FLEET AWARDS RECOGNIZE CULTURE OF SAFETY
BY AZ YEARBOOK STAFF Promoting safety is a primary mission
of ATA and the Arizona Transportation Education Foundation. But the biggest impact on truck-involved crashes comes from members who make safety an integral part of their company culture—who understand that if they don’t operate safely, they won’t operate at all for very long. The annual Fleet Safety Awards
program is designed to recognize the best of these companies in seven mileage categories. Companies that win Fleet Safety Awards combine a low accident rate with an overall culture of safety and significant contributions to the trucking industry’s efforts to improve safety. “They know that their drivers aren’t
just carrying loads, but are also carrying an awesome responsibility—the safety of all those with whom we share the highway,” said George Cravens, chairman of the ATA’s board of directors. ATEF’s Fleet Safety Awards are
co-sponsored by the Arizona Department of Public Safety, HELP/PrePass, and Transtar Insurance Brokers. The awards, presented at the May 2012 awards reception, were for safety records compiled during the prior year (2011). Judges were Capt. Deston Coleman of Arizona DPS; Kenny Palmer of Transtar Insurance Brokers; and Bernie Gazdzik, safety consultant for the ATA. Judges looked at several criteria in
choosing the award winners:
• Overall accident rate weighed against total miles driven in Arizona in 2011
• Inspection Out-of-Service Rate in SAFER
• Workplace safety
• Community outreach, such as Share the Road, Teens & Trucks, and participation in Road Check
50 • Driver/employee recognition programs
• Other demonstrated efforts to enhance the image of the transportation industry Judges could name one first-place
winner and one honorable mention in each mileage category, and also had the discretion not to name any winners in a particular category if none of the applicants in that category merited an award. The Fleet Safety Awards also include
the Chairman’s Award for Safety, which goes to the fleet with the lowest accident frequency rate weighed against its miles driven and overall contributions to truck safety programs in the state of Arizona. The winner of this award receives the Grand Trophy. The winner of the 2011 Chairman’s Award was Knight Refrigerated.
Attendees enjoy the Fred Hurley Terrace prior to the reception.
THE 2011 FLEET AWARD WINNERS ARE:
1–250,000 ARIZONAMILES: 1st: Furniture Transportation Systems, Pomona, Calif. (Phoenix division). Honorable mention: Synergistic Transportation, Inc., Phoenix.
250,000–500,000 ARIZONAMILES: 1st: Bulk or Liquid Transport, LLC, Grover Beach, Calif. (Phoenix division). Honorable mention: ATG Transport, Phoenix.
500,000–1MILLION ARIZONAMILES: 1st: The Logistics Group, Phoenix. Honorable mention: Precision Heavy Haul, Phoenix.
1MILLION–2MILLION ARIZONAMILES: 1st: Groendyke Transport, Inc., Enid, Okla. (Phoenix division). Honorable mention: Hurley Distribution Co., Phoenix.
2MILLION–4MILLION ARIZONAMILES: 1st: SystemTransport, Inc., Spokane, Wash. (Western region). Honorable mention: United PetroleumTransports, Oklahoma City, Okla. (Phoenix division)
4MILLION–7MILLION ARIZONAMILES: 1st: Con-way Freight, Ann Arbor, Mich. (Phoenix division). No honorable mention winner.
OVER 7MILLION ARIZONAMILES: 1st: Knight Refrigerated, Phoenix. Honorable mention,Walmart Transportation, LLC, Phoenix.
Arizona Trucking Association 2012 Yearbook
Arizona Highway Patrol Lt. Col. Jamie McGuffin, Kevin Knight, Erick Kutter, Tom Long and Brett Sant, all of Knight Transportation, Inc., and ATA Chairman George Cravens
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