2026 Fleet Safety Awards Webinar Series-11.13.26 Fleet Safety Awards Handout

11.13.26 Fleet Safety Awards Handout

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The November 13, 2026, NAFA Safety Contest webinar featured Samuel Wilfert of Saia LTL Freight and Troy Choi of Fairfax County Fleet Management, who presented safety as a connected system of training, technology, culture, prevention, and continuous improvement.<br /><br />Saia’s approach treats training as an ongoing cycle, combining structured onboarding, trainer-led practice, recurring reinforcement, microlearning, remedial instruction, and field feedback. Technology—including camera, telematics, and electronic logging data—supports timely intervention and coaching, but does not replace leadership. Saia also emphasizes investigating incidents, correcting root causes, tracking follow-up, and using coaching, development, documentation, measurement, and recognition to strengthen accountability.<br /><br />Choi described safety across Fairfax County’s four maintenance facilities, 55 fuel sites, and more than 6,300 vehicles and equipment assets. Its process uses walkthroughs, employee reports, telematics, and incident reviews to identify risks; assigns corrective actions and ownership; and verifies that solutions work. The presentation also highlighted leading maintenance indicators—failed inspections, deferred repairs, overdue preventive maintenance, open recalls, asset age, and repeat repairs. Fleets can combine these signals, review high-risk units weekly, assign deadlines, and track measures such as on-time maintenance and repair closure times.<br /><br />Both presenters stressed visible leadership, employee participation, communication, mentoring, safety meetings, recognition, and shared accountability. Fairfax County reported improvements including fewer workplace accidents, vehicle-lot damage, and employee injuries, alongside increased productivity.<br /><br />The webinar also announced that applications for the 2027 100 Best Fleets contests are open through January 15, 2027. Winners will be announced April 5–7 at NAFA’s Institute & Expo.

Keywords

fleet safety

training

telematics

preventive maintenance

incident investigation

safety culture

leadership

continuous improvement

maintenance indicators

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