* Georgia - CDC report: Older workers more prone to highway-related fatalities
Atlanta,GA,USA -Fleet Owner -Aug. 27, 2013: -- A new report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) indicates that “older” workers defined as aged 65 and above are more than three times as likely to die in a highway-related incident compared to those between the ages of 18 and 54... The agency analyzed a total of 11,587 U.S. workers aged 18 and older who died in occupational highway transportation incidents between 2008 and 2010... Of that group, 3,113 or 26.9% were aged 55 and older but overall, fatality rates were highest among workers aged 65 and older (3.1 deaths per 100,000 full-time-equivalent or “FTE” workers) followed by those aged 55 to 64 years (1.4 deaths per 100,000 FTE workers) and way above the fatality rate for those between the ages of 18 and 54 years (0.9 per 100,000 FTE workers)... Higher proportions of deaths involving tractor-trailers, however, were observed for workers aged 18 to 54 years and 55 to 64 years; some 31% and 37%, respectively... According to the research the largest proportion of deaths in each age group: 43% for those aged 18-54; some 43% to those aged 55 to 64; and 48% for those 65 and older...
* DC - Truck-driver fatigue rule survives challenge in federal court
Washington,DC,USA -The Digital Journal, by Brian Timothy Meyers -August 24, 2013: -- Earlier this month, a federal appeals court in Washington D.C., upheld - with one small exception - the new hours-of-service (HOS) regulations that govern truck drivers and how long they are permitted to drive without taking a break. This particular decision concludes the most recent chapter of the on-going feud between federal regulators and trucking companies regarding the controversial HOS rules... Specifically, the new HOS regulations added several safety-enhancing limitations to trucking hours... Labels: truckers health, trucks' fatalities
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