Keep Trucking Safe TIRES Ecard

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Tune up your safety program

First, look back over the previous year and review the activities you carried out. Then, to keep your safety program effective... READ MORE

TRUE STORY - The right equipment could have kept this driver out of a tight spot

A 40-year-old less-than-truckload driver was delivering a 450 lb. cooler. When he arrived at the customer site, he realized.. . READ MORE

Dealing with stress at work

Stress affects all of us. It can be caused by the guy who cut you off in traffic or by long-term concerns, such as a serious illness in the family or financial strain... READ MORE

COMPANY CORNER - Are injury investigations necessary?

As we go through everyday business we can experience what is called an incident/accident event. This is an unintended occurrence that may result in injury or death to workers and usually results in time lost from production... READ MORE

Changes coming to 2010 OSHA 300 log

By February 1 of each year, your OSHA 300 log should be posted for the previous year. The OSHA 300 log is the summary of all the injuries and illnesses that your company has had during the year. Beginning in 2010... READ MORE

Upcoming events

Click here to check out our new upcoming events page. Let us know if you have a trucking industry related safety or health event that you'd like to add to the page.

COMING SOON - This Spring TIRES is releasing a safety plan template for small businesses

We will send out a notification in our TIRES e-news when it is available.

So popular - we've brought it back

The force simulation tool has been so popular that we thought we'd resend out the link

Does it really matter if you jump or use 3 points-of-contact when you exit the cab or trailer? Find out with our force-simulator. Use it as a training tool. Click force simulation tool.

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To learn more about the TIRES initiative, or to find more information about injuries in the trucking industry please visit us at, www.KeepTruckingSafe.org.

The Trucking Injury Reduction Emphasis (TIRES) project was developed by the Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention (SHARP) program of Washington's Department of Labor and Industries.

The Trucking Injury Reduction Emphasis (TIRES) project team and the TIRES steering committee are working with the Washington State trucking industry to identify causes for the most frequent injuries to develop effective strategies for preventing them.

The TIRES steering committee is made up of a diverse group of professionals that includes: drivers, safety people from large and small trucking companies, labor and business associations, insurers and a representative from a publicly funded truck driving school.

Funded in part by a grant from CDC NIOSH 5 U60 OH 008487. The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of CDC/NIOSH.

Welcome to the March 2010 edition of TIRES e-news, a periodic newsletter brought to you by the health and safety experts of the TIRES Initiative.