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FMCSA improves medical
requirements for drivers
Dec 3, 2008

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has taken new steps toward improving standards and setting uniform requirements for medical examiners....

Forklift safety practices
vary, survey discovers
Oct 20, 2008

Limb, pedestrian, and other worker injuries seem to be the most common safety problem associated with lift trucks, found a recently completed survey on lift truck safety by the International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses (IARW)....

Operation Safe Driver
focus: decision-making
Oct 15, 2008

Each year, more than 44,000 people die on roadways throughout North America, often the direct result of unsafe and aggressive driving practices by passenger and commercial vehicle drivers. During the week of October 19-25, law enforcement across North America will respond by targeting these drivers during the Operation Safe Driver campaign....

Brake Safety Week strives
to halt dangerous problem
Sep 24, 2008

This week, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) is launching its annual Brake Safety Week, a program to promote commercial vehicle brake safety across North America....

ATA thanks Mack Trucks
for its support of safety
Sep 23, 2008

Bill Graves, president and chief executive officer of the American Trucking Associations, thanked executives and employees of Mack Trucks Inc. for the company’s continuing support of the ATA’s Share the Road highway safety initiative....

Cross-border trucking
demo project extended
Aug 5, 2008

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is extending the cross-border trucking demonstration project for two years, and Mexican trucks will continue to participate....

DOT drug testing Reducing problems at collection sites
Aug 1, 2008, By David A Kolman

Undercover Investigations by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) at collections sites for US Department of Transportation (DOT)-certified drug and alcohol test collection sites have found problems...

Improving safety on rural roads
Aug 1, 2008

The US Department of Transportation has announced that the University of Minnesota will be home to a new national clearinghouse for information about the best way to make rural roads safer...

Roadcheck finds low
out-of-service rate
Jul 2, 2008

Despite concerns that a weakening economy, combined with ever-increasing fuel prices, would push safety to the bottom of the list for commercial fleets, vehicle safety inspections carried out on North America’s roadways found the lowest rate of out-of-service vehicles—23.9%—in two decades....

Grote adds vehicle safety systems
Jun 1, 2008

Grote Industries has expanded its product offerings with the introduction of a variety of new products. Its Hi Count LED (light emitting diode) signal...

Creating a safer environment
Jun 1, 2008, David A Kolman david.kolman@penton.com

Warehouses are dangerous places. With all the many concurrent activities, there is the constant potential for accidents, often resulting in injuries,...

Wal-Mart adopts Global
Food Safety Initiative
Feb 5, 2008

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has become the first nationwide grocery chain to require suppliers of its private label and other food products such as produce, meat, fish, poultry, and ready-to-eat foods to have their factories certified against one of the internationally recognized Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) standards....

Interactive workplace safety training from Instructional Technologies
Dec 1, 2007

A new suite of lessons for training on OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) and Workplace Safety practices has been added to Instructional...

Egg-static about safety
Oct 1, 2007, By David A Kolman

No one will ever accuse Henry Woodward of being a chicken when it comes to investing in safety technology. Woodward is the fleet maintenance manager, Casa...

Groups team up to ensure safety of melons
Mar 1, 2006

The United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Association and the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) have issued a new document designed to ensure melons sold in...

Airgo tire inflation system stresses safety
Feb 1, 2004

Airgo Systems has unveiled the Airgo constant tire inflation system with stationary hub components and a venting process that does not jeopardize wheel...

Stater Brothers salutes safety of its drivers
Apr 1, 2002

Stater Brothers Markets recently honored its 332 truck drivers at the company's 18th annual safe driving awards banquet at the Riverside Convention Center...

ASHRAE issues refrigerant safety standard
Mar 1, 2002

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has published ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 34-2001, Designation and Safety...

Ammonia Safety Industrial Consultants Trains Cold Storage Operators
Jul 1, 2000, Foss Farrar

Safety in the workplace concerns everyone, especially those who work around hazardous substances like ammonia - an inexpensive and effective, but poisonous...

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