GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

  • Driver Training

    To evaluate and assist drivers in maintaining an acceptable level of performance, "Ucrop Trucking" shall periodically administer or arrange for attendance at a Defensive Driving Course. "Ucrop Trucking" shall make assignments for the course as follows:

     1. Mandatory attendance for employees who have been involved in a "preventable accident."

     2. Mandatory attendance for employees whose immediate supervisors determine that they have questionable driving capabilities or habits.

    3. Voluntary attendance for employees who have not attended a Defensive Driving Course in the past three (3) years.

  • Performance Evaluation and Monitoring

    Because careless or poor driving may lead to worker injuries and to decreased public confidence in "Ucrop Trucking", we require managers to monitor and evaluate employees who operate vehicles. They must:

    1. Check all employees’ driving records at least annually.

     2. Assign a specific individual to oversee the license review and screening process. This individual should also manage the entity’s compliance with Commercial Driver’s License, federal random drug testing and other legal requirements. The review should conform to the guidelines in your motor vehicle operations policy.

    3. Take appropriate corrective action for current employees with unacceptable records. Corrective actions may range from reassignment to non-driving related positions up to discharge. Falsification of information about driving records by drivers is cause for immediate termination.

    4. Establish corrective actions necessary to restore employee to driving position and period for completion. Document actions taken.

    5. Forward all documentation of the annual review and the actions the supervisor has taken to Human Resources.

  • ACCIDENT REPORTING PROCEDURES

     1. Drivers involved in an accident shall obtain appropriate medical treatment, if needed, as outlined in the municipality’s health and safety policies.

    2. The employee, if physically able, shall call for a police officer as provided in the reporting policies. The employee shall also request that all parties and properties concerned remain at the scene of the accident, if possible, until a law enforcement representative has released them.

    3. Employees shall refrain from making statements regarding the accident to anyone other than the investigating police officer, municipal management, and representatives of the municipality’s or drivers’ personal insurance provider. Employees shall limit statements to factual observations.

    4.  Our company must receive a copy of all police reports and any accompanying statements within 48 hours.

    5. If the collision involves an injury, the driver and his or her supervisor will file appropriate reports as provided by policy.

    6. The driver shall fill out a Vehicle Accident/Incident Report within forty-eight (48) hours and submit it to his or her supervisor. The supervisor will send copies to the company's president for comment and then file the report with the Personnel Office for inclusion in the employee's personnel file. If the accident may result in someone alleging liability against the municipality, the president shall also file the report with the insurance carrier.

    7. The driver shall report damage to the vehicle on the "Auto Accident Notice" form available from his or her supervisor.

    8. The driver shall submit to a drug test as specified by policy.