Safety first companies?
 

Which companies truly care about safety.?

UPS is good about fixing trucks if you have a problem. Never been forced to take out an unsafe truck. So So on driver safety. Sometimes they can push guys a little hard and they will hurt themselves. Usually as you get older you just start working more safe. Not worth a long time injury. Young guys get pressured more, because they will feel they need to do more. Older guys don't get that pressure as much, because we won't push ourselves beyond what we should do.

I'm thinking that depends on the company. While the older drivers may not FEEL as though they need to run balls-to-the-wall all the time, that doesn't mean their dispatcher thinks the same way. :shock:

SYSCO is real big on safety. It's so much, it's like rocket science.

Personal opinion: Driver safety starts and ends with the driver them self. As someone else said in another thread - learn how to say 'no'.

SafeStat Results as of January 26, 2007 Carrier Selection List Download Data
US DOT# Carrier Name State City County
Code Service Center Power Units Last FMCSA
Compliance Review SEA Value
(VEH_SEA)
661515 LEISURE FITNESS INC DE NEWARK 003 Eastern 38 2.36
934215 BLOOMINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT MN BLOOMINGTON 053 Midwestern 109 4/1/2002 2.36
84324 R O HARRELL INC VA SOUTH BOSTON 083 Eastern 78 2.34
133693 SPECIAL DISPATCH INC MO HAZELWOOD 189 Midwestern 44 7/1/2003 2.34
176560 JOSEPH S CHOW LTD BC RICHMOND 000 Western 29 3/8/2000 2.34
267748 UNIVERSITY WHOLESALERS INC VT COLCHESTER 007 Eastern 12 7/31/1989 2.34
269878 ACTION TRANSIT ENTERPRISES INC PA PITTSBURGH 003 Eastern 10 2.33
395748 CIMARRON COACH OF VIRGINIA INC VA FALLS MILLS 185 Eastern 35 2.33
571855 DIAMOND TRIUMPH AUTO GLASS INC PA KINGSTON 079 Eastern 90 8/25/2004 2.33
190194 BEACH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY MT MISSOULA 063 Western 110 12/11/1996 2.32
270798 WOODLAWN MOTOR COACH INC MD BALTIMORE 005 Eastern 142 2/19/1998 2.32

Sysco has very good equipment but drivers are not as good

Inspection Selection System (ISS-2) Recommendation*
(As of January 26, 2007)
Carrier Name: SYSCO FOOD SERVICES OF HOUSTON LP
US DOT #: 152595
ISS Inspection Value: 35
ISS Recommendation: PASS
Basis for Recommendation: Safety

There's like one trucking company on that list .

Is this better?

Lower the SEA number the better. This is for equipment only, as drivers don't have a lot of control over this.

If you want more information on a company look here. http://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/SafeStat/Saf...?PageN=results

910928 THE HOME DEPOT SUPPLY INC FL ORLANDO 095 Southern 3342 0.01

734951 MT HOOD BEVERAGE COMPANY WA KENNEWICK 005 Western 113 1/26/2001 0.04

261883 TNT LOGISTICS NORTH AMERICA INC IN INDIANAPOLIS 011 Midwestern 230 10/16/1986 0.04

277959 G & J TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC OH CINCINNATI 061 Midwestern 484 6/23/1988 0.27

172924 SYSCO FOOD SERVICES OF BALTIMORE LLC MD JESSUP 027 Eastern 135 9/30/2002 0.38

290357 UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CANADA LTD ON CONCORD 000 Eastern 162 3/3/1999 0.46

512428 SYSCO FOOD SERVICES OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC FL OCOEE 095 Southern 133 0.5

43633 THE NOEL CORPORATION WA YAKIMA 077 Western 117 9/20/1990 1.03

40137 KOCH FOODS LLC TN CHATTANOOGA 065 Southern 94 2.92

Here is how some of the large carriers stack up, listed from the largest down

21800 UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC IL AURORA 043 Midwestern 56642 10/18/2004 15.83

54283 SWIFT TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC AZ PHOENIX 013 Western 18708 5/24/2006 67.93

264184 SCHNEIDER NATIONAL CARRIERS INC WI GREEN BAY 009 Midwestern 12268 2/10/2003 31.69

80806 J B HUNT TRANSPORT INC AR LOWELL 007 Southern 11874 2/27/1997 44.08

53467 WERNER ENTERPRISES INC NE OMAHA 153 Midwestern 10618 8/29/2005 26.45

63585 WAL-MART TRANSPORTATION LLC AR BENTONVILLE 007 Southern 6954 9/9/2004 9.53

303024 U S XPRESS INC TN CHATTANOOGA 065 Southern 6074 5/24/1994 53.46

74432 MARTEN TRANSPORT LTD WI MONDOVI 011 Midwestern 2852 10/31/2006 94.88

154712 MERCER TRANSPORTATION CO INC KY LOUISVILLE 111 Southern 2011 2/9/1993 50.23

05790 CRST MALONE INC AL TRUSSVILLE 073 Southern 1507 2/14/2006 88.55

Was very surprised how good Mt Hood is. They run a lot of old equipment. Also that UPS in Canada is better than UPS in the US. Also thought Martin was a better company.

You will find that in general "chemical tanker" companies have extremely high concerns and practices focussed on safety overall. Considering the general work environment and nature of the equipment...it has to be done that way.

Brown67: Are you on feeder yet ? They don't push us at all. If they do we just tell them to basically get bent (in the "UPS" way) and just do it the way the bid is run. All else fails, run your bid safely and grieve it. The only time I may push it a little is Christmas to get the air stuff to the hubs....I'm too old to run hard. Remember the UPS motto: "We can't be fired-slaves have to be sold"....

Been with Roehl for a year now and I have had no issues concerning safety. This morning, I was in pea soup fog in Ohio. Told my DSR that I was not moving out of the TS until things improved. Was told to use my judgement on the matter. I waited 2 hours until the chatter on the CB died down about not being able to see exit ramps, signs and other trucks. I have yet been forced to drive when I did not feel conditions were safe even if it ment that the pickup/delivery had to be postponed. Last week in the snow/ice storm around Indy, again I said "not driving" due to freezing rain. No argument and the pick up was postponed 24 hours.

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