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February 2016 | Overdrive | 49 than fleets hauling box or refrigerated trailers exclusively, simply because of the visibility of its loads and secure- ment devices. Dean Newell, vice presi- dent of safety, says Little Rock, Ark.- based Maverick continuously monitors its drivers and how their CSA scores are faring. "Both (fleet and driver) scores are important," he says. Maverick's training also is ongoing. The company films its own in-house safety videos – some as short as 15-sec- ond reminders of proper safety procedures – that are beamed out to trucks on the road for driv- ers to watch at their convenience. "Our drivers like the fact that they have that information handy if they need it," Newell says. Maverick's commitment to load securement goes even deeper. "Everything that we haul is closely examined before it ever gets loaded onto a trailer," Newell says. This starts early in the sales process: When a Maverick sales- man closes a deal, one of the check- off boxes on his list is to contact the customer's safety department and initiate a process for assessing proper securement of the customer's load. Maverick's sales team and safety department also collaborate on the driver training aspect. If the customer has a new unfamiliar load, Newell's team will obtain pictures of it or go to the customer's location to inspect the load firsthand to figure out how to transport it safely. "We look at the securement of the load and make sure we can handle it with our existing equipment and sys- tems," Newell says. "If not, we come up with alternatives to make it safe." – Jack Roberts contributed to this report. PRE-EMISSION ENGINES IN A NEW TRUCK FitzgeraldGliderKits.com 888.346.1146 Cummins N14 Detroit 60 series Caterpillar 6NZ BETTER FUEL MILEAGE • LESS DOWNTIME • LOWER MAINTENANCE COST TRUCKS AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY Fitzgerald _OVd0216_PG.indd 1 1/20/16 9:08 AM Kinedyne says a lower price tag for securement products often translates into lower quality, consistency and life expectancy. Maverick's basic orientation lasts five days. If the driver works in the company's flatbed division, there's another week of hands-on load securement exercises.