A classroom and training center on rails will travel to 10 communities along the Mississippi River corridor in the next month to provide training to emergency responders.
The ninth annual National Work Zone Awareness Week starts today.
The M/V Cosco Busan container ship spilled about 55,000 gallons of heavy fuel oil after striking the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on Nov. 7, 2007.
A Marine Board of Inspection is probing the loss of the Alaska Ranger. This Coast Guard photo shows board members inspecting recovered survival suits.
Canadian Pacific Railway is now participating in a rail safety pilot program designed to allow employees to anonymously report "close call" incidents.
To increase public awareness about the causes of specific train accidents and to reduce the need for individuals to submit Freedom of Information Act requests, Federal Railroad Administration Administrator Joseph H. Boardman announced yesterday that for the first time the agency is making its investigation reports of major train accidents and other incidents available online.
In 2004 EPA tests of aircraft drinking water quality, the agency found that 15 percent of examined aircraft tested positive for total coliform bacteria.
The rule will increase by 500 percent on average the amount of energy cars can absorb before rupturing. This EPA photo shows a Graniteville, S.C., derailment, one of three incidents prompting the rule.
With its industry heading toward $22 billion more in fuel costs this year than a year ago, ATA said the Bush administration must act quickly to ensure America's truckers have an affordable fuel supply.
The National Safety Council has been involved with the program since its inception. The program teaches teens and parents alike about safe driving.
A new study done for the Federal Railroad Administration analyzed demographic factors of the approximately 500 trespassers who died per year in 2002-2004.
The FAA recently raised concerns about how a bundle of wires is secured in MD-80 aircraft, a type of plane that composes more than 45 percent of American's fleet.
Comments must be received on or before April 8, 2008, and all received will be posted without change.
A team of more than 100 people has worked 12 years on the winning program, which will send weather, traffic, and airspace information automatically to airplane cockpits.
"Employees are entitled to raise legitimate workplace safety and health concerns without fear of termination or retaliation," said Louis Ricca Jr., OSHA's acting regional administrator in New York.
"This tragic accident occurred because several employees of the railroad failed to do a very important part of their job," said NTSB Chairman Mark V. Rosenker.
"Each year, more deaths occur due to flooding than from any other thunderstorm-related hazard. Why? The main reason is people underestimate the force and power of water," according to FLASH, a safety coalition.
A new driving simulation laboratory in the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is designed to help vehicular accident victims overcome their fears.