The Pre-Employment Screening Program can be used to offer additional safety performance information for potential commercial drivers that you may not find with other types of background screening checks. Under this program, employers can get up to five years of crash data and three years of data from roadside inspections for any potential drivers. These checks can only be used for screening before employment—they cannot be performed on current employees.
The information in a PSP check comes from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). That information will include:
The driver’s personal information, including name, license number, date of birth and state of issuance
Five years of DOT crash data, if any exists, including all information that would appear on the crash report
Three years of roadside inspection data, if any exists, including date, carrier name, report number, reporting state, type of inspection (including hazmat indications) and any violations that resulted from the inspection
This provides extra information beyond that which you’d find in an MMR, much of which is useful for trucking and logistics companies in particular.