Heavy Duty Trucking is seeking nominations for its 2021 Safety & Compliance Award, which recognizes trucking executives who have demonstrated excellence in fleet safety.

The award, sponsored by J.J.Keller, is open to individuals in leadership positions in safety, risk management, human resources and similar areas at trucking fleets. 

We are looking for nominees who have shown leadership, innovation, and measurable results while enhancing the safety of their drivers and others sharing the road with them. 

The HDT Safety & Compliance Award winner for 2021 will be honored during the virtual Fleet Safety Experience, Sept. 21-23, 2021, and participate in a fleet roundtable with former honorees, including the 2020 winner, Adam Lang, chief risk officer for Halvor Lines.

Listen: Meet Adam Lang, winner of HDT's Safety & Compliance Award for 2020, on the HDT Talks Trucking podcast

Fleet Safety Experience will feature engaging sessions on topics such as what causes a truck crash, nuclear verdicts, and how the truck of the future will enhance road safety, along with networking roundtables.

The Safety & Compliance Award winner also will be featured in the November issue of Heavy Duty Trucking magazine and on the Truckinginfo.com website.

You may nominate yourself or others. Deadline is Aug. 13.

Submit a nomination today at this link.

Read about past HDT Safety & Compliance Award honorees:

• 2020: Adam Lang, Halvor Lines: Halvor's Top Safety Exec Brings HR Perspective to Safety

• 2019: Kody Wantland, Wider Logistics: HDT Safety Winner Makes the Grade

• 2018: Michael Lasko, Boyle Transportation: Taking the Individualized Approach to Safety

• 2017: Ken Marvenko, Paper Transport: Paper Transport Buys Into Safety-Focused Culture

• 2016: Kelsey Wolfe, Southern Freight Services: How Driver Relationships Drive Safety at Southern Freight Services

• 2015: Jeremy Stickling, Nussbaum Transportation: Nussbaum Boosts Safety Driver by Driver