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Conference * USA - Improving Fleet Safety
New Technologies Aimed at Improving Driver Safety Tops American Society of Safety Engineers'Atlanta,GA,USA -Layover -14 Sept 2007: -- As transportation accidents continue to be the number one cause of on-the-job deaths, occupational safety and health professionals, law enforcement and academia from 27 states, Canada and Switzerland met at UPS headquarters in Atlanta, GA, this week for a sold-out American Society of Safety Engineers' (ASSE) "Improving Fleet Safety" symposium to identify additional ways to prevent injuries and fatalities on the roads... The focus of the symposium was to offer safety, health and environmental professionals an opportunity to participate in sessions and panel discussions on new challenges faced within the transportation industry, management processes and best practices... Pilot programs involving new technology aimed at understanding driver behavior and the lone-worker environment were some of the many topics discussed at the two-day conference... In addition, the presentations went beyond addressing large trucks to include personal vehicles used for work, vans, utility vehicles and more... (Photo from mlive/The Chronicle, by Becky Walachovic, files: Norton Shores firefighters and members of Muskegon County's Hazardous Materials Team survey the scene of a double-tandem dump truck accident)
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