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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is offering parents an online source of information on all things related to kids and safety.

OSHA has ordered Brush Creek-based Mark Alvis Inc., owner Mark Alvis and company dispatcher Jack Taylor to reinstate a former employee and pay him more than $180,000 in back pay, interest, and compensatory and punitive damages.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that a May, 2010 accident involving a ferry striking a terminal occurred when the ferry lost propulsion control of one its two cycloidal propellers as the vessel approached St. George terminal, Staten Island, New York.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that the probable cause of a rear-end collision between two BNSF Railway trains was the  
striking train crew’s fatigue.

The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into a settlement agreement with St. James Stevedoring Partners LLC New Orleans to resolve findings by OSHA that the company illegally terminated an employee for safety complaints, in violation of the Seaman's Protection Act.

A truck driver who was fired after raising concerns about defects in the vehicle he was required to drive must be reinstated, according to OSHA.

Young people are the least likely passengers to speak up if their driver is talking on a cell phone or texting.

Delta Air Lines Inc. has signed a corporatewide settlement agreement with OSHA in order to protect workers who operate baggage handling vehicles.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has announced the preliminary agenda for its upcoming forum, Reaching Zero: Actions to Eliminate Substance-Impaired Driving.