Lawson’s safety accolades are no accident With a top safety program and several employees tapped for individual awards by the Alabama Trucking Association, Charles G. Lawson Trucking shows why it’s among the state’s safest trucking operations. By Ford Boswell HOPE HULL, Ala. estled at a back corner of a darkened banquet room, a contingent of a dozen or so Charles G. Lawson Trucking employees sat wondering who among the group would win individual awards at the Alabama Trucking Association Fleet Safety Awards held last spring in Birmingham. As the evening wore on, and representatives from the state’s best and safest fleets stepped forward to accept accolades, there was an apparent trend among the names being called: A good number of them
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worked for Lawson Trucking. ATA’s Safety & Maintenance Management Council named the Montgomerybased food grade hauler the Safest Fleet in both the General Commodities Linehaul (1- 3 million miles) category and Tanker Truck category. Not only that, but all three Lawson employees nominated for individual awards won or placed in their respective categories, including Driver of the Year and Safety Professional of the Year contests.
Driver(s) of the Year The big honor of the evening went to Driver of the Year Recordo Jackson, a 35year trucking industry veteran who has
logged more than 3 million accident-free miles in four decades of driving a large commercial vehicle. According Lawson Trucking Safety Director Debbie Henderson (also this year’s First Runner Up for Safety Director of the Year), Jackson has worked 23 years for Lawson. He has been honored for his safety efforts and professionalism many times in his career – several times alone from various industry groups including the Alabama Trucking Association (ATA) and from Lawson’s long-time insurance provider Great West Casualty. Moreover, Jackson has participated in ATA’s annual Truck Driving Championships several times, placing 5th in 2007, A LABAMA T RUCKER • 2 ND Q UARTER 2012