“Trucking and I go way, way back,” said Steve Smith whose career seems to have come full circle.

Manager Abel Franco an-nounced last month that Smith would be the new Driver Super-visor at the City of Industry ter-minal.

In 1973, he started his ca-reer working in a Boise Cascade warehouse. He started driving truck delivering products from the warehouse in 1977. He left to work as a service and parts manager at an auto dealership in 1980. But it seems that fate brought him back when he was asked to fill the position of warehouse supervisor when his former boss died.

Over the years, Smith’s at-tachment to trucking was close and included a long-time friend-ship and working relationship with Steve Wright, the retired Pico Rivera Terminal Manager.

As a driver, the two met when Smith used to fuel his truck at Wright’s terminal. Distribution consolidations got them togeth-er when they both moved to Chino, California. By then, the Boise trucking division was providing tractors, trailers and drivers as the distribution sys-tem changed and smaller ware-

houses were merged into what eventually became Region-al Service Cen-ters (RSC). Ste-ve was offered the position of

manager in 1986, a position he held until the Pico Rivera RSC was closed in 2014.

“I always thought Boise products should show up on a Boise truck and trailer for the impression it made on custom-ers,” Smith said. “The best part of it was that the money stayed in the company.”

Looking back over his ca-reer, Smith may be most proud of the way the company’s safety culture has evolved. He appreci-ates how the focus of the com-pany turned to safety and con-tinued to be refined over the years. Behavior based safety along with other programs like SafeStart “gave people the tools

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Are you ready for Roadcheck 2015…..Page 5

Tips to avoid EFS scams on truckers ….. Page 8

Vancouver honors safety recipients …..Page 10

Watch out for spiders and snakes ….. Page 15

Inside Boise Express

May, 2015

BCT Inc., a PCA transportation Company

“I always thought Boise

products should show up

on a Boise truck and

trailer for the impression

it made on customers.”

Steve Smith

A long history with BCT trucking

Former RSC manager joins City of Industry crew

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Welcome to new and returning

drivers who have joined the ranks of BCT,

Inc. and Boise Trucking Operations during the past month (by publication deadline)

Blaine Flanagan of Middleton, Idaho March

6 as a new Centerline Flatbed driver.

Adrian Alonso of College Place,

Washington March 6 as a new Owner-

Operator out of Wallula.

Armando Garduno of Walla Walla,

Washington March 9 as a new Owner-

Operator out of Wallula.

Edwin Ascencio of Walla Walla,

Washington March 10 as a new Owner-

Operator out of Wallula.

Douglas McBride of Mars ing, Idaho March

13 as a new Centerline Flatbed driver.

Juan Cruz of Yakima, Washington March

13 as a new Owner-Operator out of Wallula.

Franky Garcia of Pasco, Washington

March 16 as a new Owner-Operator out of

Wallula.

Alan Krick of Washougal, Washington

March 20 as a returning Owner-Operator out

of Vancouver.

Rufus Watkins of Selma, Alabama March

30 as a returning Owner-Operator out of

Jackson.

Martin Bolanos of Pasco, Washington Apr il

1 as a new Owner-Operaotr out of Wallula.

Casey Tharp of Scio, Oregon Apri l 8 as a

returning Owner-Operator out of Wallula.

Three relative-ly minor acci-dents that caused some property dam-age pushed the April Acci-dent Frequen-cy Rate to 1.29, accord-ing to Randy

Bailey, Manager of Driver Ser-vices and Safety.

Two of the three wrecks in-volved Owner Operators and one involved a company truck.

For the year, Company driv-ers have travelled 1.13 million miles with two preventable acci-dents and an AFR of 1.78. Own-

ers have travelled more than 3.5 million miles with four preventa-bles and an AFR of 1.14.

These accidents drove the four-month AFR to 1.29 com-pared to the goal of 1.0 preventa-ble accidents per million miles of travel.

The April results followed a March in which there were zero preventable wrecks. “Let’s all work on a repeat of the March numbers,” Bailey said.

After review of the accidents, Bailey determined that “loss of focus” was the primary cause for all three April accidents.

There were only three pre-ventable accidents in the first quarter of 2015.

Randy Bailey

ACCIDENT FREQUENCY

2015 4-Month AFR

Preventable Accident* AFR**

January 1 0.86

February 2 1.87

March 0 0.00

April 3 2.52

TOTALS 6 1.29

*Any accident in which our driver failed by defensive driving to do everything reasonable to

prevent the accident. ** The number of preventa-

ble wrecks per million miles of

travel.

April accidents push AFR to 1.29 for the year

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Safety After an impressive first quar-

ter performance, we lost our fo-cus in April with regard to vehic-ular safety.

BCT recorded three prevent-able accidents while logging 1.2 million miles last month, result-ing in an accident frequency rate (AFR) of 2.52. Despite our recent poor perfor-mance, year-to-date number (1.29 ) is re-spectable and our goal of 1.1 or less is within reach.

All three preventable accidents involved hit-ting fixed objects caus-ing minimal property damage and no injuries. I’d be willing to bet that the critical errors con-tributing to these acci-dents were the result of rushing, frustration, fatigue or compla-cency on the part of the driver involved.

Don’t forget to self-trigger on your state and work on your safety related habits to prevent critical errors.

On the industrial side, we worked 18,000 hours in April without an incident. Once again, we lived up to our family,

friends, and coworkers expecta-tions of us….at the end of the day, we all return home in the same condition we left.

DOT Roadcheck 2015 is just around the corner…June 2 thru 4. In addition to

thorough pretrips to insure equipment will pass, you also need to be aware that:

In the eyes of an inspector, a tidy cab often equates to well-maintained equipment.

Make your documents easy to inspect…binder preferred.

Attitude counts. If you can do anything to mitigate the chance of being held up and inspected, it’s worth the effort. “What’d ya

stop me for?” will get you an in-spection for sure.

Keep in mind, the inspector doesn’t have a quota for citations, but they do for inspections. They have a mini-mum number per quarter to keep cre-dentials current.

Service BCT is back on track! After failing to meet both on-time/day and on-time/appointment targets for Office Depot/Office Max the past three months, we turned it around in

April. The on-time delivery per-formance gap between BCT (best) and our competition (rest) grew significantly last month as indicated in the table be-low. Hats off to Our Southern Owners for their extra efforts and our Boise Ops team for im-plementing some proactive weekend solutions.

Financials In April, we posted an operat-

ing profit of $56,801 and gener-ated positive EBITDA of $125,276 on revenues of $3.4 million. Strong performances by our Wallula, Allentown and In-dustry fleets were wiped out by poor performances at Waco and DeRidder.

Our children and grandchil-dren will be out of school by month end…..make the effort to spend some quality time with them. Be safe, be on time, and be proud of your accomplish-ments.

OTD Performance - BCT vs. competition

All WP Cus-

tomers-OTD appt

All WP Cus-

tomers-OTD day

Office Max-

OTD appt

Office Max-

OTD day

BCT Inc. 96.00% 98.70% 97.10% 99.20%

Core Car-riers/3PL

91.30% 95.50% 90.30% 95.20%

Dan Bernert BCT GM

Don’t forget to ‘self-trigger’

Critical errors figure in preventables

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Eric Jenkins

Brad Webb

John Richard

Leon Broussard

Brian Abshire

Fred McCoy

Robert Blanchard

Charles Bishop

Chris Ball

Jeff Kay

Scottie Evans

James Babb

Jamie Jackson

Phillip Forde

More join long list of DeRidder safety award winners

Fourteen drivers, including Owner-

Operators and those driving company

trucks were added to the list of those re-

ceiving safety awards out of the DeRidder, Louisana terminal.

Congratualtions to all for their attention to

surroundings and awareness of other mo-

toriists that contribute to safety success.

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The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's (CVSA) 28th annual International Roadcheck will take place June 2-4, 2015.

International Roadcheck is a 72-hour period when approxi-mately 10,000 CVSA-certified local, state, provincial and feder-al inspectors in jurisdictions across North America perform truck and bus inspections.

International Roadcheck is the largest targeted enforcement program on commercial motor vehicles in the world, with nearly 17 trucks or buses inspected, on average, every minute in Cana-da, the United States and Mexi-co during a 72-hour period.

During the annual three-day event, CVSA-certified inspectors conduct compliance, enforce-ment and educational initia-tives targeted at vari-ous elements of motor carrier, vehicle, driver, and cargo safety and security.

Each year, Interna-tional Roadcheck plac-es special emphasis on a category of viola-tions. The special em-phasis for Internation-al Roadcheck 2015 is cargo securement. While checking for compliance with safe loading regulations is always part of road-side inspections, CVSA is high-lighting cargo safety as a re-minder to drivers and carriers.

The proper loading and se-curing of cargo on vehicles is a matter of public safety. For many types of loads, particularly those that are not sealed or otherwise inaccessible to the driver, regu-

lations require the driver to stop within the first several miles of a trip and re-

check the tie downs and other load securing equipment.

Inspectors will primarily be conducting the North American Standard Level I Inspection, which is the most thorough road-side inspection. It is a 37-step procedure that includes an ex-

amination of both the driver and vehicle.

Drivers will be asked to pro-vide items such as their license, endorsements, medical card and hours-of-service documentation, and will be checked for seat belt usage and the use of alcohol and/or drugs.

The vehicle inspection in-cludes checking items such as the braking system, coupling de-vices, exhaust system, frame, fuel system, lights, safe loading, steering mechanism, drive line, suspension, tires, van and open-top trailer bodies, wheels and rims, and windshield wipers.

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Three day safety blitz covers the country in June

Owner Operator Leo Diaz of the Wallula Chip Fleet, checks his fifth wheel as part of his regular pre-trip routine at the terminal.

Your odds of being

stopped for a Level I

check are high…

are you ready?

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What’s your

Most Important Stop?

Shana Freedman probably couldn’t have imagined the path that would have her sitting be-hind a BCT desk as load planner for the Flatbed Fleet.

Raised in Atlanta, Georgia, she received a psychology de-gree in Pennsylvania and found work in New York. But a job with a temporary assignment in Ida-ho led to her love affair with the Boise area. She settled into a charter school teaching job in 2009. But when funding there ended, Shana decided it was a good chance to take a look at other career possibilities.

The internet led her to an opening in newsprint sales

where she became familiar with trucking and working with Oper-ations Manager Mike Hayes, Logistics Manager Brent Martel

and Load Planner Debbie Saun-ders.

Timing worked out well as PCA got out of newsprint sales and former flatbed load planner Cassie Wood was promoted to Waco terminal manager at the end of 2014. Hayes invited Sha-na to apply for the opening.

Hayes says Martel, who had been “keeping the fleet afloat” also helped get Shana up to speed to familiarize her with the BCT dispatch system and truck-ing’s processes and procedures.

Shana and her husband, An-

thony, enjoy many of the activi-

ties available in the Boise area,

especially camping and hiking.

Shana Freedman

Freedman now leads BCT flatbed fleet as load planner

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International Roadcheck is a program of the Commercial Ve-hicle Safety Alliance with partici-pation by the Federal Motor Car-rier Safety Administration, Cana-dian Council of Motor Transport Administrators, Transport Cana-da and the Secretariat of Com-munications and Transportation (Mexico).

Since its inception in 1988, roadside inspections conducted during Roadcheck have num-bered over 1.4 million, resulting

in an estimated 318 lives saved and 5,840 injuries avoided. It also provides an opportunity to educate industry and the general

public about the importance of safe commercial vehicle opera-tions and the roadside inspection program.

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Estimated 10,000 local, state and federal inspectors …

Here’s what to expect if you’re inspected

Braking system, coupling devices, ex-

haust system, frame, fuel system, lights,

safe loading, steering mechanism, drive

line, suspension, tires, van and open top

trailer bodies, wheels and rims and

windshield wipers.

Drivers You’ll be asked to show:

CDL, endorsements, medical card, hours of

service documents.

Inspectors will be checking for seat belt use and use of alcohol

and/or drugs.

Vehicles Inspectors will be checking:

Roadcheck is world’s largest enforcement program

DeRidder Mechanic Jimbo Mathis checks the inspec-tions sticker on a trailer above to be sure it’s cur-rent and checks trailer brakes in photo to left.

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Amanda Carlson of BCT ac-counting shares some of the common fraud tactics that may face truckers and trucking com-panies using EFS money codes (Formerly known as Express Codes)

The Phony Repair Shop – Fraudsters

are posing as repair shops and contact-ing the corporate office demanding immediate Mon-eyCode or threaten not to allow the vehi-cle back on the road. In many cases, they are even providing a fake in-voice.

“Driver” in Need – fraud-

sters are posing as driv-ers based on information they obtained by loitering and/or conversations with the driver.

“DOT Inspector/Police” –

fraudsters are pretending to be with DOT or a police officer on-site during a DOT inspection and de-mand an immediate pay-ment for fictitious violation via MoneyCode in order to have the truck re-leased.

Prevention Tips Awareness of Surroundings

The first key to preventing fraud is to always be alert when traveling and over-indulging in “small talk” with strangers around

travel stops, restaurants, and fuel stations.

Be aware of individuals that tend to loiter or wander around without any particular purpose and are all too friendly or happy to engage in conversation.

Many scammers loiter around such establishments for signifi-cant periods of time and simply just listen carefully to stories and exchanges between drivers. Amazingly, they are often able to obtain critical information such as where drivers frequently fuel; what routes drivers are following; where drivers obtain repair shop services; and personally identify-ing information such as name, driver or unit ID, route number, headquarters, and hub.

Scammers know and under-stand how to use such infor-mation to construct credible schemes such as those listed previously. One frequent tactic that scammers use is to obtain the corporate headquarter infor-mation and phone number off of a corporate truck itself.

If possible, drivers should ob-tain the MoneyCode and pay the third party independently. And obtain a receipt with a detailed listing of the services obtained on the service provider’s letterhead

with a valid address and phone number.

Make sure your dispatcher knows if you are at a repair shop, being towed or of a DOT inspec-tion.

-From Amanda Carlson

BCT Accounting

Are you now

serving, or

have you served in the

military?

If you are part of the

BCT family, we’d like to in-clude you in a future list noting the service of all.

Please send info on branch and where you were sta-

tioned to:

DebbieSaunders@Boiseinc.com

BCT accountant shares tips to

avoid EFS money code scams

Amanda Carlson

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(d)

396.9: Inspection of motor vehicles and in-termodal equipment in

operation.

(a)Personnel authorized to perform inspections. Every special agent of the FMCSA (as defined in appendix B to this subchapter) is authorized to en-ter upon and perform inspections of a motor carrier's vehicles in operation and intermodal equip-ment in operation.

(b) Prescribed inspection re-

port. The Driver Vehicle Exami-nation Report shall be used to record results of motor vehicle inspections and results of inter-modal equipment inspections conducted by authorized FMCSA personnel.

(3) No person shall remove the “Out -of-Service Vehicle” sticker f rom any motor vehi-

cle or intermodal equipment prior to completion of all re-

pairs required by the “out-of-

service notice.”

Motor carrier or intermodal equipment provider disposi-tion. (1) The driver of any mo-tor vehicle, including a motor ve-hicle transporting intermodal equipment, who receives an in-spection report shall deliver a copy to both the motor carrier operating the vehicle and the in-termodal equipment provider up-on his/her arrival at the next ter-minal or facility. If the driver is not scheduled to arrive at a ter-minal or facility of the motor carri-er operating the vehicle or at a facility of the intermodal equip-ment provider within 24 hours, the driver shall immediately mail, fax, or otherwise transmit the re-port to the motor carrier and in-termodal equipment provider.

From Federal Motor Carrier

Safety Regulations (FMCSA)

A severe thunderstorm with high winds including a tornado warning pushed a DeRidder trailer sideways as shown in photos provided by DeRidder Terminal Manager Scott Floyd. While he said there was no damage to BCT equipment, the path of the landing gear shoe (below) shows how far the trail-er was moved by winds.

High winds move

DeRidder trailer

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Sinsa Mavrak Ed Galang Afitu Kailea

Vancouver Terminal Manager Rebecca Moore with John Frind

I would like to congratulate the drivers below who earned 2014 safety awards.

Thank you for always being a cut above and being a part of making BCT stand out from other carriers.

Steve Merritt received an award for 16 years, John Frind for 14 years, Mike Allan for 9 years and Tom Mannen for 6 years of safe driving and working.

Those receiving awards for two years of safety included: Ed Galang, Alan Massey and Neb Nebojsa.

One-year awards were pre-sented to Kevin Hassett, Afitu Kailea,Bryon Massey, Sinisa Nebojsa and James Wright

-Rebecca Moore Terminal Manager

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Parked trailer hit at dock A Waco, Texas driver backed into a dock at

CTC and hit a trailer parked next to him the evening of April 2 . The top left corner of the other trailer was damaged.

Motorist hits BCT trailer in turn A Vancouver driver was making a turn when

he was hit by a motorist at midday on April 16. The BCT driver was making a right turn from the left lane when the small car changed lanes to pass and hit the second axle of the BCT trailer causing damage to his front fender.

Wheel, ribs damaged in mill turn A BCT owner was loading at a Willimina Mill

April 14 when he pulled fro under chip bins and hit a concrete barrier while making a sharp right turn. That resulted in damage to the trailer’s aluminum wheels and two cracked ribbed on the chip trailer.

Stuck driver leaves ruts in grass A driver was in the parking lot of McDonald’s

Restaurant the morning of April 13 when he was stuck in the mud of a side lot. He was able to get the truck and trailer out but only after leaving large ruts in the grassy yard area.

At BCT, we work safely every moment of every day to be certain

we return to our loved ones to enjoy time together and special

activities.

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CSA BASICS

UNSAFE DRIVING

HOURS OF SERVICE DRIVER FITNESS VEHICLE MAINT. CRASH

INDICAT. ISS Score

Intervention Threshold

65% 65% 80% 80% 65%

BCT, Inc.

MAR 2, 2015 13.0% 47.0% 44.0% 78.0% 41.0% 42

APR 6, 2015 8.0% 48.0% 38.0% 80.0% 34.0% 74

MAY 4, 2015 7.0% 47.0% 38.0% 79.0% 27.0% 43

Company

MAR 2, 2015 Inc. Inc. Inc 28.0% 0 33

APR 6, 2015 Inc Inc Inc 24.0% 0 31

MAY 4, 201 Inc. Inc. Inc. 35.0% 0 35

CSA Reports for Owner Operators and Company Drivers

Inc = Inconclusive No Vios = No Violations * = Exceeds Threshold Improving Alert

Every time an Owner-Operator completes a roadside inspection with no violations...BCT will add $100 to his settlement.

Cash in your pocket Another good reason for good pretrip in-

spections checking brakes, lights, tires, cross-members, etc. And...being sure your log book , credentials and all other paperwork are up-to-date and available for inspection.

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Five BCT Owner-Operators from I-5, Southern and Vancouver fleets earned a total of $500 cash for their clean roadside inspections during the last reporting period.

All clean inspections now earn drivers $100 on their next settle-ment. Management felt that would be one way of recognizing drivers whose pre-trip inspections and at-tention to repairs helped them avoid violations during a roadside inspec-tion.

“Clean inspections are a sign of quality operators,” said Randy Bai-ley, Manager of Driver Services and Safety.

Waco Driver Abel Maldonado at the PCA Christmas party with his family wife Rosa and children April, Mikyla and Kamila.

Owners earn $500 for clean roadside checks

Driver Location Start Years

ANGUIANO, SALVADOR R Wallula Trkg 5/3/2000 15

NELSON, RICHARD A Wallula Trkg 5/8/2000 15

FORDE, PHILIP DeRidder Trkg 5/18/2007 8

PYSTOE, RAMI LCC I-5 BCT 5/21/2009 6

ANDERSON, THOMAS W Wallula BCT 5/24/2010 5

PARKS, RANDAL Vancouver BCT 5/23/2012 3

GARES, WILLIAM Allentown Trkg 5/1/2013 2

NIELSEN, CHARLES W Boise FB BCT 5/16/2013 2

Driver Truck # Fleet

James Wright 04379 Vancouver

Adrian Ward 06645 Southern

Alfred Wright 08470 Southern

Sammy Torrez 02637 I-5

Rami Pystoe 02617 I-5

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Steve Wright returns to help cover terminal

From Abel Franco City of Industry TM

I would like to thank Steve Wright for coming out of retirement to come in and cover for me, while I was out training in Boise. It was a pleasure to work with you again. Thanks

Flat bedders thanked

as dispatch changes From Brent Martel Logistics Manager

Special thanks and kudos to the Flat Bed group of drivers who have waded through a lot of chang-es in the past seven months.

As the torch has been handed off to a permanent dispatcher I re-f lected on the past and many events that have occurred.

Most notably is the fact we had no major injuries or accidents and that is an exceptional feat consider-ing the dangerous nature of flat bed business in the pacific north-west. It was the year of the fog and icy roads!

I am grateful to this group for working with me to get our fleet back up to speed and working through major trailer issues.

Knowing that the attitudes of our drivers is putting fleet safety f irst and ensuring the entire team is to able function is refreshing and confidence inspiring. It makes a significant difference to a dispatch-er working within a team with few if any barriers.

Each of you has contributed to the well being of the fleet and it has not gone un-noticed. Having said that I want to give Special thanks to the company driver side; Robert Dechenne for working with Doug McBride with his coil load; Shawn Houser for f ixing our tarps on his time; Jerry Ames for helping new drivers and taking ex-ceptional care of equipment; Rob-ert Olson for exceptional fuel mileage, low idle time, and safe driving; David Foruria for his posi-tive attitude with me and fixing his equipment to keep us moving for-ward; Steve Crawford for working well within a widely varying sched-ule and unpredictability; Doug McBride for his great attitude and aptitude to get the job done.

To the owner operators: Billie Bridges, Tim Covey, Randy Stonestreet, Charles Nielson, and Richard Pierce

I cannot thank you guys enough for managing our equip-ment properly and representing our

company professionally. From fix-ing trailers on your time and dime to working directly with customers has been a significant factor in our success on the owner operator side.

I am not sure how many hours we have invested in each other over the past 7 months but the pay off for your time has been reward-ing.

Thanks for efforts

during mill shutdown From Steven Crain DeRidder Shop Manager

A couple of Kudo’s : First, I’d like to say thanks to

Jimbo Mathis and Mike Stewart . After a recent shutdown at the mill , Mike covered most maintenance needs while Jimbo transported all of the salvage material from the shutdown to the local recycle, at the mills request .

Jimbo also coordinated with the rigging crew from the mill to get the f latbeds we rent for the mill decked for return .

Second, I’d like to say thanks to Brian Kitchens . There were a number of trailers from outside car-riers that had been red tagged with inbound loads of scrap .

The mill requested we come up with a plan to unload them safely . After getting the mills blessing on the plan , Brian took care of getting

Joe decides to take his boss Phil to play 9 holes on their lunch. While both men are playing excellent they are often held up by two women in front of them moving at a very slow pace. Joe of-fers to talk to the women and see if they can speed it up a bit. He gets about half of the way there stops and jogs back. His boss asks what the problem is. "Well one of those women is my wife and the other my mis-

tress," complained Joe. Phil just shook his head at Joe and start-ed toward the women deter-mined to finish his round of golf. Preparing to ask the ladies to speed up their game, he too stopped short and turned around. Joe asked "what's wrong?" It's a small, small world Joe, and you're fired"

-Mike Hayes Operations Manager

Round of golf with boss shows

what a small world it can be

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all of the trailers to the OCC dock and insuring that everything was in place so the trailers could be safely unloaded . (Continued Page 15)

Thanks to each of you . It makes the day much easier know-ing we have good people taking care of things .

Group covers during

Waco visit illness From Scott Floyd DeRidder Termianl Manager

I would like to say thank you to Cassie Wood, Mike Stone, Antho-ny Noriskin & Mike Hayes for stepping in and helping me out when I was sent to the hospital over in Waco. I was covering for Cassie while she was training for the new TMW System and I got very ill and had to be rushed to the hospital on Thursday 4/9 and even though I was out this group stepped up and covered for me and for that I am very thankful. If I missed anyone that also help out I am sorry. It is so nice to be part of the BCT team.

Horn stays busy and

safe at Waco terminal From Cassie Wood Waco Terminal Manager

I would like to say a big “thank you” to my lead daytime spotter Ricky Horn. I hear him work all day on the radio and he is always watching out for his coworkers and outside drivers.

I really appreciate Ricky’s dedi-cation to a safe work environment. Ricky is also always willing to go above and beyond to make sure everything gets taken care of at work, even if it means staying late to get it done. Thanks Ricky!

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DeRidder snakes prompt seasonal warning After mechanics killed a

snake near the DeRidder shop, Shop Manager Steven Crain sug-gested a warning on safety and info on treatment of bites from creatures that all of us may face in the coming months. The fol-lowing information is from an OSHA “Quick Card”. Insects, Spiders, Ticks To protect yourself from biting

and stinging insects, wear long

pants, socks, and long-sleeved shirts.

Use insect repellents that con-

tain DEET or Picaridin.

Treat bites and stings with over

-the-counter products that relieve pain and prevent infection.

Avoid fire ants; their bites are

painful and cause blisters.

Severe reactions to fire ant

bites (chest pain, nausea, sweating, loss of breath, serious swelling or slurred speech) require immediate medical treatment.

.

Snakes Watch where you place your hands and feet when removing debris.

If possible, don’t place your f ingers under debris you are moving. Wear heavy gloves.

If you see a snake, step back and allow it to proceed.

Wear boots at least 10 inches high.

Watch for snakes sunning on fallen trees, limbs or other debris.

A snake’s striking distance is about 1/2 the total length of the

snake.

If bitten, note the color and shape of the snake’s head to help with

treatment.

Keep bite victims still and calm to slow the spread of venom in case

the snake is poisonous. Seek medical attention as soon as possible.

Do not cut the wound or attempt to suck out the venom. Apply first

aid: lay the person down so that the bite is below the level of the heart, and cover the bite with a clean, dry dressing.

Rodents and Wild or Stray Animals Dead and live animals can spread diseases such as Rat Bite Fever

and Rabies.

Avoid contact with wild or stray animals.

Avoid contact with rats or rat-contaminated buildings. If you can’t

avoid contact, wear protective gloves and wash your hands regularly.

Get rid of dead animals as soon as possible.

If bitten/scratched, get medical attention immediately

Mike Stewart and Jimbo Mathis are shown with the 4-foot wa-ter moccasin, North America’s only venomous water snake, they found lurking around the shops.

When a driver receives an inspection report from the state or FMCSA official at a roadside inspection, the driver must deliv-er the report to the motor carrier upon arrival at the next terminal or facility. If the driver is not scheduled to arrive at a terminal or facility within 24 hours, he/she must immediately mail the report to the carrier.

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Randy Bailey, Manager of Driver Services and Safety re-minds drivers that they have a responsibility to report viola-tions and submit roadside in-spection reports to the compa-ny according to regulations.

According to FMCSA regulations: §383.31 Notification of convictions for driver violations.

(b) Each person who operates a commercial motor vehicle, who has a commercial driver’s license issued by a State or jurisdiction, and who is convicted of violating, in any type of motor vehicle, a State or local law relating to motor vehicle traffic control (other than a parking violation), shall notify his/her current employer of such conviction.

Inspection reports must b e turned into

BCT immediately and violations must be

reported to the company

to stay safe.” Smith enjoyed see-ing people who didn’t want to be involved who “came around and now are really contributing.”

Closure of the RSC last August brought nearly 40 years of employment with Boi-se to an end. But he decided after four months of “retirement” that he wasn’t having fun.” I didn’t feel like I was ready to stop contributing,” he said.

Smith had maintained contact with Franco who got in touch to let him know of the driver super-visor opening.

BCT General Manager Dan Bernert summed up the hiring of Smith in two words: “Lucky us.”

“He knows trucking, he knows servicing the customer and cer-

tainly knows what it takes to instill a meaningful safety culture,” Bernert said of Smith.

The GM also pointed out that under Smith’s guidance, the RSC crew at Pico Rivera had safety records that are hard to beat.

There was a run of 13 years

where there were no incidents and another six-year span with no recordables. “Randy Bailey (Safety Manager) and I consider Steve another valuable safety resource that we can go to as issues arise,” Bernert said.

“On the people skills side, you get the full meal deal…..an organized, approachable problem solver with strong customer fo-

cus. Abel and drivers will enjoy working with him,” Bernert said of Smith.

A native Angeleno, he could fill a spot in the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. “I love to hike,” said Smith who notes that

just 10 minutes from Holly-wood Blvd. he can enjoy beautiful vistas that include the ocean, mountains and wildlife. For the past 20 years, Smith has lived on his 35-foot sail-

boat at Marina Del Ray which houses “upwards of 5000 boats.” An interesting sidelight of that was when he was part of a six-man crew who ran his boat in the Newport Beach, CA to Encena-da, Mexico race.

While trucking feels fortunate to have Smith around, he seems to be equally excited. “I enjoy working and enjoy being around people,” he said. “I’m too young to think old.”

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