Knowledge Base

This course covers the following information:

Injury Prevention for CDL Drivers: In the Cab

• How a CDL driver can be injured by working in or around their truck's cab.
  
• When it is safe to move around your truck's cab if you're driving as part of a team.
  
• The role that your overall health and diet can have in helping to prevent injuries.
  

Injury Prevention for CDL Drivers: Working in Your Truck's Body

• How to climb into your truck's cab so that you minimize the potential for injury.
  
• The dangers involved with coupling and uncoupling a trailer.
  
• How and where a trailer should be parked so that it's less likely to injure you or someone else.
  

Injury Prevention for CDL Drivers: Positioning at a Loading Dock

• What to do once you've properly positioned your truck at a loading dock.
  
• The hazards that can come with parking your truck at a loading dock.
  
• The various safety equipment that can be used to secure a trailer that is parked at a loading dock.
  

Injury Prevention for CDL Drivers: Loading and Unloading Your Truck

• How your trailer should be stabilized while unloading and loading cargo.
  
• How to safely use a "liftgate".
  
• How to properly use a pallet jack when loading and unloading a truck.
  
• How to avoid back strain when you need to lift cargo by hand.
  
• The importance of wearing appropriate footwear when moving cargo.
  

Injury Prevention for CDL Drivers: Maneuvering in a Yard

• The dangers that come with working with trucks in a "yard".
  
• What you can do to make sure that other drivers in a "yard" can see you if you need to exit your truck.