Safety Information
Safety is of utmost importance both at work and home. These links offer helpful information about safety topics such as installing a carbon monoxide alarm in your home or understanding the realities of asbestos.
I.Motor Vehicle Safety
a. Center for Auto Safety - Vehicle recalls, defects, dangerous vehicles, auto experts, class actions, and lemon law information state-by-state. Created in 1970 by Consumers Union and Ralph Nader.
b. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) - Crashworthiness evaluations for more than 100 vehicle makes and models. Info on injury, theft, and collision losses and driver death rates by makes and models. Funded by auto insurers.
c.Highway Loss Data Institute - Insurance data on vehicle injuries by make and model - Affiliated with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)
d.National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) - Database of defective vehicles, safety records, statistics, recall information, crash test results, and regulations and standards.
d.Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) - Establishes voluntary standards for automobiles and issues technical reports on engineering topics.
i.Rollovers
ii.RR Crossings
iii.Accident Prevention
iv.Safety Devices:
v.Kids
vi.Adults
II.Workplace Dangers
a.OSHA
b.What to Do When Your Boss Tells You to Violate OSHA?
c.Industrial Product Hazards
d.Chemical Exposure
e.Benzene
f.Asbestos
III.Home Safety
a.Consumer Products
b.Fire Prevention
c.Burns: Burn Prevention, Treating Burns
d.Fire Detectors
e.CO Detectors
IV.Consumer Fraud
a.Predatory Lending
b.Identity Theft
c.Class Action
