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CSA Driver Training

CSA Driver Training. Who is subject?. Carriers and their drivers are subject if the carrier: has a U.S. DOT Number; and operates commercial motor vehicles as defined in 49 CFR 390.5 in interstate commerce; or Transports placarded hazmat in intrastate commerce. Who is subject?.

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CSA Driver Training

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  1. CSA Driver Training

  2. Who is subject? • Carriers and their drivers are subject if the carrier: • has a U.S. DOT Number; and • operates commercial motor vehicles as defined in 49 CFR 390.5 in interstate commerce; or • Transports placarded hazmat in intrastate commerce

  3. Who is subject? • A commercial motor vehicle is defined in §390.5 as: • having a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight rating of 10,001 pounds (4,537 kilograms) or more; • designed to transport 16 or more passengers including the driver; or • transporting hazardous materials in a type and quantity which require placarding

  4. Who is subject? • Intrastate commerce carriers and drivers are not subject to CSA’s enforcement model unless hauling placarded hazmat • Intrastate commerce enforcement models are determined by the state

  5. Safety Measurement System • Safety Measurement System (SMS) replaced SafeStat and its methodology • Information originates from the Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS) as it did under SafeStat

  6. Safety Measurement System • MCMIS: • State and federal enforcement personnel enter results of roadside inspections, crashes, and investigations • All violations appearing in the CSA severity tables and noted on a roadside inspection report are included in the CSA system • MCMIS contains Motor Carrier Census data appearing on the carrier’s MCS-150

  7. Safety Measurement System • SMS includes two systems: • Carrier Safety Measurement System (CSMS) scores the previous 24 months of carrier data in MCMIS • Driver Safety Measurement System (DSMS) scores the previous 36 months of driver data in MCMIS

  8. Safety Measurement System • Information on the driver’s MVR is not included • This is a completely different database and reporting system

  9. Safety Measurement System • CSMS: • has both a public and private view • categorizes violations and scores them using a set of algorithms

  10. Safety Measurement System • DSMS: • Employers and insurers do not have access — only enforcement personnel, and only during the course of a carrier audit

  11. Safety Measurement System • Violations and crashes: • remain in the DSMS even when the driver switches employers • are only removed from the driver’s record with the passage of time

  12. Safety Measurement System • New employers do not inherit a driver’s safety history from another employer in the CSMS • Only those safety-related events occurring under their U.S. DOT number are calculated into the carrier’s CSMS scores

  13. BASICs • Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs): • replaced SafeStat’s Safety Evaluation Areas (SEAs) • categorize and weight violations by severity and how old they are

  14. BASICs • BASICs include: • Unsafe Driving (Part 392, 397, and traffic laws) • Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance (Parts 392 and 395) • Driver Fitness (Parts 383 and 391) • Controlled Substances/Alcohol (Parts 382 and 392)

  15. BASICs • BASICs include (continued): • Vehicle Maintenance (Parts 393 and 396) • Hazardous Materials (HM) Compliance(HM regulations & Part 397) • Crash Indicator (accidents appearing on the accident register, §390.15)

  16. CSA Scoring of Violations • Roadside inspection violations are placed into one of six BASICs • Each violation is given a severity weight: • a point value of 1-10 based on relationship to crash causation, and • 2 additional points added if it resulted in an out-of-service order (just for some BASICs, not all)

  17. CSA Scoring of Violations • Severity weighting is capped at 30 for one single BASIC for one single roadside inspection • Multiple violations of the same regulation during a single roadside inspection are only counted as one violation, instead of being stacked (e.g., tire tread low on all tires)

  18. CSA Scoring of Violations • Carriers: all inspections, violations, and crashes are “time-weighted” using the following weighting: • 0 to 6 months = 3 • 7 to 12 months = 2 • 13-24 months = 1

  19. CSA Scoring of Violations • Drivers: all inspections, violations, and crashes are “time-weighted” using the following weighting: • 0 to 12 months = 3 • 13 to 24 months = 2 • 25-36 months = 1

  20. CSA Scoring of Violations • Each BASIC is totaled • The BASIC “measure” is determined by dividing total of event scores by a “normalizing factor”

  21. CSA Scoring of Violations • Normalizing factors for carriers include: • Number of power units and vehicle miles traveled: Unsafe Driving, and Crash BASICs • Total of all time-weighted relevant inspections: HOS Compliance, Driver Fitness, HM Compliance, Vehicle Maintenance, and Controlled Substances/Alcohol BASICs

  22. CSA Scoring of Violations • Normalizing factors for drivers: • Total of all time-weighted driver inspections:HOS Compliance and Driver Fitness BASICs • Total of all time-weighted vehicle inspections: Vehicle Maintenance and HM Compliance BASICs • The Unsafe Driving, Drugs/Alcohol, and Crash BASICs do not have a normalizing factor

  23. CSA Scoring of Violations • BASIC Score for carriers • Carriers divided into Safety Event Groups (peer groups) • Percentile Ranking (0%-100%) assigned inside each Safety Event Group • Percentile Ranking is the “BASIC Score”

  24. CSA Scoring for Violations • BASIC Score for drivers • Drivers compared to driver peer groups based on Normalizing Factor used earlier • For Unsafe Driving, Drugs/Alcohol, and Crash BASICs, they are compared against all drivers with at least one violation in that BASIC • Percentile Ranking assigned; this is the “BASIC Score”

  25. CSA Scoring of Crashes • Severity weight for both CSMS and DSMS: • Tow-away, but no injury or fatality: 1 • Injury or fatality: 2 • Hazmat release: Add 1 point to applicable severity weight above

  26. CSA Scoring of Crashes • Time weight for crashes for CSMS: • 0 to 6 months = 3 • 7 to 12 months = 2 • 13 -24 months = 1

  27. CSA Scoring of Crashes • Time weight for crashes for DSMS: • 0 to 12 months = 3 • 13 to 24 months = 2 • 25 -36 months = 1

  28. CSA Scoring of Crashes • Carriers are normalized using Average Power Units and Vehicle Miles Traveled and compared against those with the same range of power units and assigned a percentile ranking • Drivers are ranked amongst all drivers that have had at least one crash and are assigned a percentile ranking

  29. Challenging Inaccurate Data • Review the information within MCMIS that the FMCSA has on you: • DSMS: Drivers must use the Freedom of Information Act or purchase a Pre-employment Screening Program Report (BASIC Scoring not included in either) • CSMS: Motor carriers can use the public and private views online

  30. Challenging Inaccurate Data • Challenges to MCMIS data can be done through FMCSA’s DataQs portal at: https://dataqs.fmcsa.dot.gov/login.asp • FMCSA acts as mediator with state, but the state’s final determination stands

  31. Interventions • Based on a carrier’s BASIC Scores, it may become a candidate for an intervention • Thresholds vary depending on type of carrier and the BASIC

  32. Interventions • Interventions include: • Warning letter • Targeted roadside enforcement (ISS) • Focused off-site investigation • Focused on-site investigation • Comprehensive review (compliance review) • Cooperative (corrective) safety plan • Notice of Violation • Notice of Claim/Consent Agreement

  33. Interventions • Any intervention may be used at any time for carriers • Not necessarily used “in order”

  34. Interventions • Drivers are currently only subject to a Notice of Violation and Notice of Claim issued in conjunction with an investigation of a current or former employer

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