Protecting Parked Equipment from Fires
A fire can be a devastating financial event for a trucking company or a driver. Modern trucks and trailers are manufactured to be as light as possible, which ...
11/06/20
PMA Perspectives - Captives
PMA Companies launched the PMA Perspectives series in order to provide straightforward information about the implications of COVID-19 and how PMA Companies is ...
10/23/20
How Can You Prevent Distracted Driving?
Distracted driving can be deadly. In fact, according to the National Safety Council, 2,800 people in the U.S. died in distraction-related crashes in 2018 alone 鈥� ...
10/21/20
The Last Line of Defense for Safety: Personal Protective Equipment
As the nation and even the world continue to deal with the health and economic fallout from the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the COVID-19 pandemic, the construction ...
10/08/20
PMA Perspectives - COVID-19 & Workers' Compensation Claims Management
This installment of PMA Perspectives features Ray DiCello, Senior Vice President of Claims & Chief Claims Officer, PMA Insurance Group, and Jim Walsh, Senior ...
09/08/20
Heat-Related Illnesses
The heat of summer is in full swing. Each year in the United States, thousands of workers suffer from heat-related illnesses. While heat illnesses can affect all ...
07/30/20
Re-Emphasize Rear-End Crash Prevention
Preventing large truck crashes has been and always will be a topic of discussion motor carriers have with their drivers. Large truck crashes cost the ...
07/24/20
FMCSA's New Crash Preventability Determination Program
Contributed by Dave Osiecki, Scopelitis Transportation Consulting LLC Since the inception of the Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) program at the Federal ...
07/17/20
OSHA's Fourth Annual Safe + Sound Week
The goal of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)'s annual event is a nationwide effort to increase awareness on the importance of workplace safety ...
07/16/20
Share the Road
Many 鈥淪hare the Road鈥� initiatives speak to the drivers of passenger vehicles and focus on how to drive around large trucks, motorcyclists, etc. This approach is ...
07/08/20