Managing Occupational Road Risk

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ManagingOccupational Road Risk
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Work related incidents

• 20 Fatalities
• 250 serious injuries

Every week
HSE
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Legal Responsibilities

• Health Safety at Work Act 1974
• Management of HS Regs. 1999
• Road Traffic Act
• Road Vehicle (Construction use) Regs.
• Working Time Regulations 1998
• Road Transport Directive (March 05)

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Road Death Investigation
Police manual issued December 2002

• Corporate Liability considered
• where there is a duty of care

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• Examples
• no regular system of preventative checks
• allowing use of defective vehicles
• ineffective repairs of defects
• failure to observe drivers hours

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HSWA

• Ensure
• safety of all employees at work
• others are not put at risk by your work-related
  driving activities

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www.hse.gov.uk
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Managing work-related road safety
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Policy

• Is road safety included in your Health safety
  policy?
• Is it written down?

• Could include
• management duties
• journey organisation
• driver training
• vehicle maintenance

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Responsibility

• Is there top level commitment to work-related
  road safety?
• Is responsibility clearly defined?
• Does individual have authority to exert
  influence?
• Does everyone understand what is expected?

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Organisation Structure

• Do your polices and strategies apply across all
  departments responsible for work-related road
  safety?

e.g. A council brought together expertise from
its training, occupational health safety and
fleet management sections to develop and
implement a work-related road safety policy
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Systems

• Are systems adequate to allow you to manage road
  safety effectively?

e.g Are vehicles regularly inspected serviced
in accordance with manufacturers recommendations?
Are records kept?
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Monitoring

• Monitor performance to ensure work-related road
  safety policy is effective.
• Encourage reporting of all incidents
• Use information to make informed decisions

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Assessing Risks on the Road
Adopt same principles as for any other work
activity
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Risk assessment

• Look for hazards
• Decide who might be harmed
• Evaluate the risk existing precautions
• Record findings
• Review revise assessment

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Look for hazards

• Consult employees
• drivers (occasional drivers too)
• vehicle
• journey

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Who might be harmed?

• employees
• passengers
• other road users
• pedestrians
• high risk
• new drivers
• long distance

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Evaluate Risk

• How likely will harm be done?
• Can it be avoided?
• alternative forms of transport
• video conference
• realistic demands
• regular maintenance
• adequate protection
• clear policies on safety

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Drivers
relevant experience appropriate licence - valid -
periodic checks pre-appointment check -
references aware of understand policies written
instructions skill levels expertise clearly
specified standards monitored
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Training

• evaluate training needs
• induction training
• training for high risk drivers
• high mileage
• poor accident records
• young or inexperienced

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• routine checks
• load distribution security
• vehicle characteristics dimensions
• fatigue
• breakdown incident procedures

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Fitness health

• Drivers hold appropriate medical certificates?
• Eyesight requirements met?
• Staff advised on risks of medication?

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Vehicles

• Suitable fit for purpose
• Selection criteria includes safety
• Maintained in safe fit condition
• Safety equipment fitted maintained
• Safety critical information available to staff
• Ergonomic considerations

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Private Vehicles

• Not used for work purposes unless
• Insured for business use
• have valid MOT certificate if needed

How do you check that vehicles used stay in safe
condition?
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The Journey

• Routes
• Scheduling
• Time
• Distance
• Weather

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Record findings

• Proper checks made
• consultation
• hazards dealt with

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Review revise

• Monitor
• incidents
• driver history
• vehicle records
• changing circumstances

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Defensive Driver Training
On-line assessments Defensive Driver
Training Assessor Training Specialist
vehicles Fleet Risk Management Course
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