NAFA's Tri-State Chapter Looks Into Safety Policies
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NAFA's Tri-State Chapter held their meeting Business Meeting and Golf Outing on September 17 at Sharon Woods Golf Course, Cincinnati, OH. With thirty attendees on hand, it was sure to be an interesting afternoon of fleet information and golf.
Brian Alfred, HSE Consultant from Eli Lilly and Company held a presentation about fleet safety. Eli Lilly has 3,200 drivers in the U.S. and averaged two fatality accidents per year (meaning fatalities include both the company's driver or the other driver involved the accident). No one would argue that one fatality is one too many, but for such a large driver force, having a median fatality rate of only two per year, is not bad.
When looking at the overall data, 80 percent of crashes with injury were due to someone else being at fault. Again, any injury is one too many, but just as clearly, the safety policy is working.
Alfred discussed the company's stance on emerging technology – collision avoidance, air bags, ordering the safest equipment. Eli Lilly has a policy stipulating non-use of electronic equipment, and are looking at making their cell phone policy much more robust.
While they have not jumped into telematics just yet, the company will be benchmarking against other pharmaceutical companies currently using telematics.
Alfred was asked how the company classifies high risk drivers. "We use a points system, with data collected from CEI and from the leasing company we use, based on things that already happened." Once those drivers are identified, they take an online module on prevention of the type of crash they were involved in, determined by violations found with MVR checks. "They will receive 8 hours of behind-the-wheel training if their driving behavior doesn’t change," Alfred said.
After the session and various pieces of chapter business were taken care of, 27 golfers took to the greens for the rest of the day.
Chapter Chair Rob Sizemore, Automotive Equipment Supervisor for the City of Cincinnati Metro Sewer District said, "We collected $265.00 from the charity hole on the course, and that will be donated to the American Cancer Society."
Special thanks to Rob Sizemore and Sherry Calkins for material in this article. Back to NAFA Connection
