This document discusses the importance of wearing seatbelts in vehicles, including mining and construction vehicles. It provides several examples of accidents where the driver or passenger survived because they were wearing a seatbelt, including an incident where a haul truck rolled 140 feet down a slope. Statistics show that those not wearing seatbelts are much more likely to be injured or killed in an accident. Wyoming law requires seatbelt use, yet non-compliance remains an issue, especially among commercial and off-road vehicle operators. The document advocates for seatbelt use to avoid serious injury and save lives.

1. Seatbelts……
A Good Choice
State Mine Inspectors Office – 2010

3. Every Year…
 Thousands of vehicles are involved in
motor vehicle accidents.
 Some are private, personally owned
vehicles.
 Some are company owned vehicles used
for work.

4. No Matter!
 But it doesn’t matter who owns the
vehicle, statistics show you have a much
better chance of surviving an accident if
you use your seatbelt and stay in the
vehicle.

5. Off Road Vehicles
 The same is true for mining, construction
and Off Road vehicles. Cabs are designed
to protect the driver and passengers as
long as they are located in the vehicle.
 Seatbelts keep you in the vehicle.

6. January 8, 2008. The truck over-traveled the edge of the dump and rolled down
the spoil slope approximately 140 feet.
Who Survived??

7. Who Survived??
 August 4, 2007. Haul truck ran thru berm and traveled
approximately 200 feet to bottom of pit.

8. Which one Survived?

9. Why???

10. Even though there was much
more damage to this haul truck,
the operator was wearing his
seatbelt, which kept him in the
cab. He escaped with minor
injuries.

11. 2008 Seat Belt Statistics
 In 2008, seat belt use stood at 83%, up from 82% in 2007.
 Seat belt use increased to 90% on expressways and remained at
80% for surface streets.
 In states where rear seat belt use was not required in 2008, only
66% of adult passengers wore their seat belts while sitting in the
backseat. In states where rear seat belt was required, 85% of adult
backseat passengers buckled up.
Source: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

12. Recent incident -

13. No Injuries….still belted into seat…

14. The Odds are Against YOU!
 Fifty-five percent of those killed in
passenger vehicle occupant crashes in
2008 were not wearing a seat belt. Sixty-
four percent of those killed during the night
were unrestrained, compared to 45%
during the day.
Source: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

15. Who Survived?

16. Who Survived?
 Neither the driver or the passenger was
wearing a seatbelt. The driver was able to
hang onto the steering wheel and stay in
the cab and survived the roll over. The
passenger was ejected thru the windshield
on impact and later died.

17. What is Wyoming’s Seatbelt Law?
 Each driver and passenger of a motor vehicle
operated in this state shall wear, and each driver
of a motor vehicle shall require that a passenger
under twelve (12) years of age shall wear, a
properly adjusted and fastened safety belt when
the motor vehicle is in motion on public streets
and highways.
Wyoming State Statute 31-5-1401(a)

18. What is Wyoming’s Seatbelt Law?
 The Wyoming Seatbelt Coalition estimates the economic
impact of traffic crashes on the state in 2007 was $441
million.
Seat belts, the coalition notes, reduce serious injury by
45 to 50 percent in cars and 60 percent in pickups,
minivans and sport utility vehicles (SUVs).
As of 2008, Wyoming is among the least successful
states in the nation in getting its citizens to buckle up.

19. What are you reasons?
 Do you wear a seatbelt?
 If you don’t, why?

20. Does Your Company Have a
Policy?
 ALL companies have mandatory seat belt
policies for company vehicles. It’s also the law.
 Yet, in Wyoming, many “work place” fatalities
actually happen on the highway.
 These drivers are NOT wearing seatbelts!

22. Did he survive?

23. Wear Your Seatbelt!
If not for you……
Do it for them…..