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St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund
鈥淒riven to Be Healthy鈥 initiatives now include a more flexible diabetes prevention program, free
vaccinations, at-home cancer screenings, and a 12-week interactive course on building healthy habits
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. 鈥 August 10, 2023 鈥 The St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund (SCF) is pleased to
announce significant enhancements to the organization鈥檚 free health and wellness programs to better
serve truck drivers and increase healthy living across the trucking industry. The health and wellness
programs, which have been offered by St. Christopher to Class A, over-the-road (OTR) truck drivers with
a commercial driver鈥檚 license (CDL) since 2015, are free programs designed to assist drivers in getting
and staying healthy while living the trucking lifestyle. All the programs, existing and new, can now be
found on the 鈥淒riven to Be Healthy鈥 section of the St. Christopher website.
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Oral Fluid Testing Now Approved by DOT
Dr. Todd Simo, Chief Medical Officer and Managing Director of Transportation at HireRight听
5.4.23
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has recently announced a new final rule that amends the regulated transportation industry drug testing program to include oral fluid testing. With this new testing methodology, employers are given an additional option that may help in the fight against cheating on urine drug tests. The DOT also calls it a 鈥渓ess intrusive means of achieving the safety goals of the program.鈥 The new rule is expected to significantly impact regulated transportation industries' drug testing programs, including those in aviation, trucking, railroads, and transit agencies.
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When Driver Shortages and Litigation Overlap: Remediation of Impacted Drivers Following a Catastrophic Loss
Stephanie Chesney,听Manning Gross and Massenburg LLP听
4.3.23
I am a defense lawyer currently practicing in Boston, MA, with a practice that includes trucking听and transportation law. In my younger career years, I primarily defended physicians and nurses听in claims of medical negligence. Many of the reptilian concepts facing the transportation听industry were in play in the medical negligence industry when I practiced in that area, focusing a听jury on ideals of public safety and empowerment. In addition to applying the skills learned from听defending against reptilian tactics in medical malpractice, there are lessons in remediating an听involved party (there, a medical provider and here, a driver) so that they can return to work in听good听conscience that should carry from the medical community to the transportation community.
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Keep on Truckin鈥:听Adequate Sleep and Truck Driver Safety
By Steven Garrish, Old Dominion Freight Lines听
2.28.23
The author of this post chairs the听黑料不打烊Safety Management Council's Driver Recruitment and Retention/Health and Wellness Committee.听
In 1973, Eddie Kendricks, co-founder of the Temptations, recorded a song entitled Keep on Truckin鈥. Although the song鈥檚 meaning 鈥渘ot giving up鈥 and 鈥渢o keep going鈥 did not necessarily pertain to the trucking industry, the song鈥檚 true definition could certainly be perceived as an indirect reflection of today鈥檚 truckers, as they keep going to provide goods and services within their local communities, across state lines, around the country and ultimately, the world.
Let鈥檚 face it, truckers are essential to the world鈥檚 supply chain and distribution of goods. As such, the overall health of a truck driver is essential to timely receipt of those everyday items whose delivery we all take for granted. We don鈥檛 always stop to think about how those precious items reach our front doors, appear on the shelves of our local grocer, our favorite shopping and dining spots, that basically influences every aspect of our lives!! Imagine your child鈥檚 birthday gift arriving a day late, or your daily meds being delayed due to a driver鈥檚 untimely medical absence. A trucker鈥檚 overall health and wellness is critical to the driver, and to us all
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