The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its preliminary report on the August 12 plane crash that left three people dead in South Easton, Massachusetts. Cancer patient Robert Gregory, his wife Donna, and pilot Joe E. Baker were killed in the aviation accident when the aircraft, a Beech G35, crashed…
A construction worker sustained serious head injuries on August 13 after falling 20 feet from the roof of a construction site onto the cement floor of a building under construction. He was “unconscious and unresponsive” after the work accident and was admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital. The worker, 26-year-old Gardner…
This month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released its 2007 Annual Assessment of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Fatalities and People Injured data. Statistics for last year indicate a 3.9% percent decrease in traffic accident fatalities between 2006 and 2007. Overall traffic accident deaths for 2007 was 41,059, down from…
An Andover resident and his family are suing the town for personal injuries he suffered when he was hit by a police car. Christopher “Gerry” Lohan was shoveling snow in his driveway last December when the accident happened. Officer Daniel Devine was driving the police cruiser. Lohan, 39, suffered a…
The Joint Commission, a US hospital accreditation group, is trying to get healthcare facilities, including hospitals and nursing homes, to prevent angry outbursts by doctors. There is concern that swearing, throwing objects, and yelling can increase the chances that a medical mistake will occur. Beginning January 1, 2009, the independent…
In Norfolk Superior Court, Joel K. Logan and Todd Logan, have pleaded guilty to neglecting patients and stealing funds at five nursing homes they used to own. The two men had been charged with medical assistance fraud, larceny, embezzlement, conspiracy, and patient neglect, and they have been ordered to serve…
A bill banning lead and six kinds of phthalates has been sent to US President Bush. The bill, called the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, was passed by both the House and the Senate last week-both times by overwhelming majorities. Despite objections by the Bush Administration to parts of the…
The Boston Globe is reporting that there have been 38 incidents since 2006 in which Massachusetts surgeons have performed surgeries on the wrong part of the body. Their review found that bungled spine surgeries account for more of these surgeries than any other kind of surgery performed, with four of…
In Chelmsford, Massachusetts, a multi-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer, a car, and a pickup truck on Interstate 495 today left one person dead. The traffic accident occurred when a Dodge Intrepid hit a Kenworth tractor-trailer. The tractor-trailer driver then lost control of his truck, which crossed the median before hitting…
The Massachusetts family of Sean Lavalle, the Brookfield teenager who sustained second- and third-degree burn injuries on his right thigh during a 4th of July fireworks event at the beach on Walker Pond says that the exhibit, held by the Walker Pond Association, was handled by nonprofessionals. Lavalle and his…