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Hook Up the The Official News Publication of the Towing & Recovery Professionals of Connecticut C O N N E C T I C U T t o w i ng & r e c o v e r y p r o f e s s i o n a l s TRPC since 1980 Message from the President FEBRUARY 2020 in this issue Message from the President page 1 2020 Calendar of Events page 2 2019/2020 Officers Contact Information page 3 Vendor Members page 8 Welcome New Member page 9 ATTENTION MEMBERS: there will be no February meeting. Dear Members, The New Year always bring changes, one of the updates we need to be knowledgeable about involves the forklift that many of us have in our shops. There has been a mandate from OSHA over the years that each person who operates the forklift needs to be certified – there was no recertification required unless there was a problem such as an accident, etc. This has now changed a bit, and it is now required that the trained operator be evaluated by your business at least once every three years. The evaluation should consist of an observation of the operator at work, addressing any issues with them, and providing updated training in any new procedure or equipment modifications – and doing this for each piece of “forklift” equipment in the shop if you have different types. It is a violation of Federal law for anyone UNDER 18 years of age to operate a forklift or for anyone OVER 18 years of age who is not properly trained and certified to do so. Records need to be maintained for OSHA on this. If you have a standing operator style of lift vs. a sitting down specific instruction for each type must be given. The new terminology is a “powered industrial truck” and it takes in everything. If you have a battery powered pallet jack it now falls under this and training, as well as evaluations, need to be done and records maintained. A trainer can be brought in from the outside on a regular basis to do this but you may have a designated person in your shop to do this – it could be you. If you chose not to bring in a trainer, ensure that the internal traier has certification and experience to warrant the responsibility for the training and/or evaluation. OSHA provides this statement in regard to training: “A trainer must have the ‘knowledge, training, and experience’ to train others how to safely operate the powered industrial truck in the employer’s workplace. In general, the trainer will only have sufficient ‘experience’ if he has the practical skills and judgment to be able to himself operate the equipment safely under the conditions prevailing in the employer’s workplace. For example, if the employer uses certain truck attachments and the trainer has never operated a truck with those attachments, the trainer would not have the experience necessary to train and evaluate others adequately on the safe use of those attachments. However, the standard does not require that the trainers operate a PIT regularly (i.e., outside of their operator training duties) as part of their job function or responsibility.” Companies such as J. J. Keller offer programs on continued on page 2
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2020 Calendar of Events page 2
2019/2020 Officers Contact Information page 3
Vendor Members page 8
Welcome New Member page 9
ATTENTION MEMBERS:
there will be noFebruary meeting.
Dear Members,
The New Year always bring changes, one of the updates we need to be knowledgeable about involves the forklift that many of us have in our shops. There has been a mandate from OSHA over the years that each person who operates the forklift needs to be certified – there was no recertification required unless there was a problem such as an accident, etc. This has now changed a bit, and it is now required that the trained operator be evaluated by your business at least once every three years. The evaluation should consist of an observation of the operator at work, addressing any issues with them, and providing updated training in any new procedure or equipment modifications – and doing this for each piece of “forklift” equipment in the shop if you have different types. It is a violation of Federal law for anyone UNDER 18 years of age to operate a forklift or for anyone OVER 18 years of age who is not properly trained and certified to do so. Records need to be maintained for OSHA on this.
If you have a standing operator style of lift vs. a sitting down specific instruction for each type must be given. The new terminology is a “powered industrial truck” and it takes in everything. If you have a battery powered pallet jack it now falls under this
and training, as well as evaluations, need to be done and records maintained. A trainer can be brought in from the outside on a regular basis to do this but you may have a designated person in your shop to do this – it could be you. If you chose not to bring in a trainer, ensure that the internal traier has certification and experience to warrant the responsibility for the training and/or evaluation. OSHA provides this statement in regard to training: “A trainer must have the ‘knowledge, training, and experience’ to train others how to safely operate the powered industrial truck in the employer’s workplace. In general, the trainer will only have sufficient ‘experience’ if he has the practical skills and judgment to be able to himself operate the equipment safely under the conditions prevailing in the employer’s workplace. For example, if the employer uses certain truck attachments and the trainer has never operated a truck with those attachments, the trainer would not have the experience necessary to train and evaluate others adequately on the safe use of those attachments. However, the standard does not require that the trainers operate a PIT regularly (i.e., outside of their operator training duties) as part of their job function or responsibility.”
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this and also can aid in providing training/certification. View their program offerings at https://www.jjkeller.com/learn/osha-forklift-training-faqs. A number of our members have also used a series of six training videos that are on YouTube for certification and training. These were done and have been provided by Industrial Container Services for anyone’s use. Your business would issue the certifications for your operators after they had completed the modules and passed an operational test given by you. Access the ICS training videos at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE1UJz-04C543uxSYDlfl-Nf4l4n5rLPO Take a few minutes and review these modules, it may pay to have them available to your employees in a lunch room or they may view them at home, just make sure you keep records of the tests and remember – every three years, or sooner when necessary, an evaluation must be done which includes observation of the person operating the equipment and records maintained. If you want to review the new standards the OSHA site: https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/poweredindustrialtrucks/ will give you all the information.
Zurich Insurance Company has produced a guide for towing fleets, it is a safety guide and it does bring out many interesting issues. You can find it at https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zurichna.com%2F_%2Fmedia%2Fdbe%2Fzna%2Fdocs%2Fkh%2Fre%2Ftow-operations-fleet-safety-guide_final_zurich.pdf%3Fla%3Den%26hash%3DAAACF4DE1CCF723DB57B6BD1F1002335CB9BB299.
Take the time to give it a read and compare the recommendations with your operation, a lot of it is good common sense but there are items that we all need to be aware of, especially considering that this is being published by a major insurance company that may be providing coverage for your wreckers.
And remember…
Let’s Be Careful Out There!!!
Sal
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The Hook Up is a publication of the Towing & Recovery Professionals of Connecticut and is distributed monthly to companies holding membership in the Association. Copyright ©2002 by the Towing & Recovery Professionals of Connecticut.
Office:585 Windsor Street, Hartford, CT 06120(860) 296-2826 phone(860) 249-3770 [email protected]
2019-2020 TRPC Officers:President – Sal Sena585 Windsor Street, Hartford, CT 06120(860) 296-2826 • [email protected] Vice President – Bruce Hussey563 West Thames Street, Norwich CT 06360(860) 296-2826 • [email protected] Vice President – Sal Khan784 Old Colony Road, Meriden, CT 06451(877) 691-9115 • [email protected] – Jennifer Rindflesh146A Powder Mill Road, Canton, CT 06019(860) 693-4588 • [email protected] – Fred Campanella1173 Mill Street, East Berlin CT 06023(860) 828-9399 • [email protected] Director – Lee Telke146 Brickyard Road, Farmington, CTTuesdays and Wednesdays(860) 384-0057 cell • [email protected]
Past Presidents serving on the Board:Director – Timothy Vibert146 Brickyard Road, Farmington, CT 06032(860) 677-9074 • [email protected] – Joe Miano99 Meadow Street, Hartford, CT 06114(860) 296-8588 • [email protected] – Fulvio Tamburro780 Pacific Street, Stamford, CT 06902(860) 677-9074 • [email protected] Past PresidentsTimothy VibertJoe MianoFulvio TamburroJim MessierJim Russo*Roman PryputniewiczBob Halprin*George Mordowanec*Roger Strollo*Kathy Wilkinson*Russ Iodice
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The midnight calls and endless hours I spend within my truck,
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nor the fame of worldly men, Just your hand upon my shoulder
and the strength to go again.And put your hand upon the men
who work along my side, That special breed of lawmen;
tough inside, outside kind.And when that final wrecker call
is in my distant past, And when I stand before your throne
and of my life you ask,I pray, dear God, That I may stand
and never be ashamed, Because each call for help was heard
and worked in Your Son’s name.
Amen
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AAA Allied Group Tony Catallo 815 Farmington Avenue phone 860-523-2424 West Hartford, CT 06119 fax 860-231-9566 ohiovalley.aaa.com [email protected]
Auto Data Direct, Inc. Jim Taylor 1379 Cross Creek Circle phone 850-877-8804 Tallahassee, FL 32301 fax 850-877-5910 www.add123.com [email protected]
Billings, Barrett & Bowman Peter Bowman 3651 Main Street 203-562-0900 Suite 200 fax 203-562-0902 Stratford, CT 06614 [email protected]
Camerota Truck Parts Steven Camerota 245 Shaker Road / P.O. Box 1134 toll free 800-247-4313 Enfield, CT 06083-1134 phone 860-763-0896
Chester Point Insurance Programs Stephen O’Donnell 1 Walnut Avenue, 2nd floor phone 908-428-4285 Cranford, NJ 07016 www.chesterpoint.com
Choice Merchant Solutions Kelly Jackson 10 Columbus Blvd. Floor 3 cell 860-490-6148 Hartford, CT 06106 corporate 800-539-9116 [email protected] 24-7 800-539-9116
Commercial Credit Group, Inc. Marc Levesque 400 Essjay Road, Suite 340 phone 203-605- 7814 Williamsville, NY 14221 fax 716-935-6595 www.commercialcreditgroup.com
G & S Industrial, Inc. Steven Farnham, Sales 4 Linseed Road cell 413-262-0123 West Hatfield, MA 01088 toll free 800-244-9631 www.gsindustrial.com [email protected]
Holly’s Towing Dispatch Kathleen Freeman 10 Melrose Drive 800-730-3909 Farmington, CT 06032 [email protected]
Ion Insurance Andy Aldo 1520 Highland Avenue phone 203-729-5261 Cheshire, CT 06410 fax 203-729-4343 www.ioninsurance.com cell 203-710-0983 [email protected]
Landoll Corporation Jason Krasinskas 1900 North Street District Manager, trailers Marysville, KS 66508 785-562-5381 fax 888-293-6779 [email protected]
Lester Enterprises Holly Lester 67 East Pattagansett Road 860-451-9155 Niantic, CT 06357 Andrew White, Mgr. [email protected]
Marcus Communications LLC Bruce Marcus 33 Mitchell Drive Jeff Greenwood, Mgr. PO Box 1498 phone 860-646-1839 Manchester, CT 06042 fax 860-649-8492 www.marcusradio.com [email protected]
Mobile Road Service Solutions, LLC David Biehl 1790 Industrial Road Manager Redwood City, CA 94063 cell 818-266-3956 www.mobileroadservice.solutions phone 888-511-2238 [email protected] fax 866-284-5150
New England Truckmaster Chris Lambiase 16 Bernhard Road phone 203-772-1717 North Haven, CT 06473 fax 203-772-1919 www.netruckmaster.com [email protected]
Nutmeg International Trucks Inc. Tim O’Connel 130 Brainard Road phone 203-239-0770 Hartford CT 06114 Mike Speringo, Rep. [email protected] cell 203-605-7327
Provenio Insurance Agency Harry Wedwaldt 107 Tindall Road Greg Kwasnicki, Mgr. Middletown, NJ 07748 phone 732-832-2980 fax 732-865-7151 www.provenioinsurance.com [email protected]
Premier Marketing Solutions, LLC Mark Lesage 784 Old Colony Road office 203-350-3224 Meriden, CT 06451 cell 203-215-3976 www.pmslogo.com [email protected]
Santander Mike Hawkins 3 Huntington Quadrangle phone 631-531-0945 Suite 101N fax 866-487-1919 Melville, NY 11747-4616 [email protected]
Security First Insurance Group Theresa Lovallo 255 Bank Street phone 203-574-5200 Waterbury, CT 06702 fax 203-574-0408 www.securityfirst.net [email protected]
Shoff Darby Companies Inc. Patti Jo Provenzale 200 Mill Plain Road 203-256-7925 Fairfield, CT 06824 [email protected] www.shoffdarby.com
Specialty Vehicle & Equipment Funding Group Dick Fabian 538 Broadhollow Road Regional Business Manager Suite 221 phone 631-753-6611 x204 Melville, NY 11747 cell 516-238-4943 www.specialtyvehiclefunding.com fax 631-753-2097
TCE Insurance Services Inc. Brendan Coyne 490 Wheeler Road Senior Account Executive Hauppauge, NY 11788 office 631-352-5700 x208 fax 347-990-1355 cell 516-353-3867 www.tceins.com [email protected]
Towbook Management Software 201 North Riverside Avenue, Ste E6 [email protected] St. Clair Michigan 48079 towbook.com
Tru-Hitch, Inc. Martin Marola 16 West Hill Road 860-489-7773 Barkhamsted, CT 06063 [email protected]
Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C. John Acampora, Esq. 203-467-7337 8 Frontage Road [email protected] East Haven, CT 06512 www.uks.com
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