The U.S. Department of Transportation ordered a Los Angeles-based bus company to cease operations after federal safety investigators said they discovered its vehicles were allowed on the road with serious safety defects and its drivers were not regularly screened for …
One of the priorities of Minnesota’s highway plan for the next two decades calls for investing in safety-related road improvements. The Department of Transportation recently wrapped up a 20-year state highway investment plan, according to the West Central Tribune. The …
A British Columbia lawyer representing 12 victims from the 2012 charter bus crash on Interstate 84 near Pendleton filed a lawsuit Monday at the Umatilla County Courthouse seeking $700 million. The East Oregonian reported the group is seeking a jury …
Federal officials have fined two construction companies for safety violations related to this summer’s collapse of a barn frame at Texas A&M University’s $80 million equestrian complex. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigated when four workers were hurt in …
A former power line worker for Pacific Gas & Electric has been awarded more than $1 million in a wrongful termination suit that claimed he was fired after making safety complaints. The Santa Cruz Sentinel reported 44-year-old Matthew Niswonger filed …
California safety officials have issued more than $50,000 in fines against an elevator company whose employee was killed while working at the San Francisco 49ers’ new stadium in Santa Clara. Sixty-three-year-old mechanic Don White was killed June 11 by an …
A California woman has pleaded not guilty to what is believed to be the first traffic citation alleging a motorist was using Google’s computer-in-an-eyeglass. The device known as Google Glass, not yet widely available to the public, features a thumbnail-size …
Authorities say a man was killed after an accident at a construction site in south Reno, Nev. According to the Reno Fire Department, the victim was run over by a water truck Tuesday morning. He was pronounced dead at the …
The Jackson Town Council is considering a ban on cellphone conversations while driving that could start in Wyoming town in mid-December. The Jackson Hole News & Guide reported the council gave preliminary approval to the proposed ban this week. Two …
A construction worker is dead after falling from a roof he was working on in Boulder, Colo. Police say the 51-year-old man was working on a building Saturday on Broadway. The Daily Camera reported on Monday that the man was …
