APPLICATIONS FOR THIS AWARD ARE NOW CLOSED.
AWARD WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE 2025ÌýMSC ANNUAL MEETING. TO REGISTER PLEASE VISIT:ÌýÌý
Each year the ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ MSC conducts a Fleet Safety Award Contest to determine the moving companies with the best highway safety records. All ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ MSC members are encouraged to enter. Carriers with the best records are recognized in each of three categories:
FLEET SAFETY AWARD – An award will be given to a carrier operating on an interstate basis in each mileage category, based on participation as determined by ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ MSC.
Awards will be presented to the winning carriers at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ MSC Annual Meeting. Additional recognition may be given to the Safety Directors of the winning carriers at the following Safety Management Council and Transportation Security Council conference.
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ELIGIBILITY
Carriers may compete in any or all of the categories concurrently. Carriers are not barred from competing by virtue of having won an MSC Fleet Safety Award previously. Carriers must meet the eligibility criteria provided in this Part.
1.ÌýÌý ÌýMust be a member in good standing of ÐÓ°É´«Ã½â€™s Moving and Storage Conference (MSC) on January 1, 2025.
2.ÌýÌý ÌýMust operate three (3) or more vehicles in interstate commerce.
3.ÌýÌý ÌýMust conduct operations pursuant to interstate or intrastate operating authority issued to the company by an agency of the federal or a state government, respectively.
4.ÌýÌý ÌýMust agree to allow pertinent records to be audited by an independent and objective auditor selected by ÌýÐÓ°É´«Ã½ MSC.
5.ÌýÌý ÌýIf operating pursuant to federal authority, must maintain a satisfactory safety rating from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
6.ÌýÌý ÌýContest winners are encouraged to make a representative available for appearance at the ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ MSC Annual Meeting.
RULES
Contest Deadline – Completed entry form must be emailed to ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ÌýMSCÌýon or before the close of business (5:30 PM EST) January 21, 2025.
Attachment - Please submit a screen shot of your crash basic raw score with your application.
Reporting Period – Each contestant must complete an official Entry Form based on the reporting period ending on ÌýOctober Ìý31, 2024.
The reporting provisions apply equally to vehicles owned by the contest entrant and to those supplied under long- term or trip–lease, rental or interchange agreements.
Each application must be fully completed. Late, incomplete or unreadable applications will be returned and not further considered for the contest.
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By virtue of submitting an industry safety award contest application, contest entrants that are chosen, must agree to public disclosure of information submitted with their application (see Part IV).
Erroneous or false information appearing on the entry form or uncovered during an audit will result in immediate disqualification and may potentially bar the Contestant from participating in future MSC Fleet Safety Awards contests.
Contest entrants competing for the interstate Fleet Safety Award will be grouped into mileage categories based on participation as determined by ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ MSC.
A Fleet Safety Contest winner will be determined in each mileage category based on the carrier’s interstate mileage for the period October 1, 2023Ìýthrough September 30, 2024. ÌýIf there are not sufficient entrants in any mileage category, categories may be combined or re-defined at the discretion of ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ MSC.
Categories: Over 10 Million Miles; 5-10 Million Miles; Under 5 Million Miles.
The decisions of ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ MSC and of its judges are final and may not be appealed.
PART IV. A WORD ABOUT CONFIDENTIALITY
With the exception that follows, information submitted to ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ MSC in connection with the Fleet Safety Award Application contest will be considered as proprietary to that company and will be maintained by ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ MSC in the strictest confidence. Information will be used solely to determine the relative safety record of one contestant compared with another, and will not be shared or disclosed with or to any person or entity. ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ MSC will instruct
its judges and auditors as to the sensitive nature of the information submitted with every expectation that they will similarly hold the information they review in strict confidence.
The exception to the foregoing is that the winners of the contest categories should expect to have information regarding their winning applications publicized. While ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ MSC recognizes that the scores that constitute a winning application may change from year to year depending upon a variety of factors, the ability of the public to ascertain a winner’s scores will maintain the integrity and credibility of the contest.
By submitting a fleet safety award contest application, contest entrants expressly agree that they understand fleet safety contest winners will be identified and their application information will be publicly disclosed.