HDT Opens Safety & Compliance Award Nominations

Heavy Duty Trucking is seeking nominations for its 2022 Safety & Compliance Award, which recognizes a trucking executive who has demonstrated excellence in fleet safety.

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September 12, 2022

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Heavy Duty Trucking is seeking nominations for its 2022 Safety & Compliance Award, which recognizes a trucking executive who has 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 2022 will be honored during an award ceremony at the Fleet Forward Conference on Nov. 11 at the Santa Clara Marriott in California.

The Fleet Safety Conference is joining forces with the Fleet Forward Conference, and will feature engaging sessions on topics such as leveraging telematics data to increase safety, reducing fleet risk, driver safety, autonomous vehicle safety and more.

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

You may nominate yourself or others. Deadline is Sept. 30.

Submit a nomination today at this link.

Read about past HDT Safety & Compliance Award honorees:

2021: Donielle Dziedzic, A. Duie Pyle: Safety is in the Details for A. Duie Pyle
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

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