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Tag: shutdown order
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Ohio-based trucker shut down following fatal crash while under the influence
FMCSA says Gregory Alan Barnhart was driving on State Route 534 in Milton Township, Ohio, on Sept. 28 when his truck crossed the center line into oncoming traffic and hit a cargo van, killing its driver and a passenger.
November 1, 2019
Business
FMCSA shuts down driver after two fatal crashes
Doug A. Jones, who was served the order December 27, has been forbidden to operate a commercial truck in interstate commerce. FMCSA says twice in the past six months Jones “struck an individual while operating a tractor-trailer” and “in both instances, the individual was killed.”
January 31, 2019
Business
FMCSA issues shutdown order to driver cited for myriad of violations, multiple DUI arrests
Arkansas-licensed driver Jeffrey Scott Mitchell was issued an imminent hazard out-of-service order on Dec. 14, forbidding him to operate a commercial motor vehicle. In five separate roadside inspections, he was arrested for being either under the influence or in possession of a Schedule I drug.
December 19, 2018
Business
Driver involved in fatal crash while over hours limits shut down by FMCSA
The driver was operating despite having been issued an out-of-service order for violating hours of service regs and collided with another tractor-trailer.
July 9, 2018
Business
Tennessee hotshot carrier shut down for illegally hauling explosives
Police found that the truck was transporting numerous cases of Class 1 explosives, including ammonium nitrate-fuel oil mixture; electric detonators; blasting caps and detonating cord. It is illegal to transport detonators on the same vehicle as explosives unless the detonators are packed in a U.S. DOT-specification container.
April 10, 2018
Business
Conspirator in FMCSA shutdown order violation case sentenced to probation
A Georgia man has been sentenced to a year of probation for conspiring to violate imminent hazard out-of-service orders (shutdown orders, essentially) issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
November 10, 2014
Channel 19
Bogan case: More reasons to choose a carrier carefully
The Bogan case may be best viewed in the context of tried-and-true advice: be smart and choosy about who you run for. You never know when you may need the boss to go to bat for you rather than hanging you out to dry by being forced out of business.
May 30, 2012
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