Patrick Terminals in Sydney, Australia, shut down for about 19 hours over Monday, July 8 and Tuesday, July 9 after a worker tragically committed suicide.
Smoking crystal meth directly led to a fatal crash that killed two truckers; meanwhile, dead kangaroos, speeding, and dodgy crane operators feature in two labor-law hearings in Australia
A second seafarer was yesterday found dead following the collision of two cargo ships in the early hours of Sunday morning.
A high-level review of road safety governance has begun in Australia.A lack of road safety carries a terrible toll in lives and injuries in Australia
Australia’s National Heavy Vehicle Regulator has warned that grot and grime can obscure damage to parts during visual inspections; fatigue fractured leaf springs caused the death of truck driver Stephen Ross Brown.
Australian trucking continues to prove fatally dangerous to drivers with a death rate in Australian road transport nearly six times greater than the national industrial average.
About 80 miles of the major east-west interstate highway were closed eastbound with a smaller amount closed westbound.
Hurricane Michael’s historic winds caused two known deaths so far as it lashed the northern Gulf coast on Wednesday. Damage in the Carolinas possible today.
