BRIEFS
FMCSA FINAL RULE ON DRUG TESTING, PHYSICALS Te Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced it is releasing its new
medical examiner training specifications to interstate fleet operators. Updates will be posted to the National Registry Web site,
www.nrcme.fmcsa.dot.gov. A Listserv for commercial drivers and operators to utilize will also publish updates that will include the Medical Examiner Training Curriculum to provide approved medical examiners with knowledge about commercial motor vehicle drivers and the physical and mental demands of their job. Tis will supplement the medical examiner’s general physical ex- amination knowledge and training. A new final rule on workplace drug and alcohol testing was published by FMCSA earlier
over the summer that gives drivers guidance on the types of drugs tested as well as the procedures and protocols to be used by approved medical examiners, or MROs. Tis list of providers has been opposed by the school bus industry, which has said that many school bus companies, especially those in rural areas, could be adversely affected by fewer medi- cal choices and higher medical costs when performing due diligence on prospective new drivers. Still, the rule goes into effect this month.
THREE POINTS IN BUFFALO Buffalo Public Schools now has lap/shoulder seat belts in 20 percent of its fleet after it
became the first district in New York state to receive a waiver for its school bus contrac- tor company, First Student, to install the restraint systems, according to a spokesperson at the state Department of Education. Approximately 125 school buses with the three-point seat belts began transporting students in time for the start of school last month. Te school
board was expected to approve an amend- ment to transportation policies that would require student bus riders to wear the seat belts, said Transportation Director Al Diami- co. Te remainder of the fleet will receive lap/shoulder belts over the next five years.
REMINDER ON SCHOOL BUS YARD SAFETY A maintenance worker was killed by a
school bus when it rolled over him at a school district bus barn in Battle Ground, Wash., last month. According to the Wash- ington State Patrol, Almaz Kucokovic, 51, was killed while the contracted Petermann Northwest school bus he was working on started to roll, likely because parking blocks were not employed. Kucokovic tried to climb aboard the bus to bring it to a stop when he fell under the wheels. Te Colum- bian newspaper reported that Kucokovic died immediately from massive head and internal injuries. ■
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