Keep Trucking Safe October 2021 Newsletter

Safety Material for the Trucking Industry
October 2021

TIRES to FACE, Merging Roads to Trucking Safety

As recently announced, the TIRES project has ended its 16-year run of making trucking safer in Washington State. We’d just like to remind you that the online TIRES Trucking Safety Program Development Tool and safety training resources at keeptruckingsafe.org will always remain available to you. These free products can help make your trucking workplace safe for drivers, mechanics, loading dock workers, and other employees. Use them to create a new safety program, improve hazard prevention, or enhance training.     

Take the On-Ramp to FACE

We’d also like to invite you to another SHARP program that is working to keep trucking safe. The Washington Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation program (FACE) investigates traumatic workplace fatalities, including those in trucking. The acclaimed program uses its investigations to publish fatality reports that detail incident context, contributing factors, causes of death, and recommendations for how to protect workers from similar hazards. FACE also publishes hazard alerts, data summaries, and shorter form narratives and slideshows that can be used in safety meetings, toolbox talks, and safety trainings.

You can receive these trucking safety resources from FACE by subscribing to “FACE Trucking Fatality Narratives” on GovDelivery, a web-based e-mail subscription system that sends updates on topics of your choice. New or existing subscribers need to follow the link above and enter their email. Next, click “See more topics,” scroll down to SHARP, click the drop-down list and check the box for “Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) - Trucking Fatality Narratives.” You can also sign-up to receive other FACE publications. Subscribing is free and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Click the links below for examples of FACE publications that cover fatalities in trucking.

Fatality reports:

Chip Truck Driver Struck by Passing Truck   Summary      

Log Truck Driver Dies When Struck by Logs Being Loaded Onto Trailer

Truck Driver Dies after being Run Over by Propane Transport Rolling Backward at Bulk Plant   Summary

Fatality narratives:

Truck Driver Crushed by Cardboard Bale  Slideshow      

Truck Driver Crushed by Hay Bales  Slideshow

Truck Driver Crushed Between Two Trailers  Slideshow

Data summaries:

Truck Driver Fatalities 2010-2019

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Pre-Trip checklist

This pre-trip simulation  tool is intended to help those that are trying to become a truck driver or for experienced drivers that need to refreshen on their skills.

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Transfer trailer safety

This course teaches prevention of common traumatic injuries in the paving industry.

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MOST COMMON INJURIES

Slips, Trips, Falls

Strain & Sprains (Musculoskeletal Disorders)

Getting Struck by or Against An Object

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. Free safety training materials are available at KeepTruckingSafe.org.

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.

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