Going to be a Prime Driver

This should give you the good, and the bad on this particular topic

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...t-people-are-discriminated-againts-prime.html

 

Ah I remember that post. So I assume that guy had a BMI over 38%? I was confused of his post. Seemed like everybody was taking that test. My BMI is 26% when I had my last Physical two weeks ago. Honestly that rule will be a CVSA rule on medical rules sooner or later.

 

I wonder who came up with those BMI charts... I'm 6'0" & only 150 lbs... I consider myself a fairly skinny-asterisk... yet according to the BMI index I'm "normal"... "underweight" for a six-footer isn't until 135 lbs... & "overweight" for that height is only 185?

Who in Hades came up with that?... a modeling agency?... 6'0" & 135 isn't underweight.... that's a skeleton... call a coroner (or maybe ghostbusters)... & the NFL is obviously all just a bunch of fat slobs.

 

Paging Tony Siragusa, Tony Siragusa please pick up a white courtesy phone.

 

WHO????? ME?????




Yea, you.... while you're at it, bring Vince Wilfork & Langston Walker with you.

 

Dont forget the "Fridge". He was like 350 lbs. and 6ft 5 in tall. Guys just bounced off him like insects. LOL

 

A very good point.

http://www.click2houston.com/health/4132685/detail.html

http://sleepeducation.blogspot.com/2009/03/sleep-apnea-common-problem-for-nfl.html

Although I have nothing to do with Prime, or there policies, I am quite sure that they would thank you for understanding how important this matter is to them. I am sure that they would also like to thank you for taking your time to come on this forum and defend their position with the wonderful example of NFL players.

But seriously, I find it amusing that that there are those who come on here, and attack Prime's policy saying that Prime has no right to attempt to protect the company from liability. They say that Prime has no right to try to insure the health of it's employees. And yet they support this claim by siting examples of less desirable companies that ignore this same problem.

Sleep Apnea is a health concern. If you do not want to address the fact that you are at risk for this problem then your solution is simple....do not try to go to work for Prime. Employment is a contract between the employer and the employee. If either side does not agree to the other's conditions then the contract does not exist and both parties walk away. But remember walking out on a job offer from Prime, or any other company, does not change the fact that you are at risk for Sleep Apnea. It simply means that your problem is not now Prime's problem.

 

sort of a catch 22 since drivers have to live in a box and so a lot of them get fat and therefore develop sleep apnea. a good lawyer could twist that into a form of abuse on company workers and win a workman's comp settlement.

 

If every person with sleep apnea, "got it" due to being obese, and the obesity was caused by exposure to a diesel engine you might have a case.

REALITY CHECK

Body mass is only one indicator of possibly having sleep apnea.
Drivers may become obese more frequently than society as a whole. But it is due to lifestyle CHOICES, not exposure to the truck. Not all drivers are obese. Workmans comp does not pay for an office worker who eats twinkies sitting behind a computer. It will not pay for your decision to eat twinkies behind your windshield.

Personal accountability may be rare, but that is the fault of the foolish.