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Last Entry: March 31, 2011 at 19:14:26

Nine People Injured When a MTA Bus Hits Cab

Posted on April 06, 2010
An accident involving an MTA New York City Transit bus and a cab in Brooklyn has left nine people injured, according to www.NY1.com. The crash happened about 7 p.m. Saturday night as the B46 bus traveled the scheduled route on Utica Avenue in Crown Heights and collided with a dollar cab...

NYPD Cop Hit by DWI Driver While Pulling Over a DWI Driver

Posted on April 06, 2010
A drunk driver hit an officer of the New York Police Department as he pulled over another driver suspected of driving drunk, reports the New York Daily News. The accident happened about 4:30 a.m. Sunday morning on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. The NYPD officer stopped a 2008 Honda driven by 40-year-old Hector Herrera Espinosa, of Maryland, after the car was seen weaving in and out of traffic erratically...

Police Ask for Help Identifying Man Hit by Taxi on Long Island

Posted on April 06, 2010
Suffolk County Police are asking for help identifying a male pedestrian hit by a taxi in Amityville, reports LongIslandPress.com. A man described by police as a white, forty-something, Hispanic man whose first name may be Carlos, crossed Route 110 at the Hatcher Court intersection about 12:30 a...

New Jersey House Explodes from Gas Leak, 2 Injured

Posted on April 06, 2010
A house in South Amboy, NJ has blown up from a gas leak, injuring two people, MyCentralNewJersy.com reported. The explosion leveled the one story house at 413 S. Feltus Street, blowing all four exterior walls out and the roof off. The force of it was strong enough to shatter windows of nearby houses and be felt blocks away...

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Recalled Nike/Bauer Children?s Hockey Sticks are a Lead Exposure Danger

Posted on April 06, 2010
Bauer Hockey Inc., of Greenland, NH, is cooperating with The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Health Canada to initiate a voluntary recall of Youth and Junior Hockey Sticks, Shafts, and Blades because they pose lead exposure health hazard...

Woman Who Caught Fire during Surgery Brings Operating Room Flash Fires into National Spotlight

Posted on April 06, 2010
The story of a woman in Oklahoma who caught fire during surgery has once again put the issue of operating room fires in the national spotlight. AOL News ran a story first reported by the Tulsa, OK news station The News on 6. While undergoing breast reconstructive surgery last December at Saint John Medical Center, Connie Plumlee, double mastectomy patient and breast cancer survivor, caught on fire...

PennDOT Changes Driver License Record Policy after Fatal School Bus Accident

Posted on April 06, 2010
A school bus driver who allegedly caused a fatal accident earlier this year and had a job driving a school bus despite another fatal accident on his driving record, has inspired a change in Pennsylvania's Department of Transportation driving record policy...

Brooklyn Building Collapse Injures Four

Posted on April 06, 2010
The collapse of a three-story building in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn has left three construction workers and one passerby injured, The New York Daily News reported. A crew from China Perfect Construction, of Brooklyn, was renovating the building at 34 Conselyea Street to add a fourth floor when at about 1:30 Monday afternoon, the building fell...

Children?s Falls Prompt Recall of Stair Gate

Posted on March 29, 2010
Parents and caregivers should be aware that a popular child gate is under recall because it is a fall hazard and there have been reports of injured children. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced that Evenflo Co. Inc. of Miamisburg, OH is recalling about 150,000 Top-of-Stair Wood Gates in the United States and about 33,000 in Canada...

NY Inspector Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Lead and Asbestos Inspections

Posted on March 29, 2010
A man entrusted to inspect New York City area buildings for lead and asbestos safety plead guilty in a Manhattan federal court yesterday to falsifying hundreds of reports, 1010wins.com reported. Contractors, building owners and property management companies hired Saverio Todaro, 68, and his private company, SAF Environmental Corp...

One Dead, One Injured at NY Salt Mine

Posted on March 29, 2010
An accident at The Cargill Salt Mine in Lansing has killed one man and injured another, WBNG.com reports. The Tompkins County Sheriff's Office said the accident occurred about 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Salt is stored in a large bin as it awaits loading into trucks...

Philly Infant among Three Deaths Prompting Recall of Over 1 Million Baby Slings

Posted on March 29, 2010
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Health Canada (HC) have announced today that Infantino LLC, of San Diego, CA, is recalling all 'SlingRider' and 'Wendy Bellissimo' infant slings because they are a suffocation hazard to infants younger that four months of age...

Cableguy Suffers Head Injury from 20 Foot Fall when SUV Hits Ladder

Posted on March 29, 2010
An SUV struck the ladder of an on-duty Cablevision worker, sending him falling 20 feet to the pavement below, APP.com reported. 33-year-old David Jankowski, of South Amboy, used an extension ladder to service cable wire at the corner of Green Grove Avenue and First Street in Keyport, NJ on Thursday...

Honda Recalling Element and Odyssey Due to Brake Defect

Posted on March 29, 2010
American Honda Motor Co. Inc. has notified the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that the company is recalling certain Odyssey and Element vehicles due to a defect affecting the brake pedal. Each time the consumer starts the engine a self-check process occurs, in which the self-diagnostic software for the VSA modulator can permit air to enter the brake system...

EPA Investigating Effects Of BPA

Posted on March 29, 2010
The impact of bisphenol-A, or BPA, a chemical used to make plastics clear and shatter-resistant, will be scrutinized by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The agency plans to work with BPA manufacturers to gather data on how their products affect wildlife water supply and other areas of the environment...

Crane Hits NYC High-Rise; No Injuries

Posted on March 27, 2010
A 25-story building was struck by a 250-foot construction crane on Saturday. There were no injuries. But traffic was disrupted in the area as nearby buildings were evacuated as a precaution. The crane hit a 23rd-story ledge of a building located on Maiden Lane, in the Financial District, said the New York Fire Department...

Children's Painted Wooden Beads Recalled

Posted on March 23, 2010
S&S Worldwide Inc., announced a voluntary recall of Flower and Insect Painted Wood Beads because they contain excessive levels of lead, which violates the federal lead paint standard. While there have been no reports of illness associated with the recall, lead can be toxic if ingested by children...

Woman and Child Injured, another Woman Dead after Tanker Slams Rear of Car

Posted on March 22, 2010
A tanker truck smashed in to the rear end of a stopped Honda Civic on Saturday, killing one woman and injuring another woman and child, stargazette.com reported. The accident happened about 1:30 p.m. at the intersection of State Routes 2005 and 2022 in Covington, PA...

FDA Warns of Zocor Dangers

Posted on March 22, 2010
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning patients and healthcare professionals that there is an increased risk of muscle injury associated with Zocor (simvastatin) 80 mg, a prescription drug used to lower cholesterol, compared to patients taking lower doses of simvastatin and possibly other drugs in the "statin" class...

Celebrity Cruise Ship has Third Consecutive Outbreak of Sickness in a Month

Posted on March 22, 2010
Passengers this week on the on the Celebrity Mercury cruise ship are the third consecutive voyage to become sickened with an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness, CNN reported at http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/03/16/cruise.ship.outbreak/index.html?hpt=T2...

Children Injured in Falls Prompt Recall of 1.7 Million Graco High Chairs

Posted on March 22, 2010
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Graco Children's Products Inc., of Atlanta, GA, is recalling 1.2 Million children's high chairs. These high chairs pose a fall hazard to children because the screws holding the front legs of the high chair can loosen and fall out and/or the plastic bracket on the rear legs can crack causing the high chair to become unstable and tip over unexpectedly...

Opening Car Door Knocks Bicyclist into Path of NYC Transit Bus and Kills Her

Posted on March 22, 2010
A bicyclist is dead after an opening car door struck and pushed her into the path of a bus, says NY1.com. The accident happened early Wednesday morning, just before 8:30 a.m. as an unidentified 57-year-old woman rode her bicycle southbound on Crotona Avenue near East Tremont Avenue in the Bronx...

FDA - GSK's Rotavirus Vaccine Suspended

Posted on March 22, 2010
Health officials from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are warning doctors and parents against using the Rotarix rotavirus vaccine until further testing can determine if it is safe. Rotarix, made by GlaxoSmithKline, contains pig virus (called porcine circovirus 1, or PCV1), according to researchers...

Bicycle Bells Recalled Due To Lead Violation

Posted on March 19, 2010
Bicycle Bells imported by Do It Best Corp., have been voluntarily recalled because the red paint on the bells violates the federal lead paint standard. Lead can be toxic if ingested by small children. To this date, the company has not been notified of any incidents associated with the recall bicycle bells...

Harmony High Chairs Recalled By Graco

Posted on March 18, 2010
Graco, in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, issued a voluntary recall of more than 1.2 million Graco Harmony High Chairs in the U.S. and Canada. The hazard involves screws holding the front legs which can loosen allowing the chair to tip...

Office Chairs Recalled By Cost Plus Inc.

Posted on March 18, 2010
Konrad and Loft Office Chairs distributed by Cost Plus Inc., have been voluntarily recalled in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), because the backs can come loose from the base, posing a fall hazard. To this date, there have been no reports of injury/incident associated with the recalled chairs...

700,000 Fireplace Remote Controls Recalled

Posted on March 17, 2010
March 16, 2010 The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Dimplex North America, of Ontario, Canada is recalling about 700,000 remote control kits for electric fireplaces and stoves because the plug-in wall unit can overheat, causing a fire and burn hazard...

Faulty Balcony Railing Causes Man to Fall 24 Floors in Manhattan

Posted on March 17, 2010
March 15, 2010 A man died from a 24-story fall from the balcony of a Manhattan apartment building on Sunday, reported NY1.com. Officials at the New York City Department of Buildings say the death of Connor Donohue, 24, may be the fault of a dilapidated balcony railing...

Five FDNY Injured in Brooklyn Blaze

Posted on March 17, 2010
Five firefighters sustained injuries while fighting a blaze at a Brooklyn townhouse, reported WCBSTV.com. FDNY responded to a two-alarm fire at 192 Concord Street in the Fort Green section of Brooklyn on Thursday after a neighbor called 911 to report the fire about 4:30 a...

Warning of Infant Deaths with Popular Baby Slings

Posted on March 17, 2010
The suffocation deaths of infants while in baby slings has prompted the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to issue a warning about the popular child carriers. Baby slings are a soft fabric wrap or pouch-like apparel used to carry a child wrapped close to the chest...

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