Author Archives: David Mitchell

About David Mitchell

Guest author, David W.J. Mitchell, ARM, ARM-E, ALCM, CPCU, CDS is the Director of Risk Control/Safety Management at National Trucking Practice—Little Rock, Arkansas. As the safety management director for Aon’s Trucking Practice, David’s expertise includes motor carrier safety management, crash prevention, Work Comp loss prevention, and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations compliance. David’s expertise has helped several trucking companies reduce their auto liability and work comp losses ($) by more than 40%. Developed SafeFleet Evaluation and Certification program for the safest trucking companies in the U.S.

Ranking the Risks of CSA Scores

by David Mitchell | September 14, 2010 | Comments Off

Momentarily—- forget the risk of intervention by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The FMCSA is a mouse compared to some other risks.

 Using an enterprise risk management approach, I have ranked the most serious risks of poor CSA scores:

 Risk # 1) Adverse reaction by a shipper. When a shipper determines that your scores are poor, they may send their business to another trucking company. The loss of revenue can be devastating to your fleet. Read more >

Real Safety… Reducing the Pain of Lost-Time Injuries

by David Mitchell | August 16, 2010 | Comments Off

Safer, SafeStat, CSA. Compliance focus; followed by awareness, defensiveness, evaluation, and still more compliance focus.

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