Washington, D.C., USA

February 2009

International Conference on Road Safety at Work

Strategies to decrease the accidents in a private fleet company

Analysis of the Transport Accidents

From an Epidemiological point of view

Accidents

Risks

Incidents

Risk Factors

Accidents in Transport

Own damages

Damages to third parties

Minor damages

Major damages

High costs

Injuries to own

Injuries to third parties

Multiple injuries

Own death

Death to third parties

Multiple Deaths

Accidents produce

TruckLoad

DriverEnvironment Road

Factors in the accidents

Scenarios

Road

Driver

Truck Load

Roads

Roads

• Wide• Narrow• 1 lane• 2 lanes• 3 lanes• Highway• One way• Two ways

• Straight• With few curves• With many curves• With increases• With decreases• With little traffic• With many traffic• Bumpy• Without bumps

Road

• Safe

• Unsafe

• Rainy

• With fog

• Where to rest?

• Where to go to the bathroom?

• Where to eat?

• Where to clean up?

• Where to take a bath?

• With Heat

• With Cold

Trucks

Trucks• News

• Semi-news

• Irregulars

• Olds• With sleeping berth

• Without sleeping berth

• With AC

• Without AC

Technology• Modern

• Conventional

• Traditional

• Old

• Without technology

• With maintenance

• Without maintenance

Remolques

T r u c k

Trailer

• News

• Semi-news

• Irregulars

• Olds

Singles

&

Fulls

T r u c k

Trailer

• Without Load

• With Load

Light

Heavy

Very Heavy

• TiresNews

Semi-news

Regulars

Old

Mixed

T r u c k

Tractors and Trailers

• Periodically

• Regularly

• Occasional

• When you can do it

Maintenance

T r u c k

Tractors and Trailers

• With Insurance

• Without Insurance

• Own

• Rented

Drivers

Driver

• Age

• Gender

• Experience

• Complexion

Thin

In weight

Over weight

Obese

• Physical Condition

Excelent

Good

Regular

Bad

Driver • Habits and customs

Food

Physical Activity

Medical Periodical Review

Smoking

Coffee

Alcohol

Drugs

Driver • Health Status

HealtyVisual acuityHearingDiabetes MellitusHypertensionUlcusGastritisVaricosis

HaemorrhoidsJoint problemsBack painAllergiesHeart problemsDermatitisAsthmaSLEEP APNEAFATIGUE

Why accidents occur in good roads, with trucks and trailers in good condition and drivers in good health, and experienced fatigue?

¿Why accidents don’t occur in bad roads, with trucks and trailers in bad condition and drivers with some condition, inexperienced and tired?

Why accidents happen ?

Why accidents don’t happen?

What do you need to have an accident?

Who is in the middle of all the answers?

TruckLoad

Driver EnviromentRoad

The Driver

Get ready for the surprises that life can bring… Get ready for the surprises that life can bring… Do not over trust…Do not over trust…

What to do?Results Expected

• Processes

• Procedures

• Regulations

• Training

• Machines

• Technology

• Experience

• Time

What to do?Results Expected

• Processes

• Procedures

• Regulations

• Training

• Machines

• Technology

• Experience

• Time

Arrive

• In time

• Complete

• Healthy

• Without Accidents

• Without Incidents

• Back out

What to do?Results Expected

Action

Attitude

Wanting to do

Wanting to do well.

Wanting to do very well.

ALWAYS!

• Processes

• Procedures

• Regulations

• Training

• Machines

• Technology

• Experience

• Time

Arrive

• In time

• Complete

• Healty

• Without Accidents

• Without Incidents

• Back out

What to do? Results Expected

Experience also crashedExperience also crashed

WARNING

ICE

T r u c k

Driver EnviromentRoad

AccidentOr

Not Accident

Attitude

Do what you must do

How to make it

When you must do it

With what to do it

For those who must do

SASSOOccupational Health and Safety Administration

System

Mission

Ensure that exist in every

workplace prevention and care

programs for health, as well as

processes and procedures

safe for workers, the assets of

the company and the

environment. Reflected in

indicators

Targets

Business Support:

To prevent diseases and risks of work

Maintaining healthy and honest to all workers

To identify, eliminate and / or internal control risks and the environment.

Vision

Global Competitiveness

• Workers and their families

healthy

• Companies safe

• Contribution to care for the

environment

We must promote a culture of health, safety and environmental

protection. Every work facility, supported on FEMSA’s guidelines and

corporative support, is committed with the protection of our employees

and their families health and physical integrity, as well as with the

support of the community. It is imperative that the assets and

production and administrative processes of the company are safe and

should contribute to environmental conservation. The commitments

should be based on the principle of shared responsibility: the

company, employees and organizations.

FEMSA PolicySafety, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health and Environment

Health-oriented

present and future

needs

Partners in healthy workplaces safe

and healthy

Action FieldsHealthy employees at every stage of

their working lives

Partners and Healthy

Families in a healthy

community

Healthy employees prepared to face new

threats to health

Production System

REQUIREMENT

OF THE CLIENTSRESULTS

Key Processes of FEMSA

Sales System

Transport System

ELAB ENV DIST

SALES DISTRIBUTION

LOGISTICS Y TRANSPORT

Continuous Improvement

Auto Responsability Sense

Central Offices

OriginFEMSA Logistica (FL) founded in April of 1998 to take care of the logistic requirements of the filial companies and the Mexican market, at the moment Latin American.

FEMSA Logistica is one of the companies that composes the unit of business Strategic Consumptions of FEMSA.

Facilities

Presence in 50 cities of Mexico, Brazil, Costa Rica and Panama. Next in Colombia and Nicaragua.

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National CoverFL have facilities throughout all the Mexican Republic:

1 Monterrey2 Orizaba3 Navojoa4 Tecate5 Guadalajara6 Toluca

7 México DF8 Villahermosa9 León10 Morelia11 Apizaco12 Coatepec

13 Mexicali 14 Chihuahua

15 Cd Juárez 16 Mérida

12 Operative Centers

2 Warehouses

2 Bases de relevo

“In-house” Operations1 Monterrey (almacén Famosa, OXXO, VitroPlano)5 Guadalajara (OXXO)6 Toluca (almacén Famosa)7 México DF (OXXO)13 Mexicali (OXXO)14 Chihuahua (OXXO)17 Ensenada (almacén Famosa)18 Saltillo (Vitromex)19 Culiacán (“crossdock” OXXO)20 Querétaro (“crossdock” OXXO)21 Veracruz (“crossdock” OXXO)

Personnel

4200 truck drivers and employees

Private Fleet

We count on one of the greatest fleets of Latin America (25.000 units) and in highway we realized more than 4300 daily trips.

Safety Scheme

Roads Vehicles

Truck Drivers

FEMSALogística

Drivers

•Training

•Pre Trip Inspection:

–Truck Drivers

–Trucks

•Rest in Route

•Daily Log

•Safety Manual

•SASSO

Vehicles•Antiquity of no more of 5 years

•Maintenance–Preventives–Correctives–Express

•Technology:–Motor Break–Dolly H–ABS Breaks–Electronic Transmision–Disc Breaks

•New technologies:–Active Breaking Systems–Vorad–Roll Stability Control

Roads

•We use highways in 95% of our routes

•Speed limit of 50 Miles per hour

•Road Inspections

•Double Truck Drivers

•Analysis of routes

Accidents per million kilometers

Results

KM

•Keeping the concept to the Management General, the

Safety is most important in the company, through results.

•Have policies and procedures updated

•Do what you must do as is done when it should do, what should I do.

•Respect and understand the different cultures of the staff in Mexico and other countries.

•Training at the rate of growth of the company.

Challenges

•Safety benchmark with international companies.

•Implement SASSO in Colombia and Nicaragua.

•Still searching new technologies of safety for our vehicles.

•Still efforts to bring preventive and corrective zero accidents in the

company.

Next Steps

Thank YouDr. Miguel Ángel González Osuna

FEMSA Logística Monterrey N.L.

Méxicomiguel.gonzalez@femsa.com.mxParticipated in the preparation of this presentation

Ing. Francisco Cabrera Becerra

Ing. José de Jesús Viggiano Domínguez

Ing. René R. Gutiérrez Rodríguez