FMCSA Safety: Cargo Securement Training Course

If you transport cargo in a commercial vehicle across the country, the methods and materials you use to secure that cargo can be gravely important. When not secured properly, an item can fall onto the vehicle behind you, injuring its passengers. Or it can land on the highway, where drivers either crash into it or swerve to avoid it, resulting in one or many accidents. And when you aren’t on the road, unsecured cargo can topple or roll, causing injury to those unloading it. In addition to safety concerns, unsecured cargo poses financial risks, as it can easily become damaged or ruined before it can be delivered. 

Luckily, FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) has determined the most effective ways to ensure the cargo you carry is fully immobile so that you can concentrate on the road ahead and not on the cargo behind you. 

FMCSA developed an extensive set of rules, based on best practices and input from multiple agencies, industries, and experts at various levels of government. These are aligned with regulations from Canada and Mexico. This course will help you comply with 49 CFR 393, Subpart I, FMCSA’s regulations for the safe transport of cargo within commercial vehicles. 

FMCSA’s rules deal with weight loads and how cargo behaves under certain driving conditions. You need to select devices and place them in a way that ensures your securement system will withstand the forces that may act on it while in transit. Without the FMCSA rules, you’d have to do a lot of math to figure out how strong you need devices to be, how many you should use, and where to place them. By learning the basic rules and goals, as well as what to be aware of when securing cargo, you’ll be able to comply with FMCSA standards and safely transport cargo, without needing an engineering degree!

This program is available with Spanish and French closed captions.