©2019 National Safety Council

Lisa Robinson

Senior Program Manager,

Transportation Safety

Reducing Risk Through Transportation Safety

TPPA Conference

February 12, 2020

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Transportation Safety in the Workplace

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Transportation incidents are the leading cause of work-related fatal injuries.

A variety of industries and occupations require employees to drive or be exposed to hazards associated with driving.

Roadways and work zones are likely the most dangerous part of their work environment.

Costs employers $9.25 billion per year

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$ Health, life, & disability payments

$ Sick Leave

$ Contributions to workers’compensation, medial, and

disability insurance

$ Liability Insurance

$ Crash-related legal expenses

$ Lost productivity

$ Recruiting and training to replace

an injured employee

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Fatal Occupational Injuries

Driving is Dangerous

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Transportation incidents

are the leading cause of occupational

fatalities and injuries.

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Transportation

incidents are the

leading cause of

occupational

fatalities

A variety of

industries and

occupations

require

employees to

drive or be

exposed to

hazards

associated with

driving

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Motor Vehicle Crashes

• Vehicle maintenance, factors like tires

• Definite cause 10% of the time

• Probable cause 13% of the time

• Environmental, factors like weather, road condition

• Definite cause 20% of the time

• Probable cause 33% of the time

Human error

Definite cause

70%

Probable cause

93%

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Employers Limiting Risk

• Implement effective incident prevention plans that address driving and vehicular hazards.

Implement

• Implement and enforce written transportation safety programs and policies for working in and around motor vehicles.

Implement and enforce

•Review and improve the occupational driving safety program on an annual basis or whenever changes occur.

Review and improve

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We hire / train / equip

• Admin. support

• Asphalt

• Building/Construction

• City services/Parks

• Concrete

• Landscape/lawn

• Realtor

• Sales

• Trash/recycling

• Trucking

Roadways and work

zones are likely the

most dangerous

part of their work

environment.

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A drivers license does not replace a comprehensive driver safety program

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What do we invest in?Spend time planning for?

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Planning for Retirement

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Employer Considerations

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Employer Considerations

Cover the vehicle and road as parts of the workplace in your safety program.

• Ensure proper vehicle maintenance and operations.

• Evaluate driver behavior, skills, and physical conditions that affect driving.

• Be prepared for conditions outside the vehicle affect travel.

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Safety Meetings

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TRAINING & EMPLOYEE

ENGAGEMENT

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Doing things:• differently • effectively

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Training and Employee Engagement

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Incident Reporting

• Crash report

• Data collection

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Employer Considerations

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When NTSB looked at type of crash, they found in 40% of the highway crashes they investigated, fatigue was a factor.

• A recent AAA Foundation study investigating the prevalence of drowsy driving estimates 21% of fatal crashes may involve a drowsy driver.

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When NTSB looked at type of crash, they found in 40% of the highway crashes they investigated, fatigue was a factor.

• A recent AAA Foundation study investigating the prevalence of drowsy driving estimates 21% of fatal crashes may involve a drowsy driver.

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Employer Considerations

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Alcohol use is involved in 40 %

of all fatal motor vehicle crashes,

representing an average of one

alcohol-related fatality every 30

minutes.

Drugs other than alcohol (legal

and illegal) are involved in about

16% of motor vehicle crashes

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28,000 speed related crashes (TX, 2018)

9,148 people died in speeding-related crashes (US,2018, NHTSA)

25% of all Fatalities

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Its not a male or female issue, it’s a driver behavior issue.

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Drive to Conditions

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It’s not only cell phones

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Types of distraction?

Visual: taking your eyes off the road;Manual: taking your hands off the wheel; Cognitive: taking your mind off of driving; and Auditory: Sound not associated with driving

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Risky Business

AAA reports 87 % of drivers indicated they have engaged in at least one risky behavior while behind the wheel within the last month, those risky behaviors ranging from distracted, impaired or drowsy driving to running red lights, speeding or not wearing seat belts.

38 % of Texas drivers said they talked on their

mobile phone while driving

21.2 % of drivers said they send or read text

messages while driving

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Myths

• Simplex communication occurs in one direction only

• Shorter duration and less complex

• Not a two-way, duplexed conversation -easier to disengage

What about CB radios? Navigation? Books on tape?

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Myths

• An adult passenger is aware of the driving situation and can even

• serve as co-pilot/look-out

• The phone carries a certain obligation of immediacy

• Difficult to collect crash data

• An absence of statistics does not prove or even indicate the absence of a problem

There isn't enough evidence to prove that using a cell phone while driving causes crashes

It’s no more dangerous than talking to a passenger

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Myths

Two recent studies from AAA Texas A&M found same result

• Voice texting is more distracting than typing texts

• Drivers look away more

• It took longer to send a voice text

What about voice texting?

That must be safer than typing texts, right?

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In Texas, more than 40% of fatal crashes were unrestrained in 2018.

Middle aged men in pick up trucks

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Written Policies and ProceduresCornerstones of an Effective Driver Safety Program

• Clear, comprehensive, enforceable / enforced

seat belt, distraction, drowsy/fatigue, impairment alcohol/drug

• Communicate to all employees

Post them throughout the workplace, distribute copies periodically, and discuss the policies routinely at company meetings

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implement and enforce written safety programs and policies for working in and around motor vehicles.

implement effective occupational driving safety programs that address driving and vehicular hazards.

To minimize the occurrence

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Road Safety Programs:

Untrained employees

= increase in injuries

= poor morale when employees are out injured

= increase in claims & liability

= increase in premiums

= regulatory citations

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Road Safety Programs

• Can help employers control costs

• Can reduce the costs of crashes

• Can reduce employers crash rate by 50% or more.

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After the City of Arlington participated in the “Our Driving

Concern” Train the Trainer Workshop, the city developed

the Driver’s Safety employee portal.

The City of Arlington has reduced the number of auto

liability incidents by 13% reducing its claim costs by

36% from fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2016 &

reduced claim costs by 38% from fiscal year 2016 to

2017.

From their Irving city wide newspaper and television network,

to traffic safety video links on the kiosk in the lobby of the

court, the City of Irving has set up ways to communicate the

importance of traffic safety.

Employee vehicle crashes were down 6% this past year.

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Distraction

The City of San Antonio has 12,000 employees and a

vehicle fleet pool upwards of 5,144, traffic safety

education is essential and a top priority. .

The City has recognized reductions in DUI/DWIs (2%

reduction) and Suspended licensed drivers (3%

reduction).

Safety is Star Shuttles highest priority. Training is

provided at the beginning of employment, daily, quarterly

and annually. “Our Driving Concern Safety Coaching

cards” are used for weekly challenges.

These efforts produced an 80% reduction in

preventable crashes during the first quarter of 2018

compared to the same time in 2017.

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• Dallas ISD employs over 20,000 individuals. Dallas ISD Risk Management Driver Safety includes a cell phone use policy prohibiting the use of cell phones, both hand-held and hands-free, while driving a district vehicle.

• In 2016, the Dallas ISD had the lowest costs in 4 years and lower at fault incidents than the previous year.

• In 2018 they expanded training to employees that routinely drive their own personal vehicles for district business.

• *largest employer in Dallas

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• Conference and event speaking

• E-Learning

• Know Safety No Crashes Blog

• Live with Lisa Videos

• Looping file for monitors

• Newsletter, monthly

• One on one

• On-line learning

• Posters

• Safety & Health Fair Support

• Safety Coach Cards

• Safety Talks / Huddle Sheets

• Toilet Tabloids, monthly

• Training

• Webinars

• Website

• Window Clings / Stickers

TXDRIVINGCONCERN.ORG

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FREE TX Employer Transportation Safety Program

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TXDRIVINGCONCERN.ORG

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Training

• Distracted Driving

• Impaired Driving

• Aggressive Driving/Speeding

• Passenger Restraint

• Drowsy Driving/Fatigue

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E Learning

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Safety Coach Cards

• Portable

• In or out of an office

• Quick & easy

• Capture every 2 minutes

Aggressive Driving/Speeding

Basics

Distracted Driving

Drowsy Driving

Impaired Driving

Passenger Restraint

Trucks

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Reaching employees without pulling them off the job

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Lisa R. Robinson, CFLE

National Safety Council

Employer Transportation Safety

Sr. Program Manager

Lisa.robinson@nsc.org

(512) 466-7383