FAA issues alert on protecting ground crew workers

Washington — Alarmed by recent separate incidents – one fatal – involving members of airport ground crews, the Federal Aviation Administration has issued a safety alert calling on airlines to review safety protocol. One worker was killed after being pulled into a jet engine. Another incident involved a wing walker suffering a serious injury during […]

The leading cause of oil and gas worker deaths? Motor vehicles

Washington — Vehicle-related incidents contributed to more than a quarter of worker deaths in the oil and gas extraction industry over a recent six-year period, a recently published report shows. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looked at 2014-2019 data from the Fatalities in Oil and Gas Extraction database, created by NIOSH […]