Road Safety
- Publication no: AP-R561-18
- ISBN: 978-1-925671-31-5
- Published: 15 March 2018
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Work health and safety legislation in Australia and New Zealand defines vehicles as a workplace. Vehicle use in road traffic is by far the most significant contributor to work-related traumatic injury.
This report discusses the context within which work health and safety and road traffic safety currently intersect, and the process followed during the preparation of a work health and safety guide. The report includes an engagement strategy to support ongoing work in the area and is itself supported by a communications plan and evaluation plan.
The draft work health and safety guide provided in this report closes a gap in the provision of work health and safety guidance on managing vehicle use in road traffic. It provides pointers on how to address road traffic as a hazard, and on the hazards that are likely to be encountered in the use of vehicles in road traffic.
- Summary
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Approach
- 2.1. Context
- 2.2. Process
- 2.2.1. Preliminary workshop
- 2.2.2. Stakeholder workshop
- 2.3. Survey
- 2.3.1. Results
- 2.3.2. Conclusions
- 3. Deliverables
- 3.1. WHS Guide
- 3.1.1. Consultation
- 3.1.2. Content
- 3.2. Engagement Strategy
- 3.3. Communications plan
- 3.4. Evaluation plan
- 3.4.1. Process evaluation
- 3.4.2. Impact/outcome evaluation
- 4. Conclusions and Recommendations
- References
- Appendix A Stakeholder Workshop Record
- A.1 Vehicles as Workplace, Stakeholder Workshop, 25 July 2017
- A.1.1 Summary of Discussion
- A.1.2 Structure, scope and alignment of draft Guide
- A.1.3 Treatment of risk management and RTS issues
- A.1.4 Worked examples
- A.1.5 Engagement, work program, evaluation and communications
- A.1.6 Questionnaire
- A.2 Vehicles as Workplace, Stakeholder Workshop
- Agenda
- A.2.1 Workshop Attendees
- Appendix B Survey Questionnaire
- Appendix C Work Health and Safety Guide: Managing Vehicle Use in Road Traffic [Draft]
- C.1 Introduction
- C.1.1 Who has a duty?
- C.1.2 What vehicles does my organisation have WHS responsibility for?
- C.2 Purpose and scope
- C.2.1 Purpose of this Guide
- C.2.2 Relationship between road traffic safety and work health and safety
- C.2.3 WHS law
- C.2.4 Road traffic law
- C.2.5 Vehicle as a workplace
- C.3 Principles
- C.3.1 Compliance with road traffic law
- C.3.2 Managing road traffic risks
- C.3.3 Hierarchy of control applied to road traffic
- C.3.4 Establishing a robust system supported by a culture of safety
- C.4 Process
- C.4.1 Step 1: List the extent and type of exposure
- C.4.2 Step 2: Identify opportunities to eliminate or substitute safer travel
- C.4.3 Step 3: Determine remaining exposure to road traffic hazards
- C.4.4 Step 4: Identify the particular hazards associated with each vehicle group
- C.4.5 Step 5: Develop controls
- C.4.6 Step 6: Document and implement policies and procedures
- C.4.7 Step 7: Conduct periodic reviews
- C.4.8 Guidance for small business
- C.5 Road traffic safety hazards
- C.5.1 Inadequate journey planning
- C.5.2 Roads providing inadequate protection
- C.5.3 Vehicles providing inadequate protection
- C.5.4 Speed in excess of safe exposure thresholds
- C.5.5 Unauthorised drivers
- C.5.6 Unsafe drivers
- C.5.7 Non-use or misuse of personal protective equipment
- C.5.8 Inadequate post-crash responses
- C.6 Glossary
- C.7 Resources
- C.8 Attachments
- C.8.1 Case Study: Applying the hierarchy of control to a common road traffic hazard
- C.8.2 Case Study: Big Firm Electronics
- C.8.3 Case Study: Small Pizza Company
- Appendix D Engagement Strategy
- D.1 Purpose
- D.2 Goal
- D.3 Environment
- D.3.1 Estimation of work-related road trauma
- D.3.2 Responsibilities for preventing work-related road trauma
- D.3.3 Strategies to prevent work-related road trauma
- D.4 Elements
- D.4.1 Better information on work-related road traffic injury
- D.4.2 Shared results for preventing work-related road traffic injury
- D.4.3 Coordinated national work programs
- D.4.4 Leadership by example
- D.5 Support
- D.6 Communications Plan
- D.6.1 Responsibilities
- D.6.2 Audience
- D.6.3 Objective
- D.6.4 Key messages
- D.6.5 Activity
- D.6.6 Timing
- D.7 Evaluation Plan
- D.7.1 Process evaluation
- D.7.2 Impact/outcome evaluation
- D.7.3 Information and data