SEPT 2021 - Motor vehicle crashes are the leading case of work-related deaths in the U.S. Millions of workers, such as long-haul truck drivers, sales representatives, and home health care staff, drive or ride in a motor vehicle as part of their jobs. The type of company or job doesn’t matter— the risk is there.

About every twelve minutes, someone in the U.S. dies from a motor vehicle crash. Unfortunately, many of those accidents are work-related and not always isolated to open roads. Trying to prevent these fatalities is one part of motor vehicle safety, but there are a number of risk factors that need to be addressed in order to reduce the total number of accidents.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Define properly what is a vehicle
• Describe the specific certifications required depending on the vehicle in question
• Demonstrate through case studies the root cause of vehicle accidents/fatalities
• Describe the training requirements for vehicle safety
• Explain defensive driving techniques

Who Should Attend?

Health and Safety Professionals, Industrial Hygienists, Safety Engineers, Compliance Officers, Registered Environmental Health Specialists, Health and Safety Committee Members, Supervisors, Risk Managers, Loss Control Specialists, Agricultural Managers., Fleet Managers.

Agenda *

Topics

• Leaders commitment to road safety
• Policies to guide everyone’s actions to promote road safety
• Journey management
• Preventing distracted driving
• Preventing drowsy driving
• Preventing impaired driving
• Driver selection
• Driver training
• Driver evaluation
• Safe and well-maintained vehicles

*Subject to modification

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Payment Terms

(rev. 11/6/09):

Substitutions may be made without additional charge. Cancellations must be in writing. Refund schedule:

• Cancellation 15 or more business days before the class 80% of the registration fee
• Cancellation 7-14 business days before the class 50%
• Cancellation less than 7 days before the class and "no shows" No refund

If course materials such as books have been sent to course participants in advance, the cost of that material will be subtracted from the refund.

UCLA reserves the right to postpone an offering 7 days prior to the course date should minimum enrollment requirements not be met. If a program is canceled, you will be notified and your registration fee will be refunded in full, less the cost of course materials sent in advance if they are not returned in the condition in which they were received. The liability of UCLA is limited to the course fee.