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Transport Canada: Excessive fatigue at CP an 'immediate threat' to rail safety

2016-01-18 19:33:20| Railroads - Topix.net

OTTAWA - Transport Canada has hit Canadian Pacific Railway with an unprecedented order demanding the company change its freight rail scheduling and fatigue-management practices on some runs in British Columbia because they pose "an immediate threat to safe railway operations."

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Commercial Trucking Accident - The tragedy of driver fatigue

2015-11-25 04:39:28| Trucking - Topix.net

There are few things more disturbing when traveling on Americas highways than passing by a horrible accident scene involving an 18 wheeler. The images of a minivan, crushed and twisted to the point of being barely recognizable is burned into our minds, never to be forgotten.

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Low-Vibration Back Fill Tamper reduces operator fatigue.

2015-11-02 14:31:08| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

Trelawny™ VL LRS Back Fill Tamper allows safe compaction close to walls and around such objects as fragile pipes, utility poles, and water meters. Suitable for narrow trench work, pathways, and small area reinstatement tasks in and around restricted excavations, Model 150.5330 features Vibro-Lo™ vibration reduction technology and 4 x 4 in. foot tamper. This transportable and storable unit, at 50 in. long and 48 lb, uses 1,300 bpm to compact material up to 136 lb/ft³.

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Global labour standard key to addressing audit fatigue

2015-10-23 17:43:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

Plans for a single industry-wide global standard for auditing social and labour performance in apparel supply chains could solve the long-standing issue of audit fatigue - as well as providing an opportunity to improve transparency and invest more in factory safety and ethics.

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