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Workplace fatalities saw little improvement in 2010
The number of workplace deaths in 2010 was virtually the same as the number of workplace deaths reported in 2009, a preliminary report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics has found. According to the initial data, 4,547 fatal workplace incidents
NTSB calls for comprehensive commercial-truck cell phone ban
When Kenneth Laymon, a commercial truck driver from Jasper, Alabama, made a phone call from his truck, it took one second for that small distraction to escalate into a brutal crash that left 11 people dead on a Kentucky highway.
Simple new test may help identify drivers at risk for sleep apnea, fatigue
Researchers from Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health are evaluating a new testing and screening method that may help identify commercial drivers at risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a sleeping disorder that has been found to
Fuel tanker rollover spills thousands of gallons of diesel into Colorado creek
DENVER, Colo. –Environmental Protection Agency authorities were trying to determine the extent of environmental damage caused by a fuel tanker crash that occurred in the Denver area Saturday near Loveland Ski Area. Authorities investigating the crash say that the driver
British Columbia truck crash kills vacationing California family
A family of four from California was killed in British Columbia, Canada, Friday after being struck by a flat-deck tractor trailer and trapped inside their van. The tragic crash happened just after 3 p.m. on Highway 93 in the Kootenay
Maine logging truck rollover kills 5-year-old asleep in house
There is no doubt logging trucks have a bad reputation. Anyone who lives near a timber operation or along a route heavily traveled by logging trucks has heard stories about poorly secured logs coming loose on the highway and causing
Defense lawyer says GPS, lack of warning signs led trucker into deadly mountain crash
A commercial truck driver faces seven serious criminal charges, including second-degree murder, after his 18-wheeler lost its brakes on a steep mountain highway near Los Angeles and plowed into traffic, killing a 12-year-old girl and her father.
Medical condition eyed as cause of NY milk truck crash
Authorities investigating a truck crash in upstate New York say the driver may have suffered a medical problem that caused his vehicle to careen off the highway Sunday afternoon.
Black-box data, cell phone records help investigators probing Amtrak’s Maine crash
Amtrak officials and authorities from a number of federal, state, and municipal agencies in North Berwick, Maine, are investigating Monday’s fiery collision between a trash compactor truck and Amtrak’s Downeaster train.
Police investigate bus crash that killed former NBA player
Raleigh, NC — Former Atlanta Hawks player Lorenzo Charles was killed Tuesday afternoon when the commercial bus he was driving on Interstate 40 in Raleigh, North Carolina, suddenly veered off the road and crashed. Charles, 47, was widely regarded as
