ATA Director describes truck safety program in GAWDA journal.
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In Welding & Gases Today journal, David L. Potts, director of safety and operations for American Trucking Association, describes FCMSA's Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 program. Program will use all safety-based violations found during roadside inspections to measure motor carrier's safety performance, and driver-related deficiencies will be considered. Ultimate goal of program is to reduce occurrence of large truck and bus crashes.
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Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010
How a motor carrier's safety performance will be evaluated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will change in mid-2010.
Dewitt, NY - The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FCMSA) new assessment program will be significantly different than SafeStat, the current evaluation system.
The aim of the new program, called Comprehensive Safety Analysis (SCA) 2010, is to help FCMSA and its state partners contact more carriers and drivers, use improved data to better identify high-risk carriers and drivers, and apply a wider range of interventions to correct high-risk behaviors. Its ultimate goal is to reduce the occurrence of large truck and bus crashes.
In the current issue of Welding & Gases Today, the journal of the Gases and Welding Distributors Association (GAWDA), David L. Potts, director of safety & operations for the American Trucking Association, describes the new program. Of particular significance, CSA 2010 will use all safety-based violations found during roadside inspections to measure a motor carrier's safety performance - not just out-of-service violations as has been the case in the past. CSA 2010 also will have noticeable driver-related impacts. If deficiencies are driver-related, the inspector may choose to look at the driver, rather than the vehicle.
Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 outlines what motor carriers can do to prepare for CSA 2010 in Welding & Gases Today, the leading trade journal for the welding, welding equipment, industrial gases, medical gases and specialty gases industry. You can read it at www.WeldingAndGasesToday.com.
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Founded in 1945, the Gases and Welding Distributors Association (GAWDA) is the premier source for manufacturing knowledge, education and networking. Through its member journals (welding andgasestoday.org), e-magazines, newsletters and industry wiki (www.gawdawiki.org), GAWDA connects suppliers of gases and manufacturers of related equipment as well as manufacturers of welding equipment and distribution leaders, for the purpose of safely delivering optimal solutions to the users of those products. GAWDA publications are the industry's voice for all matters related to the latest technology and the most up-to-date processes spanning welding equipment and products and services related to industrial, medical, specialty and cryogenic gases. A 501(c)3 organization, GAWDA members are located throughout North America.
