National Fleet Safety Award Division Winners Announced
Alexandria, Virginia:
The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has selected the 2009 division winners of its highly coveted National Fleet Safety Awards. The Awards recognize those companies that show superior commitments to safety and accident reduction.
The winners underwent a two-step application process. First, their accident frequencies per million miles driven were calculated. This determined each company’s ranking within one of six mileage-based divisions (listed below). Second, the top three in each division were audited by an independent expert to verify their accident frequency numbers. This year’s honorees include:
Division I Winners (less than 5 million miles)
1st Place
Specialty Transport Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee
2nd Place
PAF Transportation Inc., Scarborough, Maine
3rd Place
Frerichs Freight Lines Inc., Belleville, Illinois
Division II Winners (5-14.99 million miles)
1st Place
Davis Transport Inc., Missoula, Montana
2nd Place
Refrigerated Food Express Inc., Avon, Massachusetts
3rd Place
AAT Carriers Inc., Chattanooga, Tennessee
Division III Winners (15-24.99 Million Miles)
1st Place
Erb International Inc., New Hamburg, Ontario
2nd Place
Nationwide Express Inc., Shelbyville, Tennessee
3rd Place
Ace Doran Hauling & Rigging Company, Cincinnati, Ohio
Division IV Winners (25-49.99 Million Miles)
1st Place
MacKinnon Transport Inc., Guelph, Ontario
2nd Place
Kennesaw Transportation Inc., White, Georgia
3rd Place
Freymiller Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Division V Winners (50-99.99 Million Miles)
1st Place
Carter Express Inc., Anderson, Indiana
2nd Place
Earl L. Henderson Trucking Company, Salem, Illinois
3rd Place
NFI Interactive Logistics LLC, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Division VI Winners (100+ Million Miles)
1st Place
Bison Transport Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba
2nd Place
Gordon Trucking Inc., Pacific, Washington
3rd Place
Roehl Transport Inc., Marshfield, Wisconsin
Kevin Burch, president of Jet Express, Inc., said of the competition and its winners: “As this year’s chairman of TCA, I am proud to represent what I consider to truly be ‘the best of the best’ in fleet safety.
Each company will be recognized at an awards ceremony to be held during TCA’s Annual Convention, February 28-March 3, 2010, at the Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada, as well as during TCA’s Safety & Security Division Annual Meeting, May 16-18, 2010, at the Crown Center Hyatt Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri.
The division winners are now eligible to compete for two grand prizes, one in the “less than 25 million annual miles” category and one in the “25 million or more annual miles” category. To win the grand prize, companies will be judged on their overall safety programs, both on- and off-highway, including employee driver/independent contractor selection procedures, training, supervision, accident investigation, inspection and maintenance of equipment, and outside activities. As with the division winners, the two grand prize winning companies will be announced and honored at an awards ceremony to be held during TCA’s Annual Convention and then again during TCA’s Safety & Security Division Annual Meeting.