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Trucking in the Hurricane Helene Aftermath
Hurricane Helene left a 600-mile swath of destruction and record flooding in the Southeast, with major highways washed out in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, power outages, fuel shortages, communication disruptions and more affecting trucking.
October 2 Update on Helene Aftermath: What's Going on with I-40?
Initially, I-40 was closed both eastbound and westbound coming into Asheville, North Carolina, and into eastern Kentucky.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation offers some information on Helene detours on its website, but cautions that communication problems caused by the storm mean it may not have information on some closures.
"DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA," it warns.
"There are shortages of water, food, gas, power and communications in western NC. Access is limited to local and hurricane response traffic. You cannot get from North Carolina to TN via I-40 or I-26. There may be closed roads not listed on DriveNC.gov as many areas are not able to report at this time." Read More
Protect Your Fleet's Data: 9 Articles for Cybersecurity Month
October is Cybersecurity Month, so we've gathered some of HDT's best cybersecurity content for trucking to help you be aware and protect your heavy-duty trucking fleet.
Whether a large-scale attack on infrastructure or a smaller-scale attack on individual trucks, the threat of cyberattacks in the trucking industry is very real.
When Harold Sumerford’s phone rang at 2:30 a.m. on April 2, he knew the news couldn’t be good. But he figured it was probably the safety department – not the CFO telling him the company’s entire computer system was down from a ransomware attack. Learn from J&M Tank Lines' experience.
Imagine losing access to your business management technologies all at once. From back-office computer systems, to dispatch, to mobile communications and shop technologies. Could you continue to operate? If so, how would you do that? And if you couldn’t operate, would you pay anything to get everything back up and running? Read More
Will's Safety Message
Safe Lifting Starts with the Basics
There are several safe lifting techniques detailed in the resources below. This basic technique is a great one to start with – use it for objects small enough to straddle where you have enough room to use a wide stance:
Position yourself close to the object.
Stand with a wide stance; put one foot forward and to the side of the object.
Keep your back straight, push your buttocks out, and use your legs and hips to lower yourself down to the object.
Move the load as close to you as possible.
If the box has handles, grasp the handles firmly and go to step 9.
Put the hand that is on the same side of your body as the forward foot on the side of the object furthest from you.
Put the other hand on the side of the object closest to you. Your hands should be on opposite corners of the object.
Grasp the object firmly with both hands.
Prepare for the lift; look forward.
Lift upward following your head and shoulders. Hold the load close to your body. Lift by extending your legs with your back straight, your buttocks out, and breathe out as you lift.
If you are doing this lift correctly, your head will lift up first, followed by your straight back. If your hips come up first and you must bend your back as you straighten up, you are doing this lift incorrectly.
Stay Safe!
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