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Blevins
The Company
The Challenge
Scheduling Conflicts of Drivers
Because Blevins Inc. operates in multiple states with 11 branches, it was extremely challenging to provide training to all of their 70 drivers. The Blevins drivers spend roughly ½ day a week in the office, where they take care of paperwork and other issues that arise. As a result, there is little or no time to handle driver safety training. In addition, drivers come into the office at varying times, making it challenging to provide training for more than one employee at a time, which is extremely inefficient in a classroom setting.
Safety Meetings Weren’t Enough
Blevins realized that their bi-monthly safety newsletters were not enough to assist the drivers in gaining the imperative training and safety knowledge they needed in the field. In order to provide driver safety training courses, the meetings were sometimes held on Saturdays, much to the employees’ dismay. Blevins quickly realized they needed a solution that was more accessible and user friendly for their employees to provide this critical driver safety training at times that were both convenient for Blevins and its employees.
Fleet Accidents and Driver Errors Had Increased
Blevins realized the need for improved driver safety training because their fleet accidents were on the rise. The drivers were making careless errors, including short turns and backing accidents. The drivers were also not aware of new and recent driver safety precautions and procedures.
The Solution
Blevins starting using the PureSafety Enterprise solution in March of 2004. All 70 of its drivers are using the PureSafety system, with a strong focus on driver safety training. The employees can take their training at home, in the office, and on their own time and schedule. The training is required and this policy is mandated by the President of Blevins. As new drivers come on board, they are required to take all previous driver training courses, along with other related safety topics, with a month’s time to complete their applicable assignments. To ensure the training assignments are being taken, pay increases are held until the training courses are complete.
The Results
Since implementing PureSafety, Belvins has seen numerous benefits - both for the company and its employees: Positive Driver Feedback
The results thus far have been very positive. It took the drivers some time to get used to the courses considering many of the employees did not use a PC as a part of their regular job. As a whole, the employees using the system like how they can take the courses on their own time, on their own schedule, in a short amount of time, and that the PureSafety system is user friendly.
Positive Administrator Feedback
The administrative function of the PureSafety system has been extremely powerful and positive for Blevins. Cheryl Spivey, Blevin’s Human Resources Manager, is able to not only easily run reports, but also send them to appropriate managers and branches automatically via email. The ease of adding new employees to the system is key for her because she needs to add new drivers that come on board extremely quickly.
Insurance Premium Reduction
Facing an increase in insurance premiums for their client, Blevin’s insurance broker, Crichton, Brandon, Jackson & Ward worked with Brad Blevins, President of Blevins, and CNA Insurance underwriters to negotiate favorable pricing for their renewal. Because Blevins can document the training and prove real information transfer through test scores using PureSafety’s LMS, CNA was willing to give underwriting credits that resulted in reduced premiums. Insurance underwriters have the ability to give credits on specific lines of coverage and must justify their use of these credits. The documentation of training and test scores that is available through PureSafety’s LMS gives insurance underwriters the hard evidence necessary to document their files when they are audited.
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