June 2009 | U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA) 2010 Overview and Oversize/Overweight

June 2009 |U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA) 2010

Overview and Oversize/Overweight Discussion

June 2009

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Presentation Agenda

• Brief Summary of CSA 2010

• New Operational Model: Measurement System and Interventions

• Oversize/Overweight Violations and Impact to Carriers

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CSA 2010 Overview: The Safety Challenge

FMCSA’s Safety Challenge:A growing carrier population and

stable/unchanging FMCSA resources call for a more efficient and effective program

The response: CSA 2010!CSA 2010 a pro-active safety program based on a

scientific model, which• Promotes accountability and strong enforcement as

top priorities• Extends FMCSA’s reach to more carriers and drivers

with safety problems• Improves FMCSA’s ability to identify safety problems

earlier through better use of data

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CSA 2010 Overview: How Does CSA 2010 Work?

• New Safety Measurement System (SMS)– Improved ability to identify and target demonstrated safety

problems

• Broad array of interventions– Introduces some new tools that are less time consuming than

CRs – Allows investigators to contact more carriers – Shifts investigator focus from not only “what” but “why” – Provides information to guide carriers to fix safety problems

before crashes occur

• CSA 2010 test and implementation– Being tested in 6 states, including Missouri, where 50% of the

carrier population is covered– Full implementation scheduled for summer 2010

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CSA 2010 Overview: Measurement BASICs

Measure carrier and driver performance using Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs):•Unsafe Driving•Fatigued Driving•Driver Fitness•Controlled Substances/Alcohol•Vehicle Maintenance•Improper Loading/Cargo•Crash Indicator

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CSA 2010 Overview: Major Changes

Today’s Measurement System

CSA 2010 SMS

Organized by broad Safety Evaluation Areas (SEA)

Organized by specific Behavior Analysis Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs)

Identifies carrier for one-size-fits-all compliance review (CR) regardless of area to be improved

Identifies carriers for different levels of investigations based on specific safety issues

Weighs all Out-of-Service (OOS) and acute/critical violations equally

Uses risk-based weightings to incorporate links to crash causation

Assesses carriers only Assesses carriers and drivers

Uses only OOS and acute/critical violations

Uses all roadside data

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New Op-model: Intervention Toolbox

CSA 2010’s Comprehensive Intervention Process provides more tools to reach more carriers and compel safety compliance before crashes occur.•Warning Letters•Investigations

– On-site comprehensive investigations (enhanced compliance review)

– On-site focused investigations– Off-site investigations

•Follow-on corrective actions– Out-of-Service (OOS) orders– Notice of Violation– Notice of Claim– Cooperative Safety Plan

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New Op-model: Intervention Toolbox Benefits

Today’s Model CSA 2010

InterventionsOne tool; one-size-fits-all Set of tools to use based on

carriers’ safety problems

Broad examination of carrier; audit approach

Ability to focus on carrier’s specific safety problems

Focuses on broad compliance based on rigid set of acute/critical violations

Focuses on improving behaviors that are linked to crash causation

Very resource intensive Less resource intensive for agency and less time consuming for carrier

One-size-fits-all approach regardless of level of safety deficiency

New approach to investigating and contacting carriers

Less carriers contacted More carriers contacted

Discover what safety problem is and issue a fine

Discover and address why carrier has a safety problem

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New Op-model: Intervention Process Overview

The Intervention Process is focused on the What, Why, and How

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New Op-model: Intervention Process Step 1

Step 1: Examine Measurement data that contributed to deficient Cargo Securement/Improper Loading BASIC

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Step 2: Diagnose the safety issue through questioning, discussion and collaborative problem solving

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Step 3:

Share information with the carrier about the Safety Management Cycle with safety improvement practices that are appropriate to the given carrier’s safety issue; this step may be followed by enforcement action or other follow on intervention

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Oversize/Overweight Under CSA 2010

Oversize and overweight violations are included in SMS and therefore could result in a carrier investigation

– In SafetStat 392.2W violations were only used if they were OOS. This was less than 1% of the time.

– Since October in Missouri• 27 carriers were investigated with Cargo

BASIC deficiencies• Of these 7 were only deficient in the Cargo

BASIC

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Oversize/Overweight Violations

Size & weight violations (392.2W) in SMS

• Used in calculating Improper Loading/Cargo Securement BASIC

• Are influential in determining problems for the BASIC:– Severity weight of “7” on 1 to 10 Scale– Constitutes over 40% of all violations cited

within Improper Loading/Cargo Securement BASIC

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Re-Cap of Key Points

CSA 2010 is pro-active in improving enforcement efficiencies and protecting lives.

– Using roadside inspection results and crash reports, FMCSA will identify safety problems and will contact more carriers earlier.

– Every inspection counts.– OS/OW violations will put carriers on FMCSA’s

radar.

For more information visit: www.fmcsa.dot.gov/csa2010

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June 2009 | U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA) 2010 Overview and Oversize/Overweight