Transportation Safety

Summit Training Source releases new online DOT: Driver Wellness Program

October 29, 2012

Due to an unhealthy lifestyle and lack of good nutritional options while traveling, truck drivers are categorically one of the unhealthiest populations in our country.


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NTSB to meet on fatal truck-train accident in Nevada

October 26, 2012

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold a Board meeting next week to determine the probable cause of train-truck collision in Nevada that killed six people and injured fifteen.


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Tired, fired trucker ordered reinstated

Company told OSHA he quit
October 26, 2012

The U.S. Department of Labor has settled its whistleblower case against Tennessee trucking company Mark Alvis Inc., owner Mark Alvis and dispatcher Jack Taylor for terminating an employee who refused to operate a vehicle because he was ill, fatigued and did not have sufficient remaining hours to complete a delivery.
 


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Captain Sully’s moment of crisis

ISHN Editor Dave Johnson reporting from NSC Congress & Expo
October 24, 2012

In an exclusive one-on-one interview Monday morning, Chesley Sullenberger III was asked what is the one most important thing safety professionals should do during a crisis.


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Former Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole honored at National Safety Congress

ISHN Editor Dave Johnson reporting from NSC Congress & Expo
October 23, 2012

The National Safety Council has recognized the Honorable Elizabeth Dole with the Council’s Flame of Life Award as one of the century’s foremost leaders in safety. The award, which recognizes significant lifesaving contributions to safety, has only been awarded three times.


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Rock ‘n’ community: Connections for a cause rocks Orlando

ISHN Editor Dave Johnson reporting from Florida
October 22, 2012

On Oct. 22, the National Safety Council, in town for its annual Congress & Expo at the Orange County Convention Center, will host Rock ‘n’ Community: Connections for a Cause™, a networking and philanthropy event to raise funds for the Orlando Magic Youth Foundation and teen safe driving efforts.


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Airline worker safety alliance renewed

October 18, 2012
OSHA and the Airline Ground Safety Panel have renewed their alliance to address hazards and worker injuries related to operating aviation ground support equipment.


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NTSB investigators head to Turkey to assist in accident investigation

October 17, 2012

A team of investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is on its to Turkey, to assist the Turkish government in an airplane fire that resulted in injuries among those onboard.


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Drive safely work week

October 9, 2012

A NIOSH Science Blog post by Stephanie Pratt, PhD: A 45-year-old salesperson was killed in a motor vehicle crash while traveling to meet with clients.A 26-year-old emergency medical technician died when the ambulance she was in was struck head-on by a pickup truck traveling more than 70 miles per hour in the wrong lane of a two-lane road.


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Distracted walking a big danger, too

Many pedestrians hit by cars are distracted by mobile devices
October 5, 2012

Pediatricians are being urged to advise parents and patients about pedestrian safety by the authors of a new study showing that child pedestrians are often hit by cars because they are distracted by mobile devices, such as MP3 players and cell phones.


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