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April 2014

Fleet Management News & Business Info | Commercial Carrier Journal

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COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | APRIL 2014 47 I N I N I N I N I N I N N O N O N O N O N O N O V A V A V A V A V A V A T O T O T O T O T O T O R O F O F O F O F O F O F T H E H E H E H E H E H E Y E A E A E A E A E A E A R Melton Truck Lines President Bob Peterson ripped out the 600-square-foot smokers' lounge at the company's facility in Tulsa, Okla., and replaced it with a gym with free weights, exercise equipment and treadmills. Melton Truck Lines, CCJ's 2014 Innovator of the Year, develops unique and comprehensive healthcare offerings and incentives to encourage employee participation and drive down costs. BY JEFF CRISSEY AS THE DRIVER SHORTAGE CONTINUES TO WORSEN, driver health and wellness has taken center stage. Melton Truck Lines certainly was experiencing the driver shortage and was losing good, experienced drivers because their blood pressure was too high and they couldn't maintain their physical cards. "They were 5 feet tall, they weighed 350 pounds, they didn't know what their body chemistry was, and they ate bad food," says Bob Peterson, president of the Tulsa, Okla.-based fl atbed carrier. New driver candidates would come into orientation and

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