Distracted - Articles

OSHA warns against use of personal headphones

January 16, 2018

OSHA has commented on safety and the use of personal headphones on construction sites. OSHA discourages their use in the workplace because they prevent the wearer from receiving auditory cues about the surrounding environment and because they are ineffective at preventing noise-related damage to the ears, according to an article in the Houston Chronicle. In the OSHA pocket booklet "Protecting Yourself from Noise in Construction," the agency comments directly on the use of the headphones.

Mindful, or mind full? Bringing mindfulness to EHS

Part 2

October 18, 2016

In part one of this article, we covered quite a lot – what mindfulness is, why it’s relevant to EHS, and where, as humans, we have the most control over our lives. Moving on from distractions and reactions, here we’re going to look at solutions.

Mindful, or mind full? Bringing mindfulness to EHS

Part 1

October 17, 2016

What are you doing right now? Chances are you’ve got a number of things on your mind. You are reading, check, you may be drinking a coffee, waiting on an email or half-working on the report that’s due by the end of the week.

Highway agency takes a hit over safety report on electronic billboards

Myron Levin

February 10, 2015

Why did the billboard cross the road? It sounds like the opening line of a corny joke, but it’s actually a question raised by a baffling glitch in a Federal Highway Administration study on the safety of electronic billboards. Billboards that seem magically to have moved from one side of the highway to the other are part of a detailed critique by a former FHWA researcher, who says the federal report is so badly flawed that no one should rely on its conclusions.

NTSB: Distracted flying probable cause of small plane crash in CO

February 4, 2015

A Cessna 150 crashed in Watkins, Co. on May 31^st of last year because the pilot and his passenger were taking selfies during the flight, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

Texting in traffic: Adults worse than teens

-and they admit that it's wrong

April 29, 2013

Forget teenagers. Adults are the biggest texting-while-driving problem in the USA. What's worse — they know it's wrong. Almost half of all adults admit to texting while driving in a survey by AT&T provided to USA TODAY, compared with 43% of teenagers. More than 98% of adults — almost all of them — admit they know it's wrong.

Distracted driving in the United States and Europe

Take steps to be safe on the road. Start by practicing good driving habits. Don’t text and drive.

April 2, 2013

Have you ever read or sent a text message while driving and then had to slam on the brakes to avoid hitting another car? Or have you missed an exit or turn because you were distracted by a phone call? It only takes seconds for a crash to happen.

Distracted driving? There’s an app for that

U.S. drivers more distracted than Europeans

March 18, 2013

Every day in the U.S., 9 people are killed and more than 1,060 are injured in crashes that involve distracted driving, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Using a cell phone, texting, and eating are all forms of distracted driving, but so are in-vehicle technologies such as navigation systems.

Distracted walking a big danger, too

Many pedestrians hit by cars are distracted by mobile devices

October 5, 2012

Pediatricians are being urged to advise parents and patients about pedestrian safety by the authors of a new study showing that child pedestrians are often hit by cars because they are distracted by mobile devices, such as MP3 players and cell phones.