FMCSA Orders Trucker to Install 700 EOBRs
Meat-hauling JBS Carriers cited for multiple hours-of-service violations
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ordered JBS Carriers, Greeley, Colo., to install the EOBRs after finding "serious" hours-of-service violations.
JBS Carriers has until March to install the equipment or pay the fines.
It is the first and largest federal action of its kind announced since a final rule that allows the FMCSA to require carriers to install EOBRs took effect in June.
The Owner-Operator Independent Driver Association is challenging that regulation in court. The FMCSA is expected to respond to OOIDA's lawsuit this week.
In a settlement agreement reached with JBS Carriers last month, the agency cited the company for 102 counts of falsifying drivers' hours-of-service records.
It also cited the company for three counts of allowing drivers with a suspended, revoked or canceled commercial driver's license to operate a motor vehicle.
JBS must also train drivers on the use of EOBRs and develop a safety management system that incorporates EOBR data into hours-of-service oversight.
JBS Carriers is the U.S. trucking unit of multinational food company JBS, the largest beef supplier in the world, formerly known as Swift & Co. in the U.S.
Federal hours-of-service rules limit the amount of time drivers can spend behind the wheel to 11 hours a day. The rules are currently being revised by FMCSA.
-- Contact William B. Cassidy at wcassidy@joc.com.
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