Facts You Can Use

The Center is in the process of developing fact sheets for use by journalists and reporters as well as the general public. As they become available, you will find links on this page to fact sheets on fire safety, occupational safety, and motor vehicle safety, for example.

The Fire Injury Burden in the United States

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Engineering Safety

An experienced whitewater kayaker, Isaac Ludwig had made 10 trips down the Narrows of the Green rapids in North Carolina. His eleventh trip on April 1, 2007, was nearly his last.

When he got to the Gorilla, a 15-foot waterfall that lands on a shallow rock shelf, things started to go terribly wrong. He’s convinced that his WRSI helmet -- the result of a collaboration between the Center and other partners -- saved him in a harrowing fall in which he hit his head on a rock.

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