NPTC Announces Safety Award Winners

Arlington, VA – The National Private Truck Council (NPTC) recognized those fleet members who had continued to elevate safety performance during the group’s Annual Education Management Conference and Exhibition held April 17-19, 2011 in Cincinnati, OH.

“The purpose of the Safety Awards program is to recognize those member companies that strive to make private fleet safety a benchmark of their operations,” said Randy Perry, Fleet Safety Manager for Frito-Lay, Inc. and Chair of the NPTC Safety Committee. “The NPTC/Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions Fleet of the Year Awards are presented to those companies whose fleets experienced the lowest ratio of accidents per million miles for the past year.” The 2011 winners (based on safety performance achieved in 2010) are:

LOCAL OPERATIONS (fleets whose vehicles deliver in a local market regardless of size)
First Place (tie):
CVS Transportation LLC
Milliken & Company
Webster Industries, Inc.

REGIONAL OPERATIONS (Small Fleet – less than 50 vehicles)
First Place (tie):
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
Hittman Transport Services, Inc.
Jerico Services, Inc.
Moen, Inc.

REGIONAL OPERATIONS (Large Fleet – 50 vehicles or more)
First Place: Hittman Transport Services

MIXED OPERATIONS (Small Fleet – less than 50 vehicles)
First Place (tie):
ADM Trucking, Inc.
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
Frito-Lay, Inc.
Kraft Foods, Inc.
Orgill, Inc.
Marzetti Company
Targa Transport LLC

MIXED OPERATIONS (Large Fleet – 50 vehicles or more)
First Place: Orgill, Inc.
Second Place: Targa Transport LLC

Also recognized, were those fleets with outstanding and/or improved safety records based upon their crash rates. Winners of the Gold Seal, awarded to fleet experiencing ZERO crashes in 2010, include:

•    ADM Trucking, Inc.
•    CVS Transportation LLC
•    Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.
•    Frito-Lay, Inc.
•    Hittman Transport Services
•    Jerico Services, Inc.
•    Kraft Foods, Inc.
•    Marzetti Company
•    Milliken & Company
•    Moen, Inc.
•    Orgill, Inc.
•    Targa Transport LLC
•    Webster Industries, Inc.

Winners of the Silver Seal, presented to those companies whose fleets reduced their vehicle crash rates by 40% or more compared to the previous year, were:

•    ADM Trucking, Inc.
•    Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
•    Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.
•    CVS Transportation, LLC
•    Energy Dispatch, LLC
•    Frito-Lay, Inc.
•    Kraft Foods, Inc.
•    Milliken & Company
•    New South Express
•    Occidental Chemical Corp.
•    Orgill, Inc.
•    Webster Industries, Inc.

The Bronze Seal recognition is presented to companies who have reduced their vehicle crash rates by 20% to 39% from the previous year. The winners of the Bronze Seal are:

•    ADM Trucking, Inc.
•    Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
•    CVS Transportation, LLC
•    DOT Transportation
•    Frito-Lay, Inc.
•    Hospira Worldwide, Inc.
•    Steelcase, Inc.
•    Targa Transport, LLC
•    Taylor Distributing

About NPTC
Founded in 1939, the National Private Truck Council is the only national trade association exclusively representing the interests of the private truck industry and corporate/business private truck fleet management. NPTC is the premier marketplace of information, networking and skill building for private fleet professionals as it leads in shaping the future of corporate transportation.

For more information about the Council’s activities and programs, visit our website at www.nptc.org.

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