Winner Of Ata Awards Pitt Ohio

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Recently, Pitt Ohio was awarded three different safety awards from the ATA or American Trucking Association. Pitt Ohio received first place in General Commodities Division of LTL/Line Haul as well as General Commodities Division LTL/Local both of, which were within the range of 10 and 50 million distance miles. Pitt Ohio also received fourth position in General Commodities Division LTL with its employee strength of 10015000.

Combined Effort

Ron Uriah, who is the Vice President in charge of safety at Pitt Ohio said that the recognition and awards from ATA were the combined result of efforts from terminal managers, drivers, LTL directors, terminal supervisors, directors of vehicle maintenance as well as trainers for senior drivers who worked collaboratively and as a team to achieve results targeted. The awards had been decided based upon statistics on accident frequency for LTL carriers, which traversed more than 10 or 50 million distance miles. For each million miles that were traveled, the company Pitt Ohio had just 0.29 accidents locally and accidents of line haul variety of just 0.081 during 2004.

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As per Mr. Uriah, various programs, which were provided by driver trainers at senior level as well as operational personnel and terminal managers have contributed to the high level of safety and outstanding achievements in Pitt Ohio. The presence of an amazing safety culture in Pitt Ohio has happened throughout the years and this commitment towards safety started at the top level management and all employees continue this tradition thereby helping the company to enjoy recognition and awards today.

Unwavering Dedication

These rewards and recognition received by Pitt Ohio show the level of complete dedication towards safety by both dockworkers as well as drivers. The various safety programs have been spearheaded and implemented by the Safety Department at Pitt Ohio and these have become successful because of the strong leadership of senior management professionals. The credit to all this recognition went to dockworkers, drivers, safety department, senior trainers as well as staff responsible for vehicle maintenance to provide continued support for efforts towards ensuring excellence in safety, said Mr. Mercadante who is director of safety in Pitt Ohio.

Always There

Pitt Ohio has a very strong motto ‘Were Always There For You' and this particular philosophy extends to providing their customers with high quality LTL transportation. Pitt Ohio has its headquarters in Pittsburg in Pennsylvania and the company provides its services to all the region of Mid-Atlantic such as places like West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Detroit, Illinois and Chicago.

Thus, as can very well be seen. Pitt Ohio has truly deserved the honors and awards provided by ATA for its strong commitment towards ensuring long term safety.

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