Cargo Securement Quick Reference
The 49 CFR 393 securement rules condensed onto one card per cargo type. Print, laminate, ride along.
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Load Securement & Safety
Cargo securement quick references, safety meeting outlines, and post-trip inspection guides for small carriers without a dedicated safety department.
Safety, without the fleet-safety-manager budget
Small carriers do not have a safety director on payroll. The owner-operator is the safety director, the dispatcher, and the driver. The trade-off is that a 1-5 truck operation cannot afford the bureaucracy of fleet-safety-team policies, and most off-the-shelf safety programs assume a fleet that does. The materials here are scoped to the operator who has to do the safety job alongside everything else.
Two things drive the most preventable losses on a small fleet: cargo securement violations at roadside inspections, and load-evaluation mistakes that put the driver in unsafe situations to begin with. The articles and references in this category address both.
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Monthly Safety Meeting Outline
Twelve agenda templates, one per month, covering the topics inspectors and insurers expect documented.
Post-Trip Inspection Routine
The five-minute walkaround that catches issues before the next pre-trip and keeps DVIR records honest.
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