The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently published some startling statistics. Every 12 minutes, someone dies in a motor vehicle crash. An injury occurs every 10 seconds, and every five seconds, a crash occurs.

Certainly, not all crashes are work related, but many of them occur during the workday or during the commute to and from work. All crashes have far-reaching financial and psychological effects on a company’s employees and their families. An employer can help reduce the risk factors to their employees by implementing a driver-safety program in the workplace.

PATRICK McLAUGHLIN is chief editor of Cabling Installation & Maintenance.

Market researchers scattered across the globe appear to agree that various segments making up the overall security marketplace are in bull mode—and those market segments are predicted to continue steady growth in coming years, with several providing opportunities for communications-cabling deployment.

Late last year, U.K.-based RNCOS (www.rncos.com) released a report entitled “Global Electronic Surveillance Market Outlook” that covers a range of surveillance technologies from closed-circuit television (CCTV) to biometrics and radio-frequency identification (RFID). The report tracks mostly historical data on these technologies, from the year 2005 to current, and also estimates the year these markets will have in 2008.