Our Safety First Culture

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Driving Excellence Through Safety

As an independent Landstar Agent, Secure Freight Solutions continued success is built on a foundation of safety. It’s Landstar’s principal consideration in how we conduct business and interact with customers.

Landstar’s safety-first culture works to reduce accident frequency and potential freight damage and is key in helping Secure Freight Solutions give our customers the high-quality service they have come to expect. Every member of the Secure Freight Solutions and Landstar network plays an important role in our safety-first culture.

Secure Freight Solutions is committed to the safety of our leased owner-operators, third party carriers, employees, customers and the motoring public. Safety must be promoted from the top down and involves all of us. Strong interdepartmental collaboration and communication on safety is expected throughout the organization.

M.U.S.T Program

The Mutual Understanding of Safety Together (M.U.S.T.) program is a collaboration between Landstar employees, agencies and customers to formulate the safest logistics solutions. Extensive tours of customers’ facilities are conducted followed by discussion and analysis of safety and securement practices. Each year, customers are nominated to receive the M.U.S.T. Customer of the Year Award. We’d love to bring M.U.S.T. to you. If you’re interested, please reach out to your sales rep to schedule a visit!

Safety Thursday & Field Safety Meetings

Since 1991, Landstar executives have hosted a nationwide Safety Thursday Conference Call on the third Thursday of every month to discuss safety topics with agents, owner-operators, customers, employees and invited guests, like law enforcement officers, key industry participants and representatives from state and federal industry regulators. Landstar field safety officers and other employees hold dozens of safety meetings each year throughout the United States and Canada to review and discuss safety-related best practices with agents, BCOs and customers.

Million Mile Safe Drivers Roadstar Honors

Some of the safest owner-operators in the industry are leased on with Landstar. Our fleet includes over 1,100 independent Million Mile Safe Drivers and Landstar Roadstar® honorees. Each has driven at least 1 million consecutive miles with Landstar without a preventable accident.

Safe Equipment

Landstar’s emphasis on equipment compliance has led to our reputation as one of the safest companies in the industry. Landstar requires all trucks and trailing equipment leased from a BCO (owner-operator) to be inspected every 120 days at a Landstar-approved facility, which is more frequent than industry standards and what’s required by law. In 2017, Landstar made the decision to outfit with reinforced rear-underride guards all new company purchases of over-the-road van trailers operating in our fleet throughout the United States and Canada. Reinforced rear-underride guards are designed to provide greater protection to the driving public in the event of an accident at the rear of the trailer. Since 2018, 100% of the new over-the-road van trailers acquired by Landstar have had reinforced rear-underride guards. The following chart shows the number of van trailers with reinforced rear-underride guards in our fleet as of the end of each year:

SAFE FACILITIES

Landstar service centers are secured around the clock and require badged entry. Landstar’s U.S.-Mexico Logistics service center in Laredo, Texas has an extensive amount of safety and security equipment in use 24/7, including cameras and perimeter fencing with intrusion detection.

SAFETY ACCOLADES

Landstar’s safety culture is regularly recognized by members of the transportation community. Recent examples include:

Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) 2022 Transportation Fleet Safety Award: Landstar Transportation Logistics received the fleet safety recognition for having the lowest accident frequency rate in the over 100 million miles category.
Florida Trucking Association (FTA) 2022 Fleet Safety Award: Landstar Express America, Inc. earned first place for outstanding achievement in the Truckload Division Under 5 Million Miles.