According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 2,000 deaths a year result from occupational motor vehicle incidents. That number is more than 30 percent of the annual number of fatalities from occupational injuries. These deaths include driver and passenger deaths in highway crashes, farm equipment accidents, and industrial vehicle incidents, as well as pedestrian fatalities.

A workplace traffic safety program:
> Helps control the costs associated with motor vehicle crashes in the workplace
> Establishes expectations regarding safe driving practices
> Reduces risk of liability
> Identifies loss prevention and control strategies that benefit organizations and positively affects profits
> Plans for the unexpected
> Documents management’s commitment, responsibility, authority, and accountability for safe driver and vehicle    operations
> Documents and communicates traffic safety policies and procedures
> Satisfies local, state, and federal laws and regulations governing traffic safety in the workplace

EMPLOYEE TRAINING: