Trucking is one of the highest injury professions. Some states have such a high rate of injury for truck drivers that there are initiatives to help protect drivers. Truck driving can be a tough job, but someone’s got to do it. The trucker cab front seat is the truck driver’s office. They provide a vital service that keeps the economy moving, getting products from point A to point B and everywhere else they need to be.

While the road offers some flexible freedom, there is pressure to deliver on time. One of the keys to delivering on time is to ensure trucking safety. Here are some tips that can help keep truck drivers safe and healthy.

Trucking Safety #1: Take care of yourself and keep healthy

Keeping fit, eating right, and avoiding injury is a big part of being a safe trucker driver. Truck drivers are on the road long periods of time, and health issues are part of the job if you don’t take care of yourself. A big part of truck driver safety has less to do with your vehicle, and more to do with you. Getting enough sleep, eating right, exercising, and taking quality home time will all help you feel more content and refreshed behind the wheel.

Trucking Safety #2: Equip yourself with the right tools for the job

Without the right tools, truck drivers can be prone to injury. Use tools to help you avoid injury, check tires for low pressure, avoid strains when reaching underneath the trailer, etc. A tool like the OPNBar can help avoid injuries or strains when opening and closing truck trailer or shipping container doors. If you don’t have these tools, let your company know about them. Who knows, you could be promoted for helping to lower workman’s comp claims.

Trucking Safety #3: Reducing Accidents

Equip truck drivers and operators with the proper tools needed to help them avoid injury.

The OPNBar tool, for instance can help avoid some injuries by providing an ergonomic means of opening shipping containers, checking for low pressure tires, and aiding operators in releasing the tractor from the trailer.

Trucking Safety #4: Buckle your seatbelt

As with driving any vehicle, your chances of being killed are almost 25 times higher if you are thrown from your vehicle during a crash. Safety belts can keep you from being tossed out a window, from being dragged on the road or from being crushed by your own vehicle or another.

Trucking Safety #5: Don’t speed

speed-o-meter-1479451[1]Truck drivers have their own speed limit for a reason. Trucks have much less control when going fast than cars. Curve and entrance/exit ramp speed limits are intended for small vehicles, not large trucks. Studies show large trucks often lose control or roll over when entering a curve at a posted speed limit due to their high center of gravity.

Trucking Safety #6: Pay attention to driving conditions

Unless you’re on the show, “Ice Road Truckers” if really bad weather is in the forecast, consider taking a detour or pulling over to ride out the storm. Bad weather conditions contribute to 25 percent of speeding-related large-truck fatalities. Drivers should reduce their speed by one-third on wet roads and by half or more on snow-packed streets.

Trucking Safety #7: Check and recheck blind spots frequently

Truck drivers have many blind spots and no rear view mirror. Never rely on other drivers to stay out of your blind spots; they may not be aware of the size of your vehicle’s “no zone.” Check your mirrors every 5-8 seconds as well as before you change lanes, turn or merge. This will help you keep track of changing traffic patterns around your truck.

Trucking Safety #8: Watch the road

road-to-the-hills-1562250[1]Pay attention to the road. Don’t drive distracted or be on your phone. To safely slow down, a commercial motor vehicle driver should look at least 15 seconds ahead (a quarter-mile on the interstate and one-and-a-half blocks in the city). Paying close attention to the road ahead helps avoid abrupt braking situations and potential accidents.

Trucking Safety #9: Don’t drive drowsy

If you are drowsy, pull over. Research shows that being awake for 18 hours is comparable to having a blood alcohol concentration of .08 percent, that is no good. Keep yourself safe and the motorists around you. Always pay attention to signs of drowsiness like frequent yawning, heavy eyes, blurry vision, and spacing out. Don’t lose your job, or even worse, kill someone. Pull over and stay safe.

Did you know that trucking, cargo and insurance companies lose billions a year due to operator injury? Did you know 50% of all trucking injuries are sprains/strains? We introduce 3 trucker tools in 1, a shipping container safety hand leverage tool, tire thumper, and 5th wheel pull hook, designed for opening and closing truck trailers and shipping containers with the safety of the truck driver, operator, and worker foremost in mind.

This intermodal container (also known as ISO container, conex box, railroad container, and certain truck trailers) cargo inspection tool and leverage safety bar is to aid in opening and closing side-by-side doors found within Dismountable Shipping Cargo Container Trailer Transportation Industries (Railroad, Harbor, and Trucking Industries).

Trucker Tool

Trucker Tool – 3 Tools in 1!

It is the perfect instrument, to assist the truck driver or yard worker in opening and closing of shipping container doors and locking mechanisms found on conventional style (side by side) doors, allowing opening and closing of shipping container doors to be a great deal easier.

3 in 1 Trucker Tool generates great value in addition to the safety and savings our tool provides to trucking companies and their safety departments, along with insurance companies, reducing workman’s comp claims.

Designed to fit and extend the door latch handles on side by side doors found on the following units with the safety of the truck driver, operator, and worker foremost in mind:

Dismountable Shipping Cargo Container Trailers

Refrigerated Shipping Cargo Container Trailers

Semitrailer Dry Freight Cargo Vans

Semitrailer Refrigerated Freight Cargo Vans

Reefer Containers

Military Containers

Waste Management Containers

This Intermodal Container (also known as ISO Container, Conex Box, Railroad Container and certain Truck Trailers) cargo inspection tool and leverage safety bar is to aid in opening and closing side-by-side doors found within Dismountable Shipping Cargo Container Trailer Transportation Industries (Railroad, Harbor, and Trucking Industries).

We are confident in the quality of our tool. Here are some additional specs:

Safety tool rated up to 53k PSI

3 layers of rust inhibitors

Plastic vinyl handle

Anti-corrosive to gas and oil, helps operators hands from slipping

Quality materials, quality control, and made in the USA. MADE IN THE USA with AMERICAN STEEL, AMERICAN STANDARDS, and AMERICAN LOVE.

Door Latch Handle Extender

Our tool assists the truck driver or yard worker in opening and closing hard to open container doors, frozen shipping container doors and rusted doors and locking mechanisms found on conventional style (side by side) doors, allowing opening and closing of frozen shipping container or rusted doors to be a great deal easier.

As a Door Latch Handle Extender, it is a safety leverage bar to assist the truck driver and operator in opening and closing shipping container doors. Great for opening and closing cargo containers that are rusted or frozen!

Leverage tool uses the principles of leverage to do the difficult work

Promotes safety, reduces injury and workman’s comp claims.

Leverage helps to loosen hinge pins and blades that are seized due to corrosion

Leverage helps to loosen damaged or frozen gaskets preventing shipping container doors from opening and closing.

Eliminates the need for additional tools.

Tire Thumper

The Tire Thumper function assists the truck driver in a quick method of evaluating properly inflated tires for truck driver safety. Properly inflated tires make a loud, sharp thud. Poorly inflated tires make a dull thud.

A quick and easy way to check tire pressure is by thumping your tires. Some trucks have many tires and tire thumping is the fastest method for checking tire pressure before hitting the road.

Tire Thumper (aka tire beater) assists the truck driver and operator in evaluating properly inflated tires.

Some trucks have many tires and tire thumping is the fastest method for checking tire pressure before hitting the road.

If there is air in the tire, the tire thumper will bounce easily and make a loud, sharp thud; and if the tire is flat (no air) it will not bounce much and will give a sound like a dull thud when it is smacked.

Eliminates the need for additional tools.

5th Wheel Pull Hook

The 5th Wheel Pull Hook assists the truck driver in releasing the fifth wheel which can cause neck, shoulder and back injury, damaging your clothes with grease, oil, and road grime. This pull hook can help eliminate these problems.

Using a strong 5th wheel hitch pull hook is recommended when separating a tractor from the trailer to help reduce neck, back, and shoulder and other injuries associated with having to reach under a trailer in order to release the tractor from the trailer.

Soft-metal hooks (such as those made from aluminum) are unsafe as they are too susceptible to bending. Our hook is made of heavy-duty, rust-resistant steel.

Reaching under the trailer to release the fifth wheel can cause neck, shoulder and back injury, as well as, damaging your clothes with grease, oil, and road grime. Our 5th Wheel Release Hitch Pull Hook can help eliminate these problems.

Eliminates the need for additional tools.

Shipping Container Safety International

10053 Whittwood Dr, Suite 11284 Whittier, CA 90603 USA | 657.6.OPNBAR

657-667-6227

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