TEXT VERSION OF SLIDE:
Title: Motor Carrier Safety: A Collaborative Approach to Reducing Motor Carrier Incidents
Type: Text Slide
Content:
- Problem: How to reduce accidents by Dow’s motor carrier contractors
- Solution: Working collaboratively with a motor carrier to implement a safety-based performance
program to reduce rear-end collisions
[Includes the Alliance and OSHA logos]
Speaker Notes:
Motor Carrier Safety Case Study
Problem: How to reduce motor carrier accidents involving the transport of hazardous materials by
Dow’s motor carrier contractors.
Solution: Dow worked with one of its motor carriers, Transport Service Company (TSC), on a pilot
project to reduce rear-end collisions involving vehicles from TSC’s Midland, Michigan terminal. As
part of this project, Dow worked with TSC to apply a safety-based performance program to TSC’s
operations. The safety-based performance program was adapted from Dow’s internal behavior-based
performance work process, under which work groups identify, measure, and implement measures to
change behaviors.
Under the pilot project, TSC’s drivers made observations of near misses on the road. The data was
collected and the observations were posted in the terminal’s bulletin board and shared with other
drivers during safety meetings. A workgroup of five drivers identified the critical causes of the
accidents, evaluated them, and established a series of measures to prevent rear-end collisions. The
preventive measures were promoted in various ways, including articles and posters, and were
incorporated into TSC’s driver training program.
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