Question: Are bridges inspected often enough in Massachusetts? Data (from the Boston Globe, January 15, 2010): Debris falls from McGrath Highway bridge in Somerville … He said an engineer hired by the agency was performing a routine inspection of the bridge when he heard the debris shatter.
Tag: safety
Helmets make you bicycle faster
Marcel Goverde’s study “Helmets Make You Bicycle Faster” appears in AIR 15-5 (which you can read online). Goverde, who is based at the University of Basel, Switzerland, describes the big question and how he tackled it: There seems to be a lack of profound, scientific studies investigating the risk compensation theory for helmet wearing cyclists. […]
Ten-pin anecdotal horror
Anecdotally HSE has been told of various public miss-uses from balls being thrown down the lane at operatives undertaking maintenance work in the machine. So kinda-sorta warns the UK Health & Safety Executive’s report “Guidance on pinsetter / pinspotter machines in ten pin bowling centres“. (Thanks to investigator Scott Langill for bringing this to our […]