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CSA/SMS Safety Score Repair Kit
A free 30-day diagnostic kit for reviewing SMS/BASIC trends, safety gaps, root causes, corrective actions, driver coaching, and weekly management follow-up.
A free 30-day diagnostic kit for reviewing SMS/BASIC trends, safety gaps, root causes, corrective actions, driver coaching, and weekly management follow-up.
This resource helps carriers turn a negative safety trend into a practical first-month review. It is built for carrier owners, safety managers, dispatch leaders, and operations teams that need to identify patterns behind roadside violations, HOS issues, driver behavior, maintenance defects, and weak follow-up.
What to review first
- Use the 30-day repair plan to collect facts, identify patterns, correct the process, and document follow-up during the first month of safety cleanup.
- Use the BASIC review worksheet to review Unsafe Driving, HOS, Driver Fitness, Controlled Substances/Alcohol, Vehicle Maintenance, HM/Cargo-related issues where applicable, and Crash Indicator context.
- Use the root-cause question sheet to separate driver behavior, dispatch pressure, maintenance failure, weak onboarding, weak training, ELD/HOS monitoring gaps, and missing corrective action.
- Use the Monday safety review checklist to turn safety review into a recurring management habit instead of a reaction after violations appear.
- Use the limited corrective-action log and driver coaching sample to document follow-up without giving away a full paid safety management system.
- Regulatory/system basis: FMCSA SMS organizes carrier safety data into BASICs and uses the data to prioritize carriers for monitoring or intervention. This kit helps carriers review the operating patterns behind the score, not just the number.
- Important boundary: this free kit is not a complete 90-day CSA/SMS repair plan, legal defense strategy, full safety program, or guarantee of score improvement.
Free download offer
- Free CSA/SMS Safety Score Repair Kit
- 04_CSA_SMS_Safety_Score_Repair_Kit.zip
- v1.1
Common questions
Will this kit lower our CSA/SMS score?
No. It does not guarantee score changes. It helps the company identify patterns, document corrective actions, and build a better internal review process.
Who should complete this kit?
The owner, safety manager, dispatcher/operations leader, maintenance owner, and anyone responsible for driver follow-up should review it together.
Why is the kit only 30 days?
A free resource should help carriers start. A full repair plan usually requires a deeper 60- to 90-day management process with ownership, training, corrective action, and follow-up proof.
What should we do if the same violation appears repeatedly?
Treat it as a system issue. Review driver behavior, dispatch pressure, maintenance, training, communication, documentation, and management follow-up.