospital errors resulted in the deaths of 98,000 patients each year. Tragically, this kind of ...Read More - Faulty Takata Air Bag Inflators Could Prompt Recall of 85 Million Cars in US
May 3, 2016
Takata Corporation, a Japanese air bag maker that is already dealing with The most recent death involving a Takata airbag happened last month when a teenage driver died after a fender-bender in Texas. Following the accident, the Fort Bend County (TX) sheriff said that the air bag explosion was “like a shotgun blast penetrating,” resulting in the teen driver being struck in the back by a shard of metal and dying almost instantly. Prior...Read More - Fan Injured at Baseball Game, Prompts Increased Safety Measures
Apr 20, 2016
Anytime a person attends a baseball game, they are putting themselves at risk of While some Major League Baseball (MLB) teams have taken measures to ensure that going to the ballpark is a fun, safe experience for fans, these steps don’t always ensure the safety of those in attendance. One person recently learned this the hard way. This week, a woman sitting in the second row at Tropicana Field, watching a contest between the...Read More - Takata Air Bag Explosion in Texas Kills Teenage Driver
Apr 13, 2016
A teenage driver was tragically killed when an air bag in her car exploded after an The air bag was manufactured by the Takata Corporation, a Japan-based company that manufactures auto parts for vehicles distributed throughout the world. In 2011, a product recall was issued for all vehicles containing the The problem with the air bags in these vehicles, including the one driven by the victim in Texas, is that they contain inflators...Read More - NJ Auto Safety Laws Could Use Some Improvement, Says Auto Safety Group
Apr 6, 2016
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety recently released a “report card” that suggests that New Jersey could stand to improve its traffic laws if state leaders really hope to cut down on fatal car accidents. According to the organization, The annual economic cost of car accidents in New Jersey has risen considerably over the past 10 years. The Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety report card indicates that auto accidents cost more than $12.8...Read More - Contamination Leads to Major Recall of Tuna from Bumble Bee Foods
Mar 30, 2016
Bumble Bee Foods and Tri-Union Seafoods both issued recalls of tuna products after finding out that their tuna may have been contaminated during the manufacturing process. The two companies used the same Georgia production facility (owned by Tri-Union Seafoods and leased to Bumble Bee), which is why the recall is so large in scope. It is believed that tuna manufactured and canned at the facility may have been under processed and undercooked as a result...Read More - Design Defect in Medical Device Leads to Serious Risk of Infection
Mar 22, 2016
One of the largest manufacturers of medical devices in the United States is hard at work on a redesign of the company’s duodenoscope after multiple people reportedly suffered dangerous infections as a result of using the A duodenoscope is an important medical device that doctors can use to perform an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), a procedure that makes it easier for surgeons to see inside the pancreatic and biliary ducts. The invasive procedure is...Read More