Just Another Day at the Park, By LCdr. Chris Rodeman
Nothing is more dangerous than an excited young boy with a wooden
baseball bat in his hands. That's the lesson the author learns while
playing ball with his son and some other young boys at a local park.
How to Avoid "Spring Fever", By Lori Tubbs, MS, RD
Along with sidebars Home Food-Safety Challenge and Home Food-Safety
Challenge Answers, this article provides some guidance for safe
refrigeration of foods at home.
Home Improvement 101
Getting in a hurry and throwing caution to the wind gives a do-it-yourself
electrician a scare he'll never forget.
Preflight Your Bicycle... It Pays, By LCdr. Chris E.
Taylor
An aviator takes his used 10-speed bike on a Friday workout and ends
up in a hospital with multiple broken bones when the front wheel separates
from the forks.
"Field"-Testing a Pontiac
Bonneville, By Ken Testorff
A lady on her way home loses control of her car, rolls it four times,
and lands in a farmer's bean field.
Bike Ride Grounds Pilot,
By Lt. Mark Kempf
A junior pilot and his wife go on a mountain-bike ride just to get
some exercise after a day of working around the house. He ends up with a
broken arm.
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Why I Always Dress the Part, By Ltjg. Ted Essenfeld
A seasoned bicyclist escapes serious injury in a run-in with a car
because he's wearing all the prescribed safety equipment.
What's Between Your Sheets?, By Ken Testorff
A brown recluse spider bites a victim while he's in bed.
"I'll Be There in a Minute", By Cdr. John C. Lawless
The author describes an incident in which his father got impatient and
decided to descend a ladder without waiting for his wife to come and hold
it.
Blind Date Gone Worse
A poorly placed fire extinguisher is no help to a Romeo who accidentally
spills oil on a hot cookstove and starts a fire when his blind date shows
up. Sidebar Reducing the Risks of Kitchen Fires offers some how-to tips
for minimizing fire hazards.
Skin Is No Match for a Pressure Washer, By Lt. James Sultenfuss
An overconfident father misuses a pressure washer and accidentally
injects some cleaning solution into his hand.
Fighting the Night Tide, By TSgt. Kelvin Stovall, USAF
A scuba-diving adventure turns into a fight for life.
Painful Points of
Fence Climbing, By Ken Testorff
Two mishap reports show the folly of climbing over security fenceswhether
you're a chief petty officer or a seaman.
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