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Safety, Spill Improvements Are Worth Highlighting
| 题名： | Safety, Spill Improvements Are Worth Highlighting |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 摘要： | The towing and barge industry rarely gets much attention from general news outlets except when a spill or accident happens. Lately there have been a few exceptions to that rule, such as during debates about infrastructure spending by Congress. This neutral or positive coverage has happened thanks largely to the ceaseless behind-the-scenes efforts of waterway advocacy groups like The American Waterways Operators and Waterways Council Inc. But there is a bigger story that needs media exposure: the steady reduction in crew fatalities and pollution incidents on towboats over the years. The Coast Guard-AWO Safety Partnership's Annual Safety Report, compiled by the Coast Guard Office of Investigations and Casualty Analysis, recently released figures for calendar year 2021. The report showed two fatalities, the lowest number of deaths ever recorded by the partnership, which began tracking industry safety statistics in 1995. One was attributable to a fall into water, and the other was caused by crushing. |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 136 |
| 期： | 21 |
| 页码： | 6-6 |
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