All Entries in the "SAFETY" Category
DOT Teams With NETS to Reduce Distracted Driving
VIENNA, Va. – / N2N / – The Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS) has partnered with the U.S. Department of Transportation to offer a free comprehensive tool kit to help companies address distracted driving and improve the driving safety of employees — whether they drive on the job or just to and from [...]
Union Pacific RR Employees Achieve Best Ever Saftety Record
OMAHA, Neb. – / N2N / – Union Pacific Railroad employees achieved the best first half of the year safety performance in company history. For the period January 1 through June 30, Union Pacific’s employee reportable injury rate was 1.31, a nearly 10 percent improvement over the previous company best 1.45 reportable rate for the [...]
Driver Fatigue a Factor in 30% to 40% of Truck Crashes
- / N2N / – In the best of conditions, tractor trailers are dangerous vehicles simply due to their size and weight. The average semi can carry more than 40,000 pounds of cargo, let alone the mass of the truck, fuel and trailer. The average passenger vehicle, on the other hand, weighs only 4,000 pounds [...]
Second Annual Matritime Piracy Summit Set for September
- / N2N / – The Institute for Defense and Government Advancement (IDGA) is pleased to announce its 2nd Annual Maritime Piracy Summit, scheduled for September 13-15, 2010, in Washington, DC. IDGA’s Maritime Piracy Summit brings the global shipping community together with those responsible for the safety and security of the world’s oceans. This event [...]
TrafficLand® Adds L.A. & Orange County to Traffic Video Network
FAIRFAX, Va. – / N2N / – TrafficLand®, the largest authorized aggregator of live traffic video in the U.S., announced today it has completed an agreement with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA). TrafficLand will install its video network equipment in the Caltrans Los Angeles and Orange [...]
FMCSA to Launch Commercial Carrier Safety Analysis
- / N2N / – For more than a year, the trucking industry has been anticipating the launch of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 (CSA). The goal of this new national safety initiative for commercial motor vehicles is to reduce crashes and fatalities, and target safety issues in the [...]
Top 6 Ways to Avoid Blind-Spot Collisions With Big Rigs
LOS ANGELES, CA – / N2N / – When a big rig truck crashes with a passenger car, the laws of physics determine the outcome. Most often, the passenger car bears the brunt of the damage. “For that reason, the CHP is working to create public awareness about driving around commercial trucks; and thus, minimizing [...]
Current Fluorescent Tube Transportation Containers Unsafe
MINNETONKA, MN, – / N2N / – Results of a recent study conducted by my research team at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Sciences suggest that most containers used for storage and transportation of used fluorescent lamps to recycling centers do not provide necessary levels of protection against [...]
Fluor Subsidiary Selected for Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup
IRVING, Texas – / N2N / – Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that its Global Services’ subsidiary, Plant Performance Services (P2S), was selected by BP to execute two contracts to support its Gulf Coast cleanup efforts. P2S will be providing logistics, procurement and personnel support to BP in Alabama and Florida where cleanup activities [...]
Top 20 Reasons Truck Accidents are on the Rise
- / N2N / – The trucking industry is essentially the backbone of the American economy. Roughly 70 percent of all the nation’s commercial goods are transported in tractor-trailers each year. As more trucks hit the road, however, the rate at which they are involved in accidents rises accordingly. Roughly 400,000 collisions occur between passenger [...]
Mercury-Waste Shipments to Canada Threatening U.S. Recyclers
MINNETONKA, MN, – / N2N / – A significant volume of mercury-containing waste in the U.S. is finding its way into Canadian landfills because some treatment standards, recovery requirements and enforcement of those standards are less stringent than in the U.S. U.S. federal regulations require that hazardous wastes including mercury be treated using “Best Demonstrated [...]
Crash With Semi Causes Catatostrophic Injuries
- / N2N / -The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that 4,229 people died and 90,000 people were injured in traffic crashes involving large trucks in 2008. The fatality statistic accounts for 11 percent of all traffic fatalities in 2008, although large trucks made up only four percent of all registered vehicles. These comparisons [...]
Top 4 Reasons Truck Drivers Use Drugs
DAYTONA, FL, – / N2N / – When you drive on America’s highways, you expect the drivers around you to follow the rules and drive as safely as you do. Unfortunately, in all too many cases, other drivers are under the influence of chemical substances to make help them stay alert. Substance use and trucking [...]
