A National Transportation Safety Board report found crew member fatigue played a major role in the recent collision of two railroad trains. Railroad worker fatigue has become so much of an issue that in 2012 the Federal Railroad Administration introduced a fatigue management plan for railroad companies to implement. However nearly a year later the FRA…
The firm sent a letter to the CPSC alerting the agency to possible safety risks associated with some component parts on ride-on mowers.
According to Business Insider magazine, electrical power-line installers and repairers hold the sixth most dangerous occupation in the United States. Recently a safety video starring a Virginia (VA) electrical lineman has racked up over 300,000 hits on Youtube. McDade, a lineman for Dominion Virginia Power, blends his passion for music and safety in the video, which features his co-workers…
A 23-year old Virginia Beach, Virginia man with a lot of life before him is now dead as the result of a fatal industrial accident. The young construction worker was on the job when his equipment malfunctioned. He dismounted and began working to get it started again. It was then that another construction worker on a…
After a car crashed into the back of a commuter bus in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), seven people went to hospitals with injuries. The rear-end collision involving the Hampton Roads Transit bus occurred shortly before 5 pm on January 25, 2015, on East Princess Anne Road, near the intersection with Courtney Avenue. According to…