Accident Prevention and Basic Investigation by MATMI
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Making Road Safety at
Work - Part of Mainstream
Occupational Safety and
Health
A must know Concept
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CONTENTS
• Introduction
• The problem
• Costs and Benefits
• The Current Legal Position
• The British Experience
• The Nigerian Experience
• How to Manage Work Related Road Safety
• Assessing Risk on the Road
• Steps to Risk Assessment
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Introduction
• Between 1996 – 2003, an average of one accident
occurs every 25 minutes.
• Between 1960 – 2003, an average of one person
die through road accident every 88.5 minutes.
• Traffic Safety (death/10,000 vehicles) has reduced
from 120 to 96.
• Personal Safety increased (death/100,000
population) increased from 30 to 68.
• Level of motorization (veh/1,000 population)
increased from 30 to 68.
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The problem
• Most employers wrongly believe that
safety of their employees before, during,
and after work, is solely the responsibility
of individual employee.
• Three quarter of all drivers involved in
road traffic accidents in 2003 were
carrying commercial driver’s licenses.
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Costs and Benefits
• Management time
• Management training
• Risk assessment
• Driver assessment
• Driver training
• Accident Investigation
• Data Collection/analysis
• Control measures
• Reduced accident losses
• Less lost time
• Improved staff morale
• Better public image
• Lower insurance premium
• “Off the job” road safety
• Improved safety culture
• More effective vehicle use
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The Current legal Position
• Occupational Safety and Health Laws in
Nigeria
• Factories Act of 1990
• National Road Traffic Regulations (NRTR)
• The Revised Highway Code
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The British Experience
• Health and Safety at Work Act of 1974
• Work Related Road Safety Task Group
• Health and Safety Commission
- accepted Task Group’s report now known as
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations
of 1999
- provide guidance on health and safety risk
assessment with company’s environment, and safety
guidance for employees at work on public highway
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The Nigerian Experience
• The regulations in the National Road Transport Regulations
are not employee-friendly. They are also not fully enforced.
• Federal Government must take a cue from the Management o
Road Risk (MORR) of the UK Government’s independent
Work Related Road Safety Task Group that says
• That employers must manage risk on the road as part of
health and safety
• That there should be a major campaign to raise awareness
• That there should be revisions to the statistics collected
• That there must be a further research into prevalence,
causation, costs and preventability of road safety at-work risks
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How to manage Work-Related
Road Safety
• Policy
Does your health and safety policy statement cover work-related
road safety? The policy must be compulsory if you employ five or
more people
• Responsibility
Is there top-level commitment to work-related road safety in your
organization and its responsibility clearly defined? Does the person
responsible for it have sufficient authority to exert influence? Does
everyone understand what is expected of him or her?
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How to manage Work-Related
Road Safety
• Organization and Structure
In larger organizations, the aim is to ensure that
there is an integrated organizational structure that
allows cooperation across departments with
different responsibilities for work-related road
safety. In smaller business, the aim is to ensure that
one considers the links between driving activities.
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How to manage Work-Related
Road Safety
• Systems
Do you have adequate systems to allow you
manage work-related road safety effectively? For
example, are you confident that your vehicles are
regularly inspected and serviced in accordance with
manufacturers’ recommendations?
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How to manage Work-Related
Road Safety
• Monitoring
Do you monitor performance to ensure that your
work-related road safety policy is effective? Are
your employees encouraged to report all work-
related road incidents without fear that punitive
action will be taken against them? Do you collect
sufficient information to allow you make informed
decisions about the effectiveness of existing policy
and the need for changes?
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Assessing Risk on the Road
• The same principles used as risk
assessment for other work activity should
be applied to risk assessment for work-
related driving activity
• It must be carried out by someone who is
very familiar with the intricacies of the
work.
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Steps to Risk Assessment
• Look for hazards that may result in harm when
driving on public roads
• Decide who might be harmed. In most cases it
may be the driver, but may include passengers
and other road users.
• Evaluate the risk and decide whether existing
precautions are adequate or more should be
done
• Record your findings
• Review your assessment and revise it if
necessary
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Evaluating the Risks
C om petence
Is he capable?
V alidity and authenticity
of driving licence
Training
A t Induction
O n safe load distribution
O n fatigue or vehicle breadow n
Fitness and H ealth
E ye Tests and B P tests
K now ledge of drugs effect
The D river
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Evaluating the Risks
S uitability
Fit for the purpose?
D o you need bigger
vehicles
C ondition
W ell m aintained?
S pare P arts
B asic safety checks
S afety E quipm ent
A re they properly
fitted and
m aintained
S afety C ritical Info
D o drivers know
road safety info
and H elp/R est A reas
The V ehicle
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Evaluating the Risks
R outes
W ell planned
A re they safe
for your vehicles
S cheduling
A re they realistic?
2 am -6 am ?
2 pm - 4 pm ?
Tim e
S ufficient for journey?
A llow ance for night sleep
C heck tachom eter?
W eather
P lan w ith rain?
A re veh equipped?
The Journey
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