J.E. Adams Industries, a Cedar Rapids company, has been cited by the state under the Iowa Occupational and Safety Health Act. The company makes parts for self-service car washes, according to KCRG.

An accident occurred on May 4, and a man, 43, lost part of his hand on the job. According to KCRG, the company "allegedly failed to provide point of operation guards for a machine that a 43-year-old man was operating when he was injured." The fine for a violation of this magnitude is $2,500. It also requires that the company install the point of operation guards by the 23rd of August.

The company has the right to protest the violations and fine within 15 days of receiving the ticket. After that, everything is final.

Workplace accident are serious. They can leave you severely injured, permanently maimed, or worse. If you or someone you know has been injured on the job, contact an experienced Cedar Rapids Workers' Compensation Lawyer at the Pete Leehey Law Firm, P.C., by dialing 877-209-9452.

One man is dead and another man reamins injured after a tragic truck accident Monday.

72-year-old Robert Lee Anderson was heading north on U.S. 61 in Muscatine County with his backhoe. This is when 76-year-old Robert Earl Starbuck crashed into the back of Anderson's backhoe, according to Iowa State Police. The Quad City Times reports, "The incident occurred at 11:46 a.m. at mile marker 99."

Anderson, from Muscatine, Iowa, died on the scene from injuries he sustained during the crash. Starbuck, from Clinton, Iowa, was, "transported to Genesis East Medical Center in Davenport," according to The Quad City Times. His injuries are currently unknown.

I'm getting really tired of these statistics: Bikers are 30 times more likely to die in accidents than drivers of other vehicles. Fatality rates have climbed among bikers for the last few years - a few percentage points, perhaps, but still an increase. 3/4 of motorcycle accidents involve collision with another vehicle, and 2/3 of those collisions were caused by the driver. These numbers are from a study conducted by the University of Southern California in 2006, by the way. How much longer are things kinds of trends going to continue?

Of course we can't just blame everything on drivers. There are plenty of things bikers can do to make ourselves more safe: Don't speed. Don't drink and ride. Be careful around those sharp curves, dammit. But following every rule will only have an effect on 1/4 of motorcycle accidents - not that that's a small number, but what about the other 75%? The simple fact is that many, many drivers do not keep their eyes on anything but other cars. Motorcycles, bicycles, and people on foot just don't seem to register on some people's corneas. There have been campaigns to raise awareness of this, bikers and pedestrians have taken to using reflective materials and just about anything else we can think of to increase visibility...what else can be done?

Maybe the only way to get people's attention is through their wallets. That's proven to be the case with neligent businesses, anyway. Maybe if every person who caused injury to a biker, cyclist, or jogger had to pay for what they did, and I mean that literally. Pay for medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering. Pay for funeral expenses and loss of companionship if the accident ended tragically. I will help anyone who comes to me after being hurt by a negligent driver earn the compensation they deserve. I will keep doing this until these accidents stop.