Report
Work-related road risks and legal liabilities: report for the Redland City Council
Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety - Queensland
2010
Abstract
Workplace serious injuries and deaths due to unsafe work practices are a substantial health and socioeconomic burden to the community, particularly in industries such as construction, agriculture and fishing, and transport and storage. Some 2000 individuals die each year from work-related causes and tens of thousands of individuals incur permanent disabling work related injuries and the direct (e.g., medical & legal) and indirect (e.g., lost productivity) cost to the Australian economy has been estimated between $32 billion and $57 billion annually.
A common cause of workplace injuries and deaths is occupational driving and work-related fatal road crashes comprise between 23 and 32% of work-related fatalities each year. A major safety concern across the various industry groups therefore involve deaths and injuries associated with work-related driving.
However, while organisations emphasise safety practices in most spheres of the workplace they often neglect work-related driving and lack appropriate policies to enhance safe driving practices.
Details
- Title
- Work-related road risks and legal liabilities: report for the Redland City Council
- Authors
- Gavan R Palk (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyJeremy D Davey (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyDarren E Wishart (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyBevan D Rowland (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publisher
- Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety - Queensland
- Date published
- 2010
- Organisation Unit
- Road Safety Research Collaboration; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99513753902621
- Output Type
- Report
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