1. Work Related Crashes : Incidence & Remedies Jeff Michael Director, Office of Impaired Driving & Occupant Protection National Highway Traffic Safety Administration People Saving People

2. Work–Related Crashes 10-Year History of Work Related Crashes –NIOSH, September 2003, by Stephanie Pratt Recommend Employer -Based Interventions

3. Work–Related Crashes Leading cause of occupational fatality –More than 1,300 deaths /year between 1992 and 2002 –Accounted for 23% of all occupational deaths in 2000 –While other causes of occupational death decreased, crash fatalities increased steadily between 1992 and 1999

4. Who is Involved? Number of Work Related Deaths 1992-2000

5. Who is Involved? Number of Work Related Deaths 1992-2000 Age

6. Who is Involved? Rate of Work Related Deaths 1992-2000 per 100,000 FTE Age

7. What Type of Crash? Number of Work Related Deaths 1992-2000

8. What Type of Crash? Percent of Work Related Deaths 1992-2000

9. Driver-Related Crash Factors Too Fast for Conditions Failure to Stay in Proper Lane Running Off the Road Inattention Failure to Yield Right of Way

10. Safety Belt Use Among Crash Fatalities 1997 - 2002

11. Potential Benefits of Belt Use Safety belts can save 1 of every 2 unbelted fatalities, so… Of the 1,300 work related fatalities each year, about 2/3 are unrestrained (860) One half of these, or about 430 employees, could be saved each year.

12. What Works? Education, followed by Policy & Enforcement = Increased Belt Use

13. May 23 – June 5, 2005

14. August 19 – September 5, 2005

15. www.nhtsa.dot.gov www.safercar.gov www.cdc.govwww.cdc.gov/niosh