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Work fatalities in trucking down 8%
The U.S. Department of Labor's
preliminary 2013 data indicates
461 fatalities among private-sec-
tor trucking jobs, down 8 per-
cent from 2012.
DOL's report lists truck trans-
portation as the largest subsec-
tor among private-sector service
transportation and warehousing
jobs. The department report-
ed 687 fatal work injuries for
the sector in 2013, a 7 percent
decrease from 2012.
Still, the total number of
fatalities for the entire category
is expected to be higher when
DOL releases updated 2013
data next spring.
Significantly lower numbers
of fatalities were reported
among the other transportation
subsectors. Last year's fatali-
ties, when compared to 2012,
decreased for air transportation,
but remained about level for
water and rail fatalities.
Transportation ranks second
to construction among indus-
tries with the highest number of
fatalities, according to DOL's
Census of Fatal Occupational
Injuries. Among the goods-pro-
ducing industries, the private
construction sector had 796 fatal
work injuries during 2013, about
the same as in 2012.
The national fatal work in-
jury rate was 3.2 per 100,000
full-time equivalent workers
for 2013, down from 3.4 per
100,000 for 2012.
– Jill Dunn
KEN'S TRUCKING, a Grand Ridge, Fla.-based general
freight and refrigerated food hauler, was issued an
imminent hazard out-of-service order by the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration last month for safety
violations in the last 12 months.
PILOT FLYING J and the seven trucking companies
that opted out of a 2013 class-action settlement with the
truck stop chain to sue it separately will meet Nov. 19 to
negotiate a settlement. So far, 10 Pilot employees have
pleaded guilty to fraud and conspiracy charges stemming
from the company's rebate scam.
CON-WAY DRIVERS and dock workers at the com-
pany's terminal in Laredo, Texas, last month voted
55-49 to join the Teamsters, the first time employees
at one of its 500 locations elected to join the union. In
California, the Teamsters also filed to organize votes at
Con-way's terminals in Los Angeles, Santa Fe Springs
and San Fernando.
TRUCK DRIVER Arnold Williams was indicted for mak-
ing false statements on a driver employment applica-
tion, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced.
In March 2013, Williams applied at MTR Inc. and was
hired, but failed to list previous accidents on his record,
including one in which he was charged with reckless
homicide.
