Factsheet 18 - Preventing Road Accidents involving Heavy Goods Vehicles
Road safety is a priority for the European Union’s transport policy. Although it is a shared responsibility between public authorities, enterprises and the general public, enterprises and employees in the transport sector should take a leading role. This factsheet outlines some basic good practice principles for the road transport sector Successful enterprises incorporate road safety into their quality policy In the E.U. some 800 lorry drivers are killed each year in road traffic accidents, making this a dangerous occupation. All employees, including in road haulage, have a right to safe and healthy work. Accidents also have an impact on company costs: enterprises that adopt a road safety policy generally reduce their operating costs as a result. Furthermore, road accidents involving heavy goods vehicles are damaging to the image and public acceptance of road haulage. For all these reasons, a firm commitment from road transport enterprises is needed to reduce the risks to your drivers.
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European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
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01.10.2001
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TE3300429END
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One conclusion from the EU-OSHA economic incentives project is that incentives schemes should not only reward past results of good OSH management (such as accident numbers in experience rating), but should also reward specific prevention efforts that aim to reduce future accidents and ill-health. Experts from the economic incentives project therefore suggested the development of compilations of innovative and evidence-based preventive solutions, starting with the three sectors construction, health care and HORECA (hotels, restaurants, catering). The preventive measures from these compilations are worth promoting in their own right, as well as being applied in economic incentives schemes. These preventive solutions can be used as a basis for incentive-providing organisations to develop their own incentive scheme, adapted to the specific situation in their sector and country.
This Guide on Economic Incentives Schemes is intended to serve as a practical and user-friendly guide to help incentive providers to create or optimise their own economic incentive schemes. Incentives schemes should not only reward past results of good OSH management (such as low accident numbers), but should also reward specific prevention efforts that aim to reduce future accidents and ill-health. Therefore the expert group suggested the development of compilations of innovative and evidence-based preventive solutions, starting with the three sectors construction, health care and HORECA.
Occupational safety and health culture, or more briefly 'OSH culture', can be seen as a concept for exploring how informal organisational aspects influence OSH in a positive or negative way. The aim is to convey up-to-date information on this complex topic in a straightforward, condensed way, trying to build a bridge between research and practice. The main approaches and methods that exist to assess the safety culture in an organisation are presented and discussed. This review gives an overview and selection of useful tools and techniques from the EU domain and abroad.
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