Truck Fleet Safety

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This paper discusses the purpose of accident prevention in truck fleet safety and explains all of the expenses associated with injuries and illnesses in fleet safety. Further, this paper identifies and explains the four elements of a small fleet safety program as well as lists employee selection considerations. Finally, the paper discusses the role of management in a successful safety program.

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"Driver recruiting and selection is stated in SafeReturns (ATAF 1999a) as "starting with the right people is key to overall safety performance." Those who use the 80-20 rule in hiring and who rarely or never hire from the bottom 20 eliminate the largest part of the potential crash risk and liability. Guidelines for recruiting methods for hiring safe drivers are laid out in the Truck Driver Risk Assessment Guide (ATAF 1996b) Included in these recruiting ads are (a) company practices relevant to safety (b) specific safety-related criteria for employment (c) specific "do and don'ts" for employment applications forms and structured interviews, and (d) federal regulations on required background checks as well as additional recommend background checks. Further used is a detailed driving road checklist that is used for screening drivers by fleets as well as commercial services that provide databases related to employment and personal inventories and psychological tests that are stated to be able to predict the safety of a commercial driver."

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