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House Panel Keeps Trucking-Related Provisions in Transportation Bill
A Democratic push to undo trucking-related provisions from a fiscal 2017 transportation funding bill was soundly rejected during a House Appropriations Committee hearing earlier this week.
The amendment by Rep. David Price (D-N.C.) was rejected on a party-line vote. Nineteen Democrats backed the amendment with 28 Republicans voting against it.
Republican leaders on the panel insisted the trucking-related provisions Democrats had targeted sought to improve highway safety. Price and Democrats disagreed, referring to the provisions as ideological policy riders lacking merit for inclusion in the bill.
Specifically, Price's amendment would have removed a provision that aims to extend the prohibition on the 2013 changes to the 34-hour, hours-of-service rule for truckers. The amendment also would have removed a provision that would prevent certain states from enacting laws requiring companies to schedule meal and rest breaks for drivers and a provision that would delay the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration's effort on a safety fitness determination proposal.
"On behalf of ATA, I want to express our gratitude to the committee, especially Chairman Rogers and Chairman Diaz-Balart, for their work in moving this bill forward," said American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves. "In addition to allocating funding for important transportation projects, this legislation will ensure that commercial drivers can still utilize the 34-hour restart provision of the hours-of-service rules."
The committee went on to report the transportation funding bill to the House floor on a voice vote. Floor consideration on the bill is expected after the Memorial Day congressional recess.
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of Directors
President
Mike Connell
Bennett Motor Express
First Vice President
Dave Gallano
Gallano Trucking
Second Vice President
Tom Witt
Roehl Transport
Past President
Jon Coca
Diamond Transportation System, Inc.
Clayton Fisk
Warren Transport
Jeremy Ihle
Ihle Transport, Inc.
Heather Johnson
Landstar
Transportation Logistics
TMHA Mission Statement
To provide an ongoing forum for education, networking and advocacy for flatbed, step-deck and lowboy (RGN) carriers that specialize in the transportation of machinery and machinery-related commodities throughout the United States and Canada.
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OSHA's Final Rule Addresses Workplace Hazards
The U.S. Department of Labor's
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
issued a
final rule
to modernize injury data collection to better inform workers, employers, the public and OSHA about workplace hazards. With this new rule, OSHA is applying the insights of behavioral economics to improve workplace safety and prevent injuries and illnesses.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports more than three million workers suffer a workplace injury or illness every year. Currently, little or no information about worker injuries and illnesses at individual employers is made public or available to OSHA. Under the new rule, employers in high-hazard industries will send OSHA injury and illness data that the employers are already
required to collect
, for posting on the agency's website.
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The number of truck cargo thefts in the U.S. increased in the first quarter of the year but the average value of each heist declined, according to a new report from the logistics security services provider FreightWatch International.
It recorded a total of 221 cargo thefts, an increase of 13% from the fourth quarter of 2015 and up 8% compared to the first quarter of last year. However, the average loss value per incident fell to $112.467, down 13% from the previous quarter and a 56% decline from a year earlier.
The decline in the average loss value, according to FreightWatch, is likely due to it recording no theft valued at more than $1 million in this latest quarter, versus two in the final quarter of 2015 and seven in the first quarter of last year.
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Enter Your Company Into the TMHA Fleet Safety Awards
TMHA carrier members still have the opportunity to enter the Association's Fleet Safety Awards Program for 2016. Submissions are being accepted until Friday, June 17.
All fleets that enter the contest will gain consideration for a fleet safety award to recognize the companies for their commitment to safety. The rules and entry form for the 2016 TMHA Fleet Safety Awards Program are linked below.
Submit your entries to the TMHA office by:
Should you have any questions, please contact Don Egli in the TMHA office at (515) 244-5193 or at
tmha@machineryhaulers.org. Winners will be announced with a presentation during the TMHA Summer Safety Meeting at The Abbey Resort in Fontana, Wis., July 27 & 28. This year's awards program is again being sponsored by HNI Truck Group.
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FMCSA Sends Drug/Alcohol Clearinghouse Final Rule to OMB
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on May 20 forwarded to the White House Office of Management and Budget its final rule that would establish a national database of truck drivers who have failed or refused to take drug and alcohol tests, marking the final step in the approval process.
The proposed drug and alcohol clearinghouse rule, published in February 2014, would require motor carriers and other medical personnel to "report verified positive, adulterated and substituted drug test results, positive alcohol test results, test refusals, negative return-to-duty test results and information on follow-up testing."
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As carriers chart out their plans to comply with the upcoming electronic logging device mandate, one of the first questions they likely will ask is this: Which of the many devices on the market will actually meet the regulation's requirements? One logical place to turn is the online list of registered ELDs maintained by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, but carriers should take that list with a sizable grain of salt.
To have their devices added to that registry, technology vendors merely need to "self-certify" their products. In other words, the ELDs on the list aren't vetted by FMCSA or another third party, but by the manufacturer of the device.
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Registration, Hotel Information for Summer Safety Meeting
Online registration is available for the TMHA Summer Safety Meeting that will be held July 27-28 at The Abbey Resort in Fontana, Wis., where the headline speakers include Collin Mooney (CVSA), Jeff Davis (Fleet Safety Services) and Tim Wiseman (Scopelitis Law Firm).
To register for the event, please use the online registration link below. In addition to quality speakers and the TMHA Fleet Safety Awards presentations, there will also be a cocktail reception boat cruise hosted on the lake, courtesy of HNI Truck Group, the evening of July 27.
Hotel accommodations have been arranged at The Abbey Resort with a special room block rate available until June 26. To reserved your room at the discounted group rate of $169 per night, call (800) 709-1323 and select option 2.
More information will be forthcoming as additional details are confirmed in the near future.
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CVSA's International Roadcheck Enforcement Campaign to Take Place June 7-9
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's (CVSA) 29th annual International Roadcheck will take place June 7-9, 2016. International Roadcheck is a 72-hour period when approximately 10,000 CVSA-certified local, state, provincial, territorial and federal inspectors in jurisdictions across North America perform large truck and bus safety inspections.
International Roadcheck is the largest targeted enforcement program on commercial motor vehicles in the world, with nearly 17 trucks or buses inspected, on average, every minute in Canada, the United States and Mexico during a 72-hour period. During the annual three-day event, CVSA-certified inspectors conduct compliance, enforcement and educational initiatives targeted at various elements of motor carrier, vehicle and driver safety.
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