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.
Mé[email protected] in the preparation of this presentation
Ing. Francisco Cabrera Becerra
Ing. José de Jesús Viggiano Domínguez
Ing. René R. Gutiérrez Rodríguez