by admin | Sep 12, 2022 | Safety, Toolbox Talk, Transportation
Every day, millions of truck drivers transport goods across the roads of the United States and beyond; the average truck driver travels over 100,000 road miles per year, delivering approximately 11.8 billion tons of freight. Trucks are essential to the global economy;...
by admin | Sep 5, 2022 | Environmental, Safety, Toolbox Talk, Transportation
Many people experience some type of pain from time to time; when you get a paper cut, hit your thumb with a hammer, or step-down wrong and twist your ankle. However, when the injury heals, you most likely, no longer feel pain. It’s the feeling of pain that lasts for...
by admin | Aug 29, 2022 | Environmental, Safety, Toolbox Talk, Transportation
According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 100,000 Americans died of drug overdose between April 2020 and April 2021, exceeding the death toll of any year since the 1990s when the opioid epidemic began. In 2021, overdose deaths...
by admin | Aug 22, 2022 | Safety, Toolbox Talk, Transportation
During the 2020 Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) Annual Brake Safety Week roadside inspections, 12% of the trucks and buses inspected were placed out of service for brake-related violations. More than one in ten trucks’ brakes were bad enough to take them off...
by Rebecca Huggins | Aug 8, 2022 | Environmental, Safety, Toolbox Talk, Transportation
Many hazards affect a work area, including housekeeping issues, faulty tools and equipment, missing machine guards, electrical problems, sharp objects, missing labels, and fire hazards. A hazard control program that includes a workplace inspection, routine...
by Rebecca Huggins | Jul 25, 2022 | Environmental, Safety, Toolbox Talk, Transportation
Best Practices are established by manufacturers, industry organizations, government authorities, and a company’s management. They are a series of specific steps or job procedures that guide a worker through a job task from start to finish, preventing potential hazards...
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