WEEKLY NOTES FROM STYER  - To get these notes emailed to you weekly, please provide Mel with your email address 09-03-2010
Next Safety Committee Meeting – September 9th – 2:30 P.M.  – Safety suggestion forms are available near the mailboxes
Birthdays coming up:  Larry Drescher, Morris Culp
Value Driven Driving - Essential Driving Technique of the Week – Maintain Proper Following Distance
Undeniables (the accident that should never happen) - #4 Drop Trailer
Accidents this week – none
"No Violation" DOT inspections this week – Barfknecht
Fuel surcharge is $.3102 per mile.  National average is $2.938 per gallon. 
National Threat Advisory - Yellow (Elevated)
Hazmat Item of the Week – Keep your tractor and trailer locked at all times
Work Comp Safety Tip – Do not lift items over 30 pounds by yourself
Driver Policy Item of the Week – Call brokers for release numbers after you’ve delivered their load
Styer’s dispatchers are making an effort to get your load information updated consistently so that you do not have to provide the same information to us more than once.

 

Want $500?  We have a recruiting bonus in place.  Send a driver (contractor or employee) our way and you’ll get $500 if we hire the driver.

Quote of the week – “That’s the way things come clear.  All of a sudden.  And then you realize you obvious they’ve been all along.   Madeleine L’Engle (1918-), The Arm of the Starfish, 1965