Chuck L. Pearson, Jr. Named Grand Champion at 2005 Professional Freight Handlers Competition
2005 Grand Champion Chuck
Pearson
with wife Krista.
Chuck Pearson, a professional freight handler/driver account specialist from Valdosta, Georgia, was named Grand Champion at Roadway's 4th Annual Professional Freight Handlers Competition (PFHC). The event was held April 17 - 19 in Akron, Ohio.
Inspired by the American Trucking Associations' National Truck Driving Championships, Roadway created PFHC as a way to recognize its safe and skilled freight handlers. The competition consisted of four challenges: a pre-trip inspection, written examination, personal interview, and driving/freight handling course. Twenty-eight Roadway employees competed this year.
A 16-year employee, Chuck Pearson has been injury-free for 14 years, is a member of his facility's IPI Council, and was named employee of the quarter in 1999.
Rod Newcomb, a driver account specialist from Portland, Oregon, received second place. Ivan Richardson, a professional freight handler/driver account specialist from Houston, Texas, received third place.
Curt Hanshaw, a professional freight handler from Akron, Ohio, received the award for the highest pre-trip inspection score.
Employees from around the company competed in local run-offs to earn their way to the national competition. To be eligible, employees had to be certified to operate forklifts and have an injury- and accident-free safety record for one year prior to the event.
