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The influence of safety ownership on occupational road safety outcomes
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The influence of safety ownership on occupational road safety outcomes

Tamara D Banks, Jeremy D Davey and Herbert C Biggs
Journal of the Australasian College of Road Safety, Vol.21(4), pp.36-42
2010
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Public Health and Health Services Transportation and Freight Services Psychology occupational road safety work-related road safety safety ownership driver behaviour questionnaire
Questionnaires and interviews were conducted with employees and senior managers from three Australian organisations to explore the relationship between perceived managerial ownership of safety responsibilities and occupational road safety. It was found that the perceived authority of the person primarily responsible for managing road risks and perceived shared ownership of safety tasks were both significant independent predictors of safer driving behaviours. It was identified that the position of the person accepting primary risk management responsibilities was typically a member of the occupational health and safety (OHS) team and typically in a management position. The extent that ownership was shared across members within the researched organisations varied, with personnel from OHS and fleet management typically accepting partial ownership of managing occupational road risks. Based on the findings, several recommendations are made to assist practitioners in managing occupational road risks

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