Usher Transport Inc, Louisville KY, won its second Outstanding Performance Trophy in the National Tank Truck Carriers annual Tank Truck Safety Contest. The carrier received its first Outstanding Performance Trophy in 2001.
Usher Transport earned the award with an accident frequency of 0.132 per million miles during 2012. The carrier also is taking home the Grand Award in the “15-18.5 million miles class” among a group of nine carriers, an honor award in the Personnel Safety Contest, and a 24-year certificate in the 2012 Safety Improvement Contest.
“It’s truly an honor to win this award among such an exceptional group of safe and competitive NTTC carrier companies,” says William A Usher Jr, Usher Transport president. “Usher Transport is proud of its safety commitment and this award is a testament to those company-wide values.
In addition to William Usher Jr, the management team leading Usher Transport includes William A Usher Sr, chief executive officer; Mike baker, vice-president of safety and human resources; and David Guess, safety director.
The Outstanding Performance Trophy will be presented to Usher Transport during NTTC’s 65th Annual Conference being held April 28-30 in Austin TX. The Outstanding Performance Trophy is sponsored annually by Heil Trailer International of Athens TN and is awarded to the carrier that is deemed to have the best comprehensive safety program in the tank truck industry during the previous year.
Contest judges for this year’s safety awards are Paul Bomgardner, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA); Kris Phillips, FMCSA; Thomas Fuller, New York State Police; and Jon Samson, Agriculture and Food Transporters Conference.
The NTTC conducts four annual safety contests each year. These include a Competitive Safety Contest in which carriers compete in separate mileage classes; the Safety Improvement Contest in which a carrier competes against its own record for the previous year; a Personnel Safety Contest that is based on injuries per hours worked; and the Outstanding Performance Contest.
Carriers earning safety awards for the 2012 contest year will be recognized during NTTC’s annual conference in Austin. Awards will be presented to safety directors in charge of the winning programs at the NTTC Tank Truck Safety & Security Council annual meeting in Denver CO June 4-6.