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Articles

Loading Docks—Danger Zone for Workers
How to recognize dangers on loading docks, and how to correct them.

The Chicken May Have Crossed the Road
Each year, almost 7,000 pedestrians are killed in the United States. Here are some ways you can keep yourself from walking on the wild side.

Dangerous Cargo
When a teen driver and teen passengers get together, it can be a deadly cargo. Attentiveness and safe practices often go out the window.

Throw Another Thumb on the Barby
A Sailor tells how he almost served up a new dish at a friend’s back-yard barbecue.

Short Takes
Short, newsy items about new products, new ways to do business, and items of general interest.

Getting Your Car Ready for Summer
How to keep your wheel rolling this summer by doing preventive maintenance.

How Bad Do You Think This Wreck Was?
Photo and short story about a relatively unscathed mini-van, whose driver was ejected through the passenger-side window and killed. Not wearing a seatbelt.

Worth Their Weight in Hold
Photo and short story about a mangled wreck, whose driver survived without injury. Wearing a seatbelt. Compare this story with the previous one.

When You’ve Got the Wrong MSDS, and OSHA Comes Knocking
Some manufacturers ship hazardous materials and fail to include the correct. Here’s what to do if your shipment and paperwork don’t match, and why it’s important to correct the situation.

Swamped
Four people set out in a small boat on the Chesapeake Bay for a day of fishing. When the boat is swamped by larger boats, only two people survive. This was written by one of the survivors.

Give Me Air
The what, why, where, and how to ventilate confined spaces.

Why I Didn’t Learn To Swim Until I Joined the Coast Guard
The editor of the Air Force’s Road & Rec tells how he almost drowned as a child.

Shore Things
Short stories written by our readers who tell about their personal experiences or those of their friends.

Hats Off
A 4-year-old boy takes control of the situation when his dad goes overboard in Gitmo.

Nugget Surfers on the Loose
A student naval aviators finds a new way of getting thrills—like airplanes aren’t enough—and a new way of getting hurt.

It’s Your Night Out
Busted! That’s what can happen when you try to drive back on base after a night of drinking. ORM lesson at the end to show you how to avoid a night in the pokey.

The Injury a Helmet Won’t Prevent
When children have wrecks on bikes, they stand a good chance of being speared by the handlebars. A study looks at this problem and the solutions.

The Last Word
Virginian-Pilot columnist Guy Friddell gives his opinion on people using cell phones while driving. 

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