Are there any ranking of carrier safety scores?

There is no high trend of safety.

Workplace injuries or deaths should be ZERO. That is safety. You cannot trend 50 companies who don't wreck or kill people.

 

If they send recruiters to schools, they are bottom feeders.
If they will allow rookies to train students, they are bottom feeders.
If they have lease programs for rookies, they are bottom feeders.

"What is a rookie, Six?"

Bare minimum definition: a driver with less than 12 consecutive months behind the wheel.

 

What you are looking for is buried in several layers of FMCSA news releases. The best way is to just look up their CSA scores here.

 

@Chinatown

 

I recall a old mine report on a wall of a gaurd shack, for some reason it stuck in my head, it was from the 50's

A rookie standing in knee high water trying to kick a junction box to activate a conveyer. It nuked him....

 

Not necessarily. New drivers are fresh out of school and therefor more likely to do things "by the book." whereas the old school seasoned veterans tend to have more of a "my way or the highway" mentality, which is what gets them in trouble with log book and equipment violations.

You are very smart to check companys' scores beforehand. Too many people don't think to do that.

 

What you just posted does not jive with what a safety person at Crete told me several months ago. Almost 65% of their accidents, incidents and bad inspections are coming from drivers with less then 18 months. It is what it is.

 

Good point, I was thinking the same. Though, to be fair, not all experienced drivers are out there throwing rules and regulations out the door.