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CSA:

HazMat BASIC

& HazMat Carriers

Update

Boyd Stephenson

American Trucking Associations

January 10, 2013

CSA Changes: December 2012

• Fatigued Driving BASIC HOS Compliance BASIC

• Intermodal Violations Count

• 392.2S Changes

• Violations tracked to type of inspection

• EOBR/Logbook Equalization

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CSA Changes: December 2012

• Displaying % inspections involving placardable quantities

• Driver violations for driver inspections & vehicle to vehicle

• Separating out fatality/injury information

• Speeding violation changes

• Equalizing severity weights for EOBR and logbook violations

CSA

Safety Events (Roadside

Inspections, Crashes)

Violations categorized and

placed into BASICs

Violations weighted

Measures adjusted for size/exposure

Carriers ranked

Carriers selected for interventions

Safety Fitness Determined

(Subject to Future Rulemaking)

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BASICs

BASIC REGULATORY

SECTIONS COVERED VIOLATION EXAMPLES

Unsafe Driving Parts 392 & 397 Speeding, Following Too Closely,

Improper Lane Change

Hours-of-Service

Compliance Parts 392 & 395

Hourly Violations (11,14, 60/70 hour), Form and

Manner, False Log

Driver Fitness Parts 383 & 391 Expired Med Card, Improper Endorsements,

Driving While Disqualified

Controlled

Substances/

Alcohol

Parts 382 & 392 Use or Possession of Drugs/Alcohol

Vehicle Maintenance Parts 393 & 396 Lighting, Brake Adjustment, Tire Depth

Hazardous Materials

Compliance

Parts 171, 172, 177, 383 &

397 Improper Placarding

Weighting Violations & Crashes

Violations Crashes

Relationship to Crash Risk

• Crash Causation

• Crash Severity

Crash Severity

• Tow-Away (1 point)

• Injury or Fatality (2 points)

• HM Release (+1 point)

Age Age

• Violations: 1-10 points

• Crashes: 1-3 points

• Age Weights

• 0-6 months: 3x

• 6-12 months: 2x

• 12-24 months: 1x

• Out of Service

Violations +2 points

• Total points per

inspection capped at 30

before age weight

multiplier applied

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Violation Example

• 173.35(f)(2) Intermediate bulk container (IBC) not secured to or within vehicle (DSMS), 14 months ago

• Violation severity weight: 10 points

• Age multiplier: 2x

• Total points: 20

Exposure Adjustment

Number of Violations

(Time and Severity Weighted)

__________________________

# of Relevant Inspections or

Crashes * Utilization Factor (if

present)

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Average mileage (VMT)

per Power Unit Utilization Factor

< 80,000 1

80,000 – 160,000 1+ 0.6 [(VMT per power unit-80,000) /80,000]

160,000 – 200,000 1.6

> 200,000 1

No recent VMT information 1

Average mileage (VMT)

per Power Unit Utilization Factor

< 20,000 1

20,000 – 60,000 VMT per power unit /20,000

60,000 – 200,000 3

> 200,000 1

No recent VMT information 1

Combination Unit Fleets (>or = 70%)

Single Unit Fleets (>30%)

Exposure Adjustment

Safety Event Groups

Hazardous Materials Compliance

Safety Event Group Category Number of Relevant Inspections

(Level 1, 2, 5, 6)

1 5-10

2 11-15

3 16-40

4 41-100

5 100+

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Safety Event Groups

January Carrier A Carrier B Carrier C Carrier D Carrier E

Raw Score 100 300 450 700 900

Indexed

Score

1 25 44 75 100

February Carrier A Carrier B Carrier C Carrier D Carrier E

Raw Score N/A 300 450 700 900

Indexed

Score

N/A 1 25 67 100

November Carrier A Carrier B Carrier C Carrier D Carrier E

Raw Score N/A 300 200 50 500

Indexed

Score

N/A 56 33 1 100

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CSA: HazMat Compliance BASIC

• Separation of load securement and HM violations

• “Compliance” BASIC

• Hidden from public view until at least December 2013

CSA: HazMat BASIC

• Violations Removed:

– 107.601 Failing to register with PHMSA

– 107.620(b) No copy of US DOT HM Registration Number

– 397.3AU Failing to comply with Alliance for Uniform HM Registration requirements

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HM BASIC: Predictive Power

HM BASIC: Predictive Power

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HM BASIC: Predictive Power

CSA: HM Carrier Defined

• CSA defines two kinds of carriers as HM Carriers:

– Carriers with a HazMat Safety Permit OR

– Carriers with at least 2 inspections on a vehicle transporting HM requiring placards within the last 24 months and with one of those inspections within the last 12 months AND

– At least 5% of total inspections involve a vehicle transporting HM requiring placards.

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Carrier Thresholds BASICs/Indicator:

Unsafe Driving – HOS Compliance – Crash Indicator

CARRIER TYPE THRESHOLD PERCENTILE

Most Carriers 65%

Hazardous Materials 60%

Passenger 50%

BASICs:

Driver Fitness – Drugs/Alcohol – Vehicle Maintenance

CARRIER TYPE THRESHOLD PERCENTILE

Most Carriers 80%

Hazardous Materials 75%

Passenger 65%

Carrier Thresholds

BASIC:

Hazardous Materials Compliance

CARRIER TYPE THRESHOLD PERCENTILE

Most Carriers 80%

Hazardous Materials 80%

Passenger 80%

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Inspection Selection System

• Safety Algorithm

Recommendation ISS Inspection

Value

Inspect (Inspection warranted – top priority) 75-100

Optional (Inspection warranted – next level

priority)

50-74

Pass (Inspection not warranted) 1-49

Inspection Selection System

• Safety Algorithm, cont.

ISS-2010 Safety Algorithm Prioritization

Inspect

75-100

Carriers with a Serious Violation in the last 12 months

High Risk Carriers

Carriers with Two or Three Deficient BASICs

Carriers with a Deficient Fatigued Driving (HOS) BASIC

Optional

50-74

Carriers with a Deficient Unsafe Driving BASIC or a Deficient Crash

Indicator

Carriers with a Deficient Cargo-Related, Controlled

Substances/Alcohol, Driver Fitness, OR Vehicle Maintenance BASIC

Pass

1-49

All other carriers with sufficient data to measure

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Inspection Selection System

• Insufficient Data Algorithm

ISS-2010 Insufficient Data Algorithm Prioritization

Inspect

75-100

Carriers a single Inspection from having enough inspections to

receive a BASIC score

Carriers with Zero Roadside Inspections

Carriers with Some Inspections and a Low Inspection Rate

Optional

50-74

Carriers with Some Inspections and a High Inspection Rate

Continuing Concerns

• Crash Accountability

• Crash Underreporting & Regional Enforcement Disparities

• Warnings & Dismissed Citations

• Inappropriate Violation Weights

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CSA: The Future

• Periodic Updates

• Safety Fitness Determinations

Final Takeaway

• Overall, CSA has proven better at both targeting inspections & improving compliance than the former rating system.

• Portions of CSA very effectively measure safety performance

– Unsafe Driving BASIC

• Portions of CSA are not so effective

– Driver Fitness BASIC

– Hazardous Materials Compliance BASIC

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Final Takeaway

• The less effective portions of CSA are undergoing constant reevaluation

• Effective use of CSA requires knowing which portions of CSA accurately predict safety performance & which do not

• Effective use of CSA requires knowing how to unpack CSA scores to get an accurate portrait of a motor carrier.

Questions?

Boyd Stephenson

bstephenson@trucking.org

(703) 838-7982