Tips for Creating Effective Processes

Many safety and production failures result from employees failing to follow or understand process. Process is your guardrail. It sets the tone and expectations at your company. Process development does not need to be complex. Handbooks should be short and concise. This document provides tips for you to create effective process.

How To Perform A Root Cause Analysis

Organizations should perform a root cause analysis after every incident – regardless of whether the outcome was minor or severe. This allows businesses to understand what happened and how to fix the situation. If you learn from an incident with a minor outcome, you'll go a long way toward preventing a severe one from happening. 

Checklists: The Simple Way To Reduce Risk

Would you board a flight where the pilot decided that he or she is going to skip performing the pre-flight checklist? The flight checklist does not teach a pilot how to fly. The checklist serves as a simple reminder of mission critical tasks and how to perform them. The same concept applies to each of our businesses.

Shortcuts and Your Safety Program

The space shuttle challenger explosion was not an accident. It was a “predictable surprise.” The same circumstance that caused the space shuttle to explode are present in many businesses. It's known as normalization of deviance. This happens when people deviate from process and take shortcuts. Normalization of deviance is the ultimate enemy of safety. Learn what normalization of deviance is, where it may be present in your company, and how to eliminate it.

It's Not an Accident. And It's Not Minor

All safety failures must be treated with equal attention, and none should be overlooked. Learn how to ensure your organization’s culture accepts zero as the only goal, to create understanding around the idea that no safety failure is “minor,” and to conduct a root cause analysis.

Close Calls

All safety failures must be treated with equal attention, and none should be overlooked. Learn how to ensure your organization’s culture accepts zero as the only goal, to create understanding around the idea that no safety failure is “minor,” and to conduct a root cause analysis.

How To Engage Owner Operators in Safety

All safety failures must be treated with equal attention, and none should be overlooked. Learn how to ensure your organization’s culture accepts zero as the only goal, to create understanding around the idea that no safety failure is “minor,” and to conduct a root cause analysis.

Pre-Employment Screening Best Practices

The best way to ensure you’re employing qualified drivers is to perform comprehensive pre-employment screenings. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) Pre-employment Screening Program (PSP) provides secure access to drivers’ crash and inspection histories to help carriers make informed hiring decisions.

Avoiding the 5 Most Cited Roadside Violations

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published the most commonly cited roadside violations. Scan the QR codes in this document to view important resources that can help you operate safely on our nation’s roads and avoid these top five violations.

A Comprehensive Guide to The Financial Impact of Distracted Driving

Eight Tips to Help Your Employees Combat Distracted Driving

While the decision to drive while distracted rests with the driver, organizations must play an active role in mitigating this risky behavior. Ensure your organization has a strong and grounded safety culture that is understood and implemented at all levels. This document provides leaders with seven tips to combat distracted driving.