Facts & Achievements
Employees:
Safety on the highways and in our workplaces is essential to providing reliable freight services. Safety-related achievements include:
OTHER SAFETY ACHIEVEMENTS AT ROADWAY INCLUDE:
- 8 active drivers have driven over 4 million accident-free miles.
- 73 active drivers have driven over 3 million accident-free miles.
- 273 active drivers have driven over 2 million accident-free miles.
- 1,577 active drivers have driven over 1 million accident-free miles.
- 22 professional Roadway drivers (since 1930) have achieved the exceptional accomplishment of driving 4 million accident-free miles, helping to place Roadway as one of the safest transportation providers in the industry.
- Roadway sent a record setting total of forty-one of its champion professional drivers to the 2004 National Truck Driving Championships held August 18-21, 2004 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Twenty-eight Roadway professional freight handlers from around the country qualified for Roadway's fourth annual competition to recognize dock safety performance in April 2005. To earn their way to the national competition, freight handlers competed in local and regional run-offs. Employees had to be certified to operate forklifts and have an injury-and accident-free safety record for one year prior to the event to be eligible.
- In 2005, E.T. "Slim" Pickens became the 16th driver in Roadway history to achieve four million miles of safe driving. Four million miles is the equivalent of making eight round trips to the moon without a single accident. Slim is domiciled at Roadway's Meridian, Mississippi facility.
- Greg Nauertz won National Champion in the 3-axle class at the 2003 American Trucking Associations (ATA) national truck driving championships. He is a P&D driver based in Phoenix, AZ.
- Richard Seigle won National Champion in the 3-Axle class at the 2002 ATA national truck driving championships. He is a linehaul driver based in Chicago Heights, IL.
- Linehaul drivers at Memphis, Tenn., set Roadway's all-time safe driving record of 25.4 million miles without a preventable accident in January 2003.
Awards:
- Roadway received top honors from the state trucking associations of South Carolina and Arizona in 2001 and from the state trucking association of Colorado in 2002 for industry-leading safety performance.
- For the second straight year, Roadway placed first in the American Trucking Associations (ATA) 2001 Industrial Safety Contest for achieving the lowest company injury-rate among similar-sized carriers.
- Roadway placed fourth in the driving category in the ATA annual safety contest for local division over one hundred million miles in 2001.
- Roadway placed second in its class in the ATA annual safety contest for general commodity over 5,000 employees category in 2001.
- Roadway Express received the 2001 Walk-the-Talk Award for environmental leadership sponsored by the Home Depot. The award committee evaluated Roadway's programs to protect the environment by reducing waste, preventing pollution, and conserving energy and other natural resources. The award recognizes Roadway's commitment to increased fuel efficiency; clean fuel alternatives; recycling; hazardous materials safety; and compliance with local, state, and federal regulations.
Community Outreach:
- To heighten safety awareness both within the company and externally, Roadway has established 13 District Road Teams. Members of these teams are drivers, dockworkers, and mechanics who present safety messages at community events such as safety breaks, civic group meetings, safety fairs, and demonstrations for high school driver education classes.
- Roadway's Corporate Road Team assists with corporate presentations about the trucking industry and safety issues to media, legislators, and customers. This team is made up of six Roadway drivers who are former members of the ATA America's Road Team.
- Roadway's "Seat Belt Promise" program encourages children to wear their seat belts. Roadway drivers and other employees discuss the importance of seat belts at safety-related events, and children sign a certificate promising to buckle up.
- Roadway sponsors "safety breaks" at rest stops alongside major highways. Employees discuss driving safety with motorists and demonstrate a truck's blind spots using a tractor and trailer.
- Four Roadway trailers share the No-Zone
safety message with motorists. The "No-Zone" message is part of a nationwide effort
by the Federal Highway Administration, American Automobile Association, American
Trucking Associations, the National Safety Council, and the U.S. Department of
Transportation to educate the motoring public on sharing the roads safely with
commercial vehicles. Roadway Express was the first commercial motor carrier to
display the "No-Zone" safety message on a trailer.
- Roadway employees teach classes for the Ohio Peace Officers Training Academy, which is responsible for training every law enforcement officer in the state of Ohio. Roadway's drivers lead the Commercial Vehicle Familiarization course, a component for graduation. Since enrollment began four years ago, it has grown from a minimal attendance to full class with a waiting list.
- Our three road teams in Ohio are helping to train Ohio State Highway Patrol cadets on truck-related equipment and safety issues and are working with the Patrol to educate the public about highway safety. In California, members of our Sacramento-based road team discussed equipment and safety topics with 1,500 California Highway Patrol officers and cadets.
- A Roadway trailer displays the Ohio State Highway Patrol's "Share
the Road Safely" message. The Patrol partnered with the Ohio Trucking Association
to expand the "Share the Road Safely" message, which is funded by a federal educational
grant from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The Roadway trailer
bearing this safety message travels throughout Ohio.
Community Collaboration:
- Roadway Express and the Ohio State Highway Patrol partnered to produce a training video demonstrating procedures for safely pulling a large commercial vehicle to the side of the road and approaching its driver.
- Roadway Express continues to work with local public safety agencies to ensure hazardous materials are handled properly in all situations. Roadway employees and local emergency response personnel practice procedures for handling chemical spills in simulations called "spill drills."
- Roadway Express employees share their expertise in safety and hazardous materials by conducting training programs on emergency response for municipal fire and police departments.
More Safety Facts:
- Compliance with maximum driving hour regulations among the approximately 546 drivers who work sleeper teams is ensured through state-of-the-art, real-time satellite tracking which monitors the location of each sleeper team. These two-person teams alternate driving to keep freight moving efficiently through the system.
- Roadway strives to provide a healthy, injury-free workplace through proactive prevention programs.
- Roadway's proprietary Prevention Improvement Process has been very effective in reducing injuries and lowering workers' compensation costs. When injuries do occur, Roadway's Early Return to Work Program allows employee to return to modified-duty work as soon as they are able to. The program benefits employees by lowering the risk of reinjury and easing the transition back to full-capacity work.
- The Prevention Improvement Process also targets accident reduction, and operating equipment (tractors, trailers, forklifts, etc.) undergoes regular safety inspections and preventative maintenance.
- Roadway produces its own safety-related employee training videos and audiotapes.
