The third week of July is Rural Road Safety Awareness Week (RRSAW). During RRSAW, the National Center for Rural Road Safety promotes topics that raise awareness around road safety in the rural context. This year's theme is “Life Between the Lines: Preventing Rural Roadway Departures”.
An extreme heat event is a series of hot days, much hotter than average for a particular time and place. Extreme heat is deadly and kills more people than any other weather event. Climate change is making extreme heat events more frequent, more severe and last longer. But we can take action to prepare. Prepare now to protect yourself and your employees.
Fatalities caused by falls from elevation continue to be a leading cause of death for construction employees, accounting for 395 of the 1069 construction fatalities recorded in 2022 (BLS data). Those deaths were preventable. The National Safety Stand-Down raises fall hazard awareness across the country in an effort to stop fall fatalities and injuries.
The Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute invites applications for an Administrative Technician position in our Bismarck, ND office. The UGPTI offers an exciting opportunity to pursue administrative and event-coordinating activities that revolve around transportation professionals. The candidate seeking to join us for this position will be involved in a wide range of administrative and program management duties for our Bismarck office. The individual will have the opportunity to utilize his/her strengths in contributing to a growing organization that focuses on providing workforce development through our local technical assistance program to transportation professionals who work in North Dakota.
