The National Private Truck Council (NPTC) has recognized fleet members who continue to elevate safety performance. “The purpose of the Safety Awards program is to recognize member companies that strive to make private fleet safety a benchmark of their operations,” said Randy Perry, CTP, 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 companies whose fleets experienced the lowest ratio of accidents per million miles for the past year.”
The 2013 winners (based on safety performance achieved in 2012) are:
LOCAL OPERATIONS (fleets whose vehicles deliver in a local market regardless of size)
First Place: American Proteins
REGIONAL OPERATIONS
First Place: The Gates Corp.
Second Place: Energy Solutions/Hittman Transport Services Inc.
Third Place: CTS/Sherwin-Williams Co.
MIXED OPERATIONS (Small Fleet – less than 50 vehicles)
First Place: Sugar Foods Corp.
Second Place: Metal Exchange Corp.
Third Place: Unifi Manufacturing
MIXED OPERATIONS (Large Fleet – 50 vehicles or more)
First Place: NEP Broadcasting
Second Place: Targa Transport LLC
Third Place: Baxter Healthcare Homecare Services
Also recognized were those fleets with outstanding and/or improved safety records based upon their crash rates. Winners of the Gold Seal, awarded to fleets that experienced zero crashes in 2011, include:
• ADM Trucking Inc.
• Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.
• CVS Transportation LLC
• Energy Solutions/Hittman Transport Services Inc.
• Frito-Lay Inc.
• Linde LLC
• Orgill Transportation Co. LLC
• Targa Transport LLC
• The Gates Corp.
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.
• American Proteins Inc.
• Frito-Lay Inc.
• GNC Transportation LLC
• Kraft Foods Group Inc.
• Moen Inc.
• NEP Broadcasting
• North American Pipe Corp.
• Orgill Transportation Co. LLC
• Shaw Transport Inc.
• Sugar Foods Corp.
• Targa Transport LLC
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.
• Batesville Logistics Inc.
• Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC
• Frito-Lay Inc.
• Golub Corporation/Price Chopper Supermarkets
• Kraft Foods Group Inc.
• Orgill Transportation Co. LLC
• PV Transport Inc.
• Upstate Niagara Cooperative
