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Category Archives: Transportation Safety
Parents serve as primary influences on teenage driving behavior The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is urging parents and caregivers to set and enforce safe driving ground rules for their teens. Parental involvement is a key component in the … Continue reading
First Increase Since 2005 The National Safety Council announced its preliminary estimate that approximately 36,200 motor vehicle fatalities occurred in 2012, marking a five percent upsurge from 2011. This is the first increase since 2004 to 2005. Crash injuries requiring … Continue reading
Each year, more than 100 roadway construction zone workers are killed and 20,000 are injured. The majority of deaths involved workers on foot. On October 16, 2012, OSHA published a document to assist Compliance Safety and Health Officers in assessing … Continue reading
Louisville, KY – Dwayne Towles, President of Advanced Safety & Health, LLC, recently announced the hiring of Jonathan Brown, Safety Consultant and Fleet Safety Specialist, to complement the team of dedicated occupational health and safety professionals at Advanced Safety & Health. … Continue reading
Company reinstates, pays $30,000 to employee The U.S. Department of Labor has settled its whistleblower case against Brush Creek-based trucking company Mark Alvis Inc., for terminating an employee who refused to operate a vehicle because he was ill, fatigued, and … Continue reading
Investigations found violations of Federal Railroad Safety Act whistleblower provisions OSHA has found that Norfolk Southern Railway Co. violated the whistleblower protection provisions of the Federal Railroad Safety Act and consequently has ordered the company to pay two whistleblowers $932,070.46 … Continue reading
Company allegedly violated provisions of Surface Transportation Assistance Act OSHA has ordered M3 Transport LLC/SLT Expressway Inc. and its successors-in-interest, Lyons Capital LLC and the Roadmaster Group in Glendale, to reinstate a former employee and pay $280,000 in back wages … Continue reading
OSHA, Federal Railroad Administration Sign Agreement to Protect Workers From Retaliation The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) have signed a memorandum of agreement to facilitate … Continue reading
