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A three-year old girl remains hospitalized after being attacked and severely bitten by a golden retriever belonging to her neighbor. The dog's owner admitted that the dog had bitten children before and claims that she told people to stay awat from the dog because he bites.The girl received many puncture wounds and tears, including one that removed most of her upper lip.While most serious animal...

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While boarding a hospital elevator, a Houston doctor was caught in between the doors when doors shut. Instead of automatically opening, the doors remained shut and the elevator began to rise even as a nurse inside the elevator car pushed the "door open" button.The doctor was decapitated by the http://www.houstonpress.com/2003-10-09/news/catching-elevators. Sadly, this was not the first serious...

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A recent news story brought to light the insurance industry's practice of denying coverage to or increasing premiums for homeowners with certain breeds of dogs. The practice is based on the notion that some breeds of dogs are more likley to bite, resulting in higher claims costs.Breeds targeted by insurers include pit bulls, German sheperds, rottweilers, and even chihuahuas.Interestingly, an...

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A 13 year-old Louisiana boy was mauled by a neighbor's pit bull. The attack, lasting approximately 20 minutes, occurred after the dog got loose from the yard.The boy's calf was stripped away down to the bone and multiple stitches and staples were required to close other lacerations and puncture wounds.This type of attack is unfortunately all too common with pit bulls. In Illinois, the family...

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10 people, including nine children, died in a fire which swept through a Bronx apartment building last week. The fire was apparently caused by an overworked space heater.There were smoke detectors in the apartment where the fire started, but the battery was dead, rendering the smoke detector useless.In Chicago, there is a smoke detector ordinance that requires all rental units to have a smoke...

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A Wisconsin restaurant chain is installing carbon monoxide detectors in all of its locations after an incident where a plugged vent on a water heater filled one restaurant with carbon monoxide.At least 20 restaurant patrons were stricken with symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning.Carbon monoxide detectors are a simple and easy way to protect people on your property agianst the colorless and...

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A California boy was injured when his foot was pulled down in between the sidewall and the step of an escalator he was riding at a local mall. Several injuries to customers have occurred at the mall in the last few years, and authorities and mall tenants are blaming this on inadequate maintenance of the escalators.The boy suffered a fractured foot and other injuries.Inadequate maintenance is...

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A South Carolina man is recovering after he and his dog were attacked by two pit bulls while the man was taking his dog for a walk. The pit bulls belonged to a neighbor who said that they escaped from his yard.The man suffered puncture wounds to his hand during the attack, but his dog was so badly mauled that she had to be put to sleep.As I have been reviewing news stories in preparing my blog...

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Police were recently called to a Kentucky apartment building deal with a carbon monoxide leak. A faulty furnace was apparently responsible for leaking the gas. Other tenants had complained of fumes in the building earlier that week.The carbon monoxide was the apparent cause of death for one tenant who was overcome by the fumes.When injuries occur in an apartment building, it is very important...

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A North Carloina woman is recovering after being attacked by a pair of pit bulls. The pit bulls belonged to her neighbor and got out of their enclosure and went across the street and attacked the woman as she stood in her driveway. The dogs' owner was able to get them away from the victim.The victim sustained bites and puncture wounds to arm, ear, hand, and leg.The two main categories of...

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A Memphis area auto repair shop purchased two pit bulls to safeguard the property after being broken into. Unfortunately, the dogs were not kept on the property and attacked a man who was simply walking down the street.The man was knocked to the ground by the pit bulls and lost consciousness. The injuries to the man's arm were so severe that it had to be amputated below the elbow.When dogs...

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A recent story by a Dallas TV station highlighted some of the dangers arising from inadequate maintenance of escalators. The story reported that there had been 825 injuries reported on escalators at that airport during the five years before the story ran.The victims were hurt in various ways, including a mangled hand, a severed knee tendon, back injuries, and other injuries.Escalator...

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The owner of a Battle Creek hardware store was injured when the freight elevator he was riding in plunged 40 feet and crashed into the bottom of the elevator shaft. The collapse was caused by a chain snapping.The victim suffered fractured heels, a fractured leg, and several fractured vertebrae in his back.Elevators are somewhat unusual because the operator of an elevator is considered a common...

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An 11-year old Ohio boy was hospitalized after being attacked by a neighbor's akita dog. The dog was being walked by its owner, but pulled away from its owner to attack the boy, who was riding his bike nearby.Interestingly, local authorities reported being called to the owner's home in December in order to break up a fight between some akita dogs that she owned.The boy was hospitalized with...

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An elderly Texas woman survived an attack by a neighbor's rottweiler after the rottweiler attacked her as she was out walking her pet chihuahua. This was the second time the woman and a pet chihuahua had been attacked by the same dog. The chihuahua involved in this attack survived; the one in the earlier attack did not.The woman suffered bruises and contusions as a result of the attack. The...

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