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ECTSafetyProgramandIndex
- 1. ECT: Introduction tothe Safety Measurement Index
- 2. Increasingly, shippers areholding transportation brokers liable for loss or damage to their freight. Third parties are also asserting that brokers are responsible for property damage and bodily injury when accidents occur. Claimants often allege that the broker breached its responsibility by failing to investigate a carrier’s safety record, claims history and insurance status. In order to ensure this DOES NOT happen ECT has developed and implement this ECT Index
- 3. So what wedo at East Coast Transport LLC (ECT) is: 1) Check the safety status for all carriers that we engage. 2)Require a satisfactory safety rating in via our ECT Safety Index. 3) • Verify motor carrier insurance. 4) Insure that the carrier has proper liability insurance coverage for each load
- 4. ECT’s Two CoreComponents 1. A Safety Measurement Index that: – Identifies unsafe carrier and driver behaviors that lead to crashes – Uses all safety-based roadside inspection violations to assess compliance with existing regulations – Includes investigation findings – Is used to prioritize carriers for interventions 2. A safety interventions process that: – Includes an array of interventions – Focuses on specific unsafe behaviors – Identifies causes of safety problems – Defines and requires corrective actions
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- 6. Percentiles and Investigations •Goal is to identify carriers with – Known on-road compliance issues • Intervention Thresholds for carriers are organized by Index groups and are set based on the INDEX relationship to risk / consequence • Carriers that exceed the BASIC threshold are identified by Red Ratings in one of the 5 Groups: • Unsafe Driving – HOS Compliance – Driver Fitness - Vehicle Maintenance – Controlled Substance / Alcohol
- 7. Carrier Measurement: ECTINDEX Results • The rating are obtained by going into the Carrier 411 website. • Entering the carriers MC# • The retrieving the DOT Ratings • Then entering them into the ECT Safety Index Rater.
- 8. Screen shot ofCarrier 411 – ECT Carrier Index Rater Rating Unsafe Hours Fitness Drugs Main SI Status S 82.50 10.80 54.50 48.90 44.90 2.35 BORDERLINE
- 9. Place each carrierviolation into a BASIC Index Convert Index data into a quantifiable measure/rate Develop a rank for each Index based on each carrier BASIC measure Safety Event Data Index Data BASIC Measures ECT Index Rating
- 10. BASIC Data Safety EventData Sorted by BASIC • Unsafe Driving (Parts 392 & 397) • Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance (Parts 392 & 395) • Driver Fitness (Parts 383 & 391) • Controlled Substances/Alcohol (Parts 382 & 392) • Vehicle Maintenance (Parts 392, 393 & 396)
- 11. Unsafe Driving Index •Operation of CMVs in a dangerous or careless manner • Examples: − Speeding − Reckless driving − Improper lane change
- 12. Vehicle Maintenance Index •Failure to properly maintain a CMV • Examples: − Brakes − Lights − Other mechanical defects − Failure to make required repairs − Improper load securement
- 13. HOS Compliance Index •Operation by drivers who are ill, fatigued, or in noncompliance with the HOS regulations • Examples: − HOS − Form and manner − Operating a CMV while ill or fatigued (all Part 395)
- 14. Driver Fitness Index •Operation of CMVs by drivers who are unfit to operate a CMV due to lack of experience, or medical qualifications • Examples: − Failure to have a valid and appropriate Commercial Driver’s License − Medically unqualified to operate a CMV − Expired or missing medical examiner’s certificate
- 15. Controlled Substances/Alcohol Index •Operation of a CMV while impaired due to alcohol, illegal drugs, and misuse of prescription medications or over-the-counter medications • Examples: − Use or possession of controlled substances or alcohol
- 16. Insurance/Other Category Carriers loggedin to the SMS will see the Insurance/Other category in addition to the five Index’s • This category includes violations cited during investigations that do not coincide with the five Index’s – Insurance or authority violations • If one of the Serious Violations in this category is discovered during an investigation within the last 12 months, the category will show an Red the threshold symbol. If the index climbs above the OK status the Index will rate the carrier either Borderline or Serious Issue.