safety consulting

Set New Year’s resolutions with safety in mind

Happy New Year! Now that the holidays are over, it’s time to make those resolutions.

Whether it’s to improve your vehicle maintenance record, boost retention rates, mitigate driver violations or revamp your safety training program — or all of the above — January is the time to put a plan into motion.   

But just like having a personal trainer at the gym, you don’t have to go about tackling your goals alone. 

Brian Runnels, Reliance Partners’ vice president of safety, encourages motor carriers to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/set-new-years-resolutions-with-safety-in-mind

Fleet safety can be as easy as rocket science

Fleet safety isn’t rocket science. But for the sake of the argument, let’s pretend it is.

Think of your company as a rocket and your drivers as the astronauts. When the countdown to launch begins, their training and trust in the engines will determine the success of the mission.

Your engineering better be top-notch because one error can lead to catastrophic failure. 

Here, the engines are your safety program. Reliance Partners Director of Safety Robert Kaferle uses the rocket analogy to describe...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fleet-safety-can-be-as-easy-as-rocket-science

Proactive safety measures reduce stress and violations

What’s the point of a safety department if risk mitigation isn’t valued? That’s what Reliance Partners Director of Safety Robert Kaferle argues in a recent appearance on FreightWaves’ What the Truck?!? 

Kaferle urges carriers to focus less on their CSA scores but instead aim to reduce violations. He reasons that safety scores only tell you where to look and that they’ll certainly drop if eliminating violations are your top priority.

He also stresses the importance of proactive safety measures. In...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/proactive-safety-measures-reduce-stress-and-violations

It benefits to have a partner in safety

Reliance Partners’ professional safety team proactively helps motor carriers resolve compliance-related issues and, in turn, exceed risk-management expectations.

The rapidly growing commercial insurance agency goes above and beyond what’s expected of trucking insurance brokers, providing safety consulting on retainer, consisting of risk assessments, driver meetings, mock DOT audits and CSA score reviews and monitoring.

Developing a safety-first culture isn’t easy, but it is doable as long as you...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/it-benefits-to-have-a-partner-in-safety