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Despite dangerous dents, Utah air tour plane kept flying

May 2, 2019

A Moab, Utah company is facing a $161,500 penalty after it kept flying despite a Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) warning that its aircraft was unsafe. Redtail Air Adventures allegedly took passengers on more than 100 flights on an aircraft that was not “in an airworthy condition,” according to the FAA.

An NTSB Safety Compass Blog post

Eyes on the road, hands on the wheel, mind on one task

Nicholas Worrell

May 1, 2019

On April 3, I represented the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) at an event kicking off Distracted Driving Awareness Month and California Teen Driver Safety Week, in Sacramento. I challenged California to lead the nation in acting on NTSB’s 2011 recommendation to ban the non-emergency driver use of portable electronic devices that do not support the driving task.

Driving Dynamics introduces new train-the-coach driver safety certification program

CoachInsight Advantage™ is an employer-onsite course that prepares and certifies company safety professionals to deliver Driving Dynamics’ new driver behavior and skills safety coaching service

April 29, 2019

Driving Dynamics Inc., a provider of driver safety training and risk services for fleet-based organizations that operate light-to-heavy duty vehicles, announced today the rollout of its CoachInsight Advantage (CoachInsight) certification course, the latest service under the company’s DriverAdvantage™ behind-the-wheel brand for individuals who operate light-to-medium duty vehicles.

Feds initiative aimed at reducing railroad crossing deaths

April 23, 2019

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) are hoping that a $5.6 million public safety awareness campaign will make Americans take railroad crossing safety more seriously. The numbers suggest that that is not currently the case. Every four hours in America, a person or vehicle is struck by a train at a rail crossing.

Rogue wave damages fishing vessel; crew survives

April 15, 2019

An unusually large wave thwarted a fishing crew’s attempts to ride out heavy weather in the Bering Sea last year, according to a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation into the incident. No fatalities or injuries were reported when the commercial fishing vessel Progress was severely damaged north of Unimak Island, Alaska on January 26.

7 fatalities in 5-vehicle Fla. crash – but cause a mystery

April 12, 2019

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has been able to re-construct the series of events involved in a January 3, 2019 multi-vehicle crash in Florida, although what set the tragedy in motion remains under investigation. According to the NTSB, at approximately 3:40 p.m., a 2016 Freightliner truck-tractor in combination with a semitrailer was traveling north on Interstate 75 (I-75) in Gainesville, Florida, when it struck a 2016 Acura passenger car that was also traveling north.

NTSB: CSX workers were walking on tracks when struck, killed

April 10, 2019

The 2017 deaths of two CSX Transportation workers were the result of their decision to walk on an active Amtrak train track in Washington, D.C., the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in a report issued Tuesday. Investigators found that while the conductors were likely aware that the two tracks were active, they may have chosen this more comfortable way to walk back to the front of their train because no Amtrak trains had passed through the area for about an hour.

A FairWarning Story

Tracking the cost in lives of higher speed limits

Christopher Jensen

April 10, 2019

The federal government’s 1995 decision to allow states to set speed limits higher than 65 mph caused almost 14,000 additional deaths over 25 years on interstates and freeways, according to a new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. That average of 560 deaths a year ”is really a big deal,” said Charles Farmer, the author of the study and a vice president of the Insurance Institute.

Falls, struck-by incidents claim workers lives in recent weeks

April 9, 2019

A worker who was replacing a roof at a Jefferson County, Kentucky high school died March 28 after falling through the roof. News sources say 40-year-old Fredy Godoy-Mendoza died shortly after 5 p.m. at Waggener Traditional High School. Godoy-Mendoza was reportedly employed by a roofing contractor. In Pacoima, California, a forklift operator was killed March 31, when he was struck by a car while making a delivery.

Free J.J. Keller events a popular source for regulatory insights

April 4, 2019

Complex and ever-changing regulations continue to drive attendance to the complimentary educational events hosted by J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. across the country. These events focus on specific areas of safety and compliance, including DOT, OSHA and EPA regulations.