It has been a long, interesting 2017, to say the least, and the year is starting to draw to a close. The holiday season is ready to kick off with Thanksgiving and turkey. Before you start visiting family and friends around Charlotte, please be aware that this is one of…
Some things are intentionally and appropriately exclusive. Think of the honor roll, various halls of fame and MENSA, for example. While few would argue that it’s improper for those institutions to be exclusive, society has come to understand just as clearly that other things should be inclusive. Universal design is…
As everyone who has driven on Interstate 77 knows, traffic can move at a crawl during Charlotte’s rush hours and up to the speed limit (and beyond) for the rest of the work day and on weekends. Imagine your surprise if you were driving on I-77 behind an 18-wheeler, as…
The safest companies in the U.S. come in all sizes and shapes. From an analytic laboratory to petroleum waste management and from electrical engineering to office furniture manufacturing and beyond, the companies on the annual EHS Today list share a commitment to worker safety. Each of the firms understands that workplace…
We have written here on our North Carolina law blog about the dangers posed to the average Charlotte motorist by large commercial vehicles. Tractor-trailers are long, heavy, slow to stop and difficult to maneuver. Commercial truck crashes often have dire results for those in passenger vehicles: catastrophic injuries and death are far…
Although Charlotte media hasn’t paid a lot of attention to it, November is American Diabetes Month. The goal is to raise awareness of diabetes and to raise funds that will provide research dedicated to finding a cure. By doing so, we can help improve life for the more than 30…
It is about a three-hour drive east of Charlotte to Benson, North Carolina. Though the town has fewer than 3,500 residents, it boasts two high schools, a pair of middle schools and two elementary schools as well. A school bus on its way to one of the elementary schools was…
Since the dawn of time, humans have developed ever more sophisticated technology with which to fight. From sticks and stones to clubs, guns, tanks, ships, jets and more, humans have always pushed to develop more protective defenses and more lethal weapons. We read recently of a robotics company that has…
Human engineering might sound like a mad scientist’s exploration of DNA, but it is really nothing more sinister than the study of how people can be placed efficiently and safely in work environments. Another word for this line of study: ergonomics. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health says…
There was anger and frustration in the voice of the truck driver’s boss. The supervisor had just lost a friend and a co-worker in a North Carolina truck accident near the Bladen County line about three hours southeast of Charlotte. A TV news report said the death of 45-year-old Timothy Williams left…