Traffic fatalities in the state during 2014 fell to 442, the lowest number since 1948, officials announced March 24.
DOT is reminding drivers to stay alert while driving near highway work zones.
Administrator Michael Huerta said the agency plans to hire and train more than 6,000 new air traffic control specialists during the next five years.
Distractions in transportation is an item on the agency's 2015 Most Wanted List. The March 31 event in Washington, D.C., is open to the public.
There were 9,412 new cases reported during 2014, with an incidence rate of 3.0 cases per 100,000 persons. This was the smallest percentage decrease in a decade.
The 79-page document outlines best practices for preventing harmful exposures to respirable crystalline silica.
The test of the Emergency Alert System on March 18 will take place in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee and begin at 2:30 p.m. EDT.
There is no typical emergency. However, those in an emergency use the acronym RED: React to your surroundings and take note of active threats or escape routes and then Evaluate practical options. Finally, Decide on the best solution.
The age-adjusted rate for drug overdose deaths involving heroin jumped from 0.7 deaths per 100,000 in 2000 to 2.7 deaths per 100,000 in 2013, according to a new CDC report, and most of the increase occurred after 2010.
Cal/OSHA's inspections of 2,495 businesses during the past three years identified 7,131 violations, 15 percent of which were classified as serious violations. Violations in the garment industry, as well as safety, overtime, misclassification, and other types of violations, have been identified through the task force's 2012, 2013, and 2014 inspections, according to the report.
Reflecting on the fourth anniversary of the tsunami that triggered the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crisis, Stephen G. Burns said in a speech that the Fukushima Daiichi accident "underscored the importance of international cooperation in promoting nuclear safety around the world."
ATSB continues to lead the underwater search for the Malaysian Airlines MH 370 jetliner that vanished one year ago.
Secretary Foxx announced NHTSA also will upgrade the Takata investigation to an engineering analysis, a formal step in the agency's defect investigation process.
The construction industry had the highest incidence rate during most of the time periods examined in the study.
They include NFPA 1984, Standard for Respirators for Wildland Fire Fighting Operations, and NFPA 1405, Guide for Land-Based Fire Departments that Respond to Marine Vessel Fires.
"We know that using a seat belt is the single most effective intervention to prevent injury or death in a motor vehicle crash. However, in 2012, more than one in three truck drivers who died in crashes were not buckled up, a simple step which could have prevented up to 40 percent of these deaths," said CDC Principal Deputy Director Ileana Arias, Ph.D.
Several recent incidents, including one fatality, involved workers who fell through skylights.