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Teen driver charged in head-on Gaston County collision
A short drive west of Charlotte will land you in Gaston County, site of a recent deadly car crash. According to the North Carolina Highway Patrol, a 16-year-old has been charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle and careless and reckless driving and booked into jail. On a recent evening, the…
Top three most common workplace injuries
When you walk or drive around Charlotte, you see a wide and varied business community ranging from convenience stores to high-end restaurants, from manufacturing facilities to grocers, shoe stores, offices and many more. Each business is staffed, and each of those employees is, to one degree or another, at risk…
More bad news for self-driving vehicle tech
According to a recent article in the Charlotte Observer, Tesla says that one of its vehicles in a fatal crash last week in California was on autopilot. The news is the latest setback for companies developing driverless car technologies. The company said that the driver did not have his hands…
Author: Your job is killing you
It isn’t just that your boss is demanding and that the hours at your Charlotte job are long and hard. It isn’t just that you are expected to do a lot for the company while getting little in return. It isn’t just that you have little control over what you…
Social Security Administration finally gets modest budget boost
In recent years, one of the safest, easiest places for Congress to make budget cuts was at the Social Security Administration. A recent Reuters column points out that the cuts have made it difficult for customers to get information, help and services. Who are Social Security’s customers? Mostly the retired,…
Another form of work: determining SSDI work requirements
When most people hear the words “Social Security,” they think of retirement benefits to be received after a person chooses to stop working. For more than 10 million people, the words “Social Security” have a very different meaning: they have been prevented from continuing their careers by a disabling medical condition.…
Driverless vehicle strikes, kills pedestrian
Proponents of self-driving technology say that it will revolutionize transportation. Driverless vehicles will consume less fuel and spew less pollution into the air. Proponents also say we will reduce traffic congestion, and perhaps best of all, dramatically reduce the number of motor vehicle crashes, injuries and fatalities. Those claims are…
Study: opioid prescriptions elongate work-injury leaves
When you suffer an on-the-job injury at your Charlotte workplace, the first thing on your mind is getting medical attention to ease the pain and to begin the healing process. A new study shows injured workers spend more time recuperating from their injuries when they receive long-term opioid prescriptions. Researchers…
North Carolina Social Security Disability wait longer than average
If someone cannot continue working because of illness or injury, the wait for disability benefits now exceeds two years. According to a recent news article, the wait here in North Carolina for Social Security Disability benefits is slightly longer. More than 38,000 people in our state are waiting to hear…
North Carolina mom, young son killed in head-on highway crash
The laws of physics are unforgiving. When two vehicles collide head-on, the occupants of the bigger, heavier vehicle have a much better chance of walking away than the occupants of the smaller, lighter vehicle. Unfortunately, this very scenario recently played out on a North Carolina road. The results were tragic…
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