Trimble to Support National Safety Month with Driver Safety Webinar

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Jun 25, 2012, 06:30 ET

SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Driver safety is a key concern for any business with employees on the road. To help reduce crashes in the area of field service management, Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) is supporting the National Safety Council (NSC) during Driver Safety week of National Safety Month, June 24-30, in raising awareness of unsafe driving behavior.

"While safety is important year-round, June is when we can come together to encourage safe behaviors around preventing injuries and deaths," said Janet Froetscher, National Safety Council president and CEO. "This includes driving safety as car crashes remain the leading cause of unintentional deaths in the workplace."

According to the NSC, a workplace crash can cost an employer more than $24,000, and more than $125,000 if there's an injury. By implementing a driver safety program, organizations can lower the risk of these incidents and help protect its human and financial resources.

To better educate industry professionals on reducing road risk in the workplace, Trimble will be offering a free webinar entitled "Creating a Safe Driving Culture" on Thursday, June 28, at 11 a.m. PDT/ 2 p.m. EDT. The webinar will cover how to implement a safe driving program, how to mitigate risk and help control insurance costs and what technology is available to manage driver behavior.

To register for the Webinar, visit www.trimble.com/fsm or call 1-877-728-7623 or email [email protected]. For more information on the National Safety Council and National Safety Month, visit nsc.org.

About Trimble Field Service Management

Trimble's Field Service Management Division provides visibility into field and fleet operations so businesses can streamline efficiency and increase productivity. The Field Service Management suite includes fleet management, work management and scheduling, worker safety and mobility solutions that transform the effectiveness of work, workers and assets in the field. The cloud-based portfolio allows Trimble to offer customers industry-specific, enterprise-level solutions for exceptional performance and ease of use.

For more information, visit: www.trimble.com/fsm.

About Trimble

Trimble applies technology to make field and mobile workers in businesses and government significantly more productive. Solutions are focused on applications requiring position or location—including surveying, construction, agriculture, fleet and asset management, public safety and mapping. In addition to utilizing positioning technologies, such as GPS, lasers and optics, Trimble solutions may include software content specific to the needs of the user. Wireless technologies are utilized to deliver the solution to the user and to ensure a tight coupling of the field and the back office. Founded in 1978, Trimble is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif.

For more information, visit: www.trimble.com.

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