{"id":1715,"date":"2015-03-18T21:36:38","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T21:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/drivers-the-foundation-of-fleets-safety-culture\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:51:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:51:53","slug":"drivers-the-foundation-of-fleets-safety-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/drivers-the-foundation-of-fleets-safety-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Drivers the Foundation of Fleets\u2019 Safety Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

A healthy safety culture helps a trucking company recruit better, safer and more professional drivers, says Rob Penner, executive vice president and COO of Winnipeg-based Bison Transport.<\/p>\n

Speaking as part of a panel discussion at the Truckload Carriers Association annual meeting in Kissimmee, Fla., Penner and other trucking execs explained how building a culture of safety pays big dividends.<\/p>\n

As reported by Truckinginfo.com<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou know you have a culture when you start to attract like-minded people,\u201d Penner said. \u201cFew drivers come to our door and are surprised that we are focused on safety and high performance. They know what our standards are and want to learn how to fit in.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCulture is about your people,\u201d he continued. \u201cIn trucking you\u2019re in the service industry. The value of our business is not in iron or bricks and mortar. It\u2019 s not about putting a rulebook in front of people and making them focus on performing to a standard. You have to have them \u2018bought in\u2019 to your business.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"bison\"<\/a>Penner pointed out that a safe fleet requires everyone\u2019s commitment, not just drivers. It takes people who spec trucks for safety. It takes maintenance people making sure the trucks are safe and compliant. And it requires buy-in from the dispatchers or fleet managers who are working with the drivers each day.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to put your money where your mouth is,\u201d he said. \u201cYou can\u2019t just throw down a rulebook and expect people to follow it. You have to show you care about them and you\u2019re invested in them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is [driven by] the leaders \u2013 but the true leaders of your business are the people leading your drivers every day. If those people don\u2019t get it, nobody gets it. You cannot put pressure on that driver, if he\u2019s not fit to go, whether it\u2019s personal health or weather, it\u2019s our job to pick up the pieces, repower, reschedule, whatever we have to do, we carry the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to survey your workforce and understand who you have in the business, why they come to work for you, why they leave your business, then set up a specific and committed path,\u201d Penner said. \u201cCulture\u2019s not something you can change overnight.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Bison Transport, a member of the Ontario Trucking Association and Canadian Trucking Alliance, was also given the TCA\u2019s \u00a0National Fleet Safety Award<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Full story here<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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