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Flatbed Truck tarping procedure

Preventing falls from flatbed trucks

Nigel ellis
J. Nigel Ellis, Ph.D., P.E., CSP, CPE
December 19, 2019
loading dock hazards

Slow down & watch out: Know the FACTS about loading dock hazards

November 1, 2017

Loading docks are flooded with potential danger, and without the proper training, procedures, equipment, and maintenance they are liable to deliver disaster at every turn.


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OSHA intervenes after driver fired for refusing to drive illegal truck

March 9, 2016
A truck driver fired for refusing to drive a company vehicle pulled from service by the Iowa Department of Transportation is owed $55,000 in back wages, damages and compensation from his employer, the finding of an OSHA investigation.
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A NIOSH Science Blog post

How to make safer, more knowledgeable drivers—on and off the job

February 15, 2016
As an employer, what can you do to help workers understand and learn how to use safety features built into vehicles they drive for work—whether you provide these vehicles, or workers drive their own vehicles?
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Big trucks, big bucks

Heavy-spending trucking industry pushes Congress to relax safety rules

A FairWarning Story
Brian Joseph
November 10, 2015
Big rig crashes kill nearly 4,000 Americans each year and injure more than 85,000. Since 2009, fatalities involving large trucks have increased 17 percent. Injuries have gone up 28 percent. Given these numbers, you might expect Congress to be agitating for tighter controls on big rigs.
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Here’s who you’re sharing the road with

Kentucky truck driver declared an imminent hazard to public safety

July 30, 2015

After a nine-vehicle, six fatality crash on June 25, 2015 along Interstate 75 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) declared Kentucky-licensed truck driver Benjamin Scott Brewer to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce.


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New DOT rule would improve truck crash protection – at a cost

July 22, 2015

The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) that is the first step of a larger agency initiative to upgrade the standards for truck and trailer underride crash protection.


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A FairWarning story

Collision course: With wary eye on big trucks, bike riders seek safe space on city streets

Bridget huber
Bridget Huber
July 6, 2015

On a July afternoon in New Orleans last year, Philip Geeck was riding his bicycle in a marked bike lane on a busy street. Approaching an intersection, he came up alongside a tractor-trailer truck hauling a tank of chemicals.


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Do onboard vehicle video systems really enhance safety?

April 30, 2015

A new report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shows a number of advantages to commercial vehicle onboard video systems – primarily after trouble has occurred.


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New FMCSA app provides safety data on commercial truck, bus companies

March 20, 2015

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has released a new Smartphone app that will allow for more convenient access to currently available online safety performance information for interstate truck and bus companies.


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