Fleet Safety management
• Collision Costs
• One of the largest dollar losses
• Liability
• Even with insurance – pay in the long run
• Employee injuries
– Direct cost
– Indirect cost
Costs – Direct and Indirect.
• Production delays
• Time lost by workers and supervisors attending
the victim
• Clean up and start up of interrupted services
• Investigation costs
• Training new workers to replace injured
workers
• Reduced morale and efficiency
• Increased insurance premiums
• Medical-hospital-rehab
• Workers Compensation
• Administrative Cost
• Negative Media Attention
• Lost Business
• Prosecution-Fines-Litigation
Elements of a Fleet Safety Plan
• Written policy
• Driver/fleet safety officer
• Driver selection
• Driver training
• Driver supervision
• Equipment selection and maintenance
• Accident reporting/analysis
• Awards program
Policies
• Written policy
– Delegate responsibilities
– Develop enforcement policies
– Delegate training responsibilities
– Develop driver responsibilities
Policy Elements
• Top Management Statement and Signature
• Assignment of responsibilities and
accountabilities
• Safety rules for vehicle operation
• Driver recruitment, selection & evaluation
• New employee orientation and driver training
• Incident/ Accident Reporting and Analysis
• Vehicle Selection, Inspection, maintenance
• Emergency Equipment
Driver Selection Policy
• Hiring Criteria - (Matrix)
• Written Job Descriptions
• Background Checks
• Number of moving violations (repeat)
• Severity of moving violations
• Prior license suspensions
• Previous crashes or incidents
• Criminal record
• DUI History
Policy
states what disqualifies an employee from driving!
Fleet Safety Policies
• Establish a Safety hierarchy
– Life safety
– Environment
– Property
• Involve everyone from top down
– Management commitment
– Employee involvement
– Accountability
– Hazard ID & control
– Effective Training
– Accident investigation
– Periodic evaluation
Effective Training Policies
• Reduce the number of crashes
• Establish professional competent well trained drivers to represent your company
• Reduce maintenance costs
• Reduce need for close supervision
• Improve reputation and public relations
• Organized approach to prevent repeating mistakes
• Reduces risk
Driver Selection Fleet Manager
• General ability to perform the tasks
• Driver License check
• Look for experience
What is a Good Driver?
• Drives legally
• Avoids collisions
• Performs non-driving parts of the job
• Adapts to meet conditions
• Positive traits
Selection Procedures
• Recruit well qualified check with
– Current employees
– Industry contacts
– Others (i.e., Voc Schools)
• Driving test
• Interview
• Check references
• Skill test
Driver Fundamentals
• Safe driving skills is paramount
• Good program improves skills
• Safe driving is not simple
• Requires ability to make traffic decisions
quickly
• Safe driving has an economic dimension
Truck Driver– Analysis
• Fuel Consumption
• Brake Demand
• Torque Demand (shock load)
• Lateral Acceleration
• Tachometry
• Clutch Brake Replacement
• Monitoring Driver Rest Time
• Exceeding Speed Limits
• Deviation
Planned Route
• Cell phone Use- while in Motion ( Policy)
Training Program Development
When
First hired
Refresher
Remedial
Where
Classroom
Over the road
What to Teach
• Company’s collision problems
• Traffic regulations
• Causes of collisions
• Personal traits affecting driving
• Defensive driving
• Backing
• Stopping distance
• Individual Company needs.
Skill Testing
• Parallel parking
• Alley dock
• Offset alley
• Forward serpentine
• Backward serpentine
• Straight line
• Stop line
Bad Habits Kill!
• Going too fast
• Going too slow
• Tailgating
• Bad passing
• Failure to use turn signals
• Poor lane discipline
• Not allowing to merge
• Failure to yield
• Ignoring red lights and stop signs
• Blocking intersections
• Bad manners
• Ignorance
Equipment Failure
On a fleet basis, is anyone at the
helm?
Is anyone watching similarities of
failure?
Accident Repetition – Equipment
Failure Cost
Inspections
• Driver Inspections
– Pre-trip to ensure safe to operation
– Post-trip to notify of any potential problems
• Periodic
– Annual
– Qualified inspector
– Appendix G, subchapter B 49 CFR
Fleet Manager
Fleet Manager
Vehicle Selection Fleet Manager
• Select the proper tool for the job.
• Will you be transporting a crew?
• Driver Safety- ergonomics, comfort
• Cargo-size, load position, liquid, racks?
• Pulling a trailer-capacity (now or future)
• Crashworthiness -
• Features- airbags, GPS, fog-lights, backup
alarm, rear vision monitor, ABS, lift-gates, air ride seat, stability-
suspension, tires, mirrors.
Purchase with Safety in Mind
• Cost
• Availability
• Standardization – Better for fleet operations
• Order size
• Maintenance convenience
• Operational convenience
• Fuel savings
• Safety equipment
Commercial Vehicle Safety
Emergency Equipment
• Communication ( 2 way radio/ Cell phone
• First Aid Kit
• Flashlight (batteries or wind up)
• Reflective Safety Vest
• Space Blanket
• Fire Extinguisher
• Tire inflator/sealant
• Reflective triangles/ fusees/flares
• Cold Weather emergency items- food/water
Who is
responsible for ensuring emergency equipment is in place for each vehicle?
Putting it all Together
• Management
• Leadership
• Administration
• Operational
Environment
• Driver
Selection/Qualification
• Driver Evaluation
• Vehicle Selection
• Emergency Equipment
• Vehicle Inspections
• Vehicle Maintenance
• Incident/Accident
Analysis/Reporting
Summary
• Have a
Written Fleet Safety Program
• Establish Fleet goals and benchmarks
• Have a good driver selection and training process
• Have a strong fleet management program
including research, procurement and replacement.
• Ensure Fleet Longevity through a sound
maintenance program
• Periodic Program Review
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