Class code 7229 — Trucking — Local Hauling

This classification applies to trucking operations focused on local and intermediate-distance hauling, where drivers typically complete their routes and return to a home terminal within the same day. It fits delivery fleets, regional distributors, and local freight carriers moving goods between warehouses, retail locations, and customer sites within a defined service area.

The workday usually includes multiple stops, frequent loading and unloading, and navigating city or suburban traffic rather than long highway stretches. Drivers may make a dozen or more stops per shift, each involving getting in and out of the cab, handling freight, and sometimes interacting directly with customers. Payroll typically covers local drivers and any helpers assigned to routes with heavier freight handling.

Because local routes involve more frequent stops and starts, more time spent loading and unloading, and more urban traffic interactions, injury frequency tends to run higher than long-haul work even though individual incidents are often less severe. Common injuries include strains from repetitive lifting, slips on loading docks, and minor collisions in congested traffic.