She ran the complaints department at Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), and was responsible for helping employees lodge safety concerns and handle disputes. Her department investigated safety and illegal practices complaints to protect the employees that lodged...
Month: April 2016
How Was A Georgia Student Caught In The Brussels Terror Attack?
A missing text message was the first sign of trouble for a young Georgia woman waiting for her beloved boyfriend to return from Europe. The two had met during a physical fitness retreat and felt an instant connection. They started dating in October and spent the...
Would Vision Zero Work In Macon?
It's a safety initiative that has travelled the world and most of the country, and now Vision Zero is landing in Macon-Bibb county. However, can the plan to reduce and eliminate pedestrian fatalities really work for Georgia cities? Right now the city is undergoing...
How Elder Abuse Caused A Nursing Home Network Collapse
Not long ago we told you about the closing on a nursing home in Jeffersonville-not far from Macon. Well we now have some updates on the company that ran that nursing home, and the picture these details paint makes this operation look even more dangerous for seniors...
Four Facts You Didn’t Know About TBI
Have you ever dropped a container of Jell-O on the floor only to pick it up and find your delicious treat in now misshapen and broken? Well, this is what can happen to your brain when you sustain a traumatic brain injury-also known as a TBI. Since brain matter is...
Why Are Truckers Fighting Federal Rest Rules?
Right now there are federal rules in place that limit the amount of hours truck drivers can spend on the road, but new efforts by the trucking industry and its supporters are trying to hamper those efforts. If they succeed then laws requiring truck drivers to get rest...
Nae Nae To Recovery! How Music Therapy Helps Heal TBI Victims
The road to recovery started on Christmas Day when a 7-year-old Macon girl, her father and siblings were in a car crash. The girl's older sister was killed during the incident and the little girl was left in a coma. Family and friends clung to the hope that the little...
Is Elder Abuse Going Viral?
Finding a nursing home where your parents or relatives can live out the rest of their days in comfort and peace is getting harder and harder. People are reporting abuse more frequently, and they are taking these offenders to court so they can pay for their crimes. But...
Should a Georgia School Pay for a Sports Injury?
A 15-year-old was working out with his football team at Arabia Mountain High School. It was March and the boy was running inside the weight room when he ran into something. A broken electrical outlet was jutting out of a nearby wall and the 15-year-old had been caught...
Are Self-Driving Cars Really As Safe As Experts Claim?
The year 2020 is when Google plans to release its automated road-ready vehicles. So far, its cars have racked up 1.3 million miles of testing from California to Texas, and those cars have only been involved in 17 crashes-all of which were attributed to human errors....
