According to a recent report, workers in Missouri and around the country would be better protected against workplace accidents if the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the National Institute for Occupational Safety...
Month: January 2018
How to guard against uninsured drivers
Missouri requires its drivers to carry minimum amounts of car insurance. For example, drivers must have an uninsured motorists policy with a minimum of $25,000 per person for bodily injury and $50,000 per accident for bodily injury. As the state Department...
Prevent speeding to reduce traffic deaths, says NTSB
Some Missouri motorists may think that the increase in drivers, or the prevalence of both drivers and pedestrians playing with their smartphones, is to blame for the rise in traffic fatalities. However, the National Transportation Safety Board believes that speeding...
How moving may impact SSD benefits
Missouri residents who receive Social Security Disability benefits will receive the same amount regardless of where they live. This means that they could move to state that has a lower cost of living without seeing a reduction in the benefits that they are entitled...
GAO reveals hazards faced by meat processing workers
The meat processing industry is full of hazards, so anyone connected to the business in Missouri will want to know that the Government Accountability Office has released a report meat processing. After interviewing 72 workers across five states, the GAO found several...
Avoiding truck accidents
Driving around large trucks can be intimidating for many Missouri drivers. There are over 2 million large semi-trucks on the road across the United States, and drivers who are sharing the road with semis can use driving strategies to make an accident less likely. One...