MAINSTREAMING MORR:
Bringing risk on the road into mainstream H&S
Presented by:
Roger Bibbings
Occupational Safety Adviser
THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS
RoSPA’s mission
“RoSPA’s mission is to enhance the quality of life
by exercising a powerful influence for accident
prevention”
‘Key issues’ to date:
 managing occupational road risk (MORR)
 accident investigation (Acc Inv)
 director action on safety and health (DASH)
Road casualties G.B.
1981/85 average
1994/98 average
2003
Percentage reduction
KILLED
SERIOUSLY
INJURED
5,598
3,578
3,508
37
74,534
44,078
33,707
55
(approx 40 per cent increase in traffic volume)
Occupational road accidents: key points
 800 – 1000 deaths per annum (‘at work’
drivers/passengers/ pedestrians, other road
users) compared with 450 RIDDOR
 UK’s biggest occupational safety issue
 Excluded from mainstream H&S
management/enforcement
 Action needed on company cars and vans
 Prevention focused on management not just
drivers!
 MORR can contribute to national RS targets
(40% reduction KSI by 2010)
Who is at risk?
 Commercial vehicle
drivers
 Sales staff
 Service engineers
 Delivery workers
 Social workers
 Emergency services
 Local authority staff
 Bus and coach
drivers & passengers
 Voluntary workers
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Motorcycle couriers
Pizza delivery riders
Police
Paramedics
Government officials
Teachers
Vehicle recovery staff
Health workers
At-work pedestrians
Anyone on the road
as part of their job!!!!
MORR initiatives
 1996/7: RoSPA seminars (Esso/EEF)
 1998: RoSPA Guidance/ Stoke Court ‘Declaration’
 1999: input to ‘Tomorrow’s Roads’
 2000/2001: WRRSTG (Dykes report)
(www.hse.gov.uk/road/content/traffic1.pdf)
 2002: ORSA
 2003: New HSE/DfT guidance/RoSPA guidance 2nd edition
 2004: New ORSA website/work programme
Causes of road crashes?
IMMEDIATE:
 inappropriate
speed
 inattention
 falling asleep
 travelling too close
 drink/drugs
 adverse weather
 vehicle defects
 highway conditions
UNDERLYING:
 pressure/attitudes
 distractions/fatigue
 inadequate sleep
 congestion
 stress
 poor journey
planning
 poor maintenance
 poor routeing
Employer impact on crash risk
Exacerbate
 Too far
 Too fast (incentives to
speed etc)
 Unsafe routes
 Unsafe conditions
 Unsafe vehicles
 Stressed, tired,
untrained drivers
 Mobiles
 Poor H&S culture
Ameliorate
 Reducing exposure
 Clear policy on speed
 Journey planning
 Safer vehicles
 Driver assessment and
training
 Action to combat
fatigue
 ‘No mobile while
mobile’
 Clear MORR policies
 Leadership by example
The case for action
Ethics, CSR etc
Legal compliance
The ‘business case’
Company values..
 ‘Nothing
we do is so important that it
justifies injuring our employees or
members of the public’
Major Utility CEO
The legal context
Two sets of law.....
 HSW Act (‘safe system of work’, MHSW Regs
(risk assessment, management system)
(enforced by HSE/LAs but not on road)
plus
 Road Traffic Acts, Highway Code, C&U Regs etc
(enforced by police, concerned mainly with
driver behaviour)
New HSE/DfT guidance
‘Driving at Work’ - Sept ‘03
(Accessible at
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg382.pdf)
• Explains how H&S law applies on the road
• Suggests approaches to risk assessment
• Suggests control measures/performance
review
• Signposts further information
• Highlights the ‘business case’
From HSE caveat …
“…. HSC’s enforcement policy
statement recognises the need to
prioritise investigation and
enforcement action. Current
priorities, as set out in HSC’s strategic
plan, do not include work-related road
safety ….”
Threats to the business
 Accident costs
 Lost business
 Lost staff time
 Higher fleet premia
 Loss of morale
 Threat to corporate reputation
 Notices and/or prosecutions
 Common law claims
 Corporate manslaughter?
What are businesses doing?
MOST NOTHING AT ALL !!!!
but some….
 driver handbooks
 ‘how’s my driving?’
 licence checks
 negative penalties/positive incentives
 crash data analysis
 driver assessment
 DRIVER TRAINING…
Yes, OK BUT….
managing occupational
road risk is not driver
training….
Managing occupational road risk
means…
developing a
risk management approach,
i.e. putting in place the
policies, people, procedures
to
‘work the problem’ !!
Using the HSG65 framework
A
1. define policy objectives
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2. organise and train
D
3. plan and implement
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4. measure performance
T
5. review and feedback
Using risk assessment…
To help managers and/or drivers
understand:-
 1. ‘How, when, who, how bad etc?’
 2. Whether existing controls
adequate or more needed?
 3. Which risks to tackle first?
Generic risk assessment
Review risk enhancing features of:
 journey tasks
 vehicles
 drivers
Some key risk factors
 Journey task (speed? fatigue? routeing? weather,
night/day?)
 Vehicle (fit for purpose? properly maintained? Additional
features?)
 Driver ( age, experience? fitness/eyesight/stress?
crashes/points? attitudes/competence?)
Preferred approaches to risk control
1. eliminate
2. reduce
3. isolate
4. control
5. adapt
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meeting without moving
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change/mix mode
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reduce journeys/mileage
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reduce hours/distances
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optimise schedules
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plan ‘safer’ routes
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avoid adverse conditions
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specify ‘safer’ vehicles
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ensure maintenance
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assess driver fitness
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reduce distractions
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alcohol/drugs policies
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assess driver competence
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prioritised driver training
Supported by…
 Training for line-managers
 Information, guidance and supervision
 Performance targets/timescales
 Emergency procedures/personal safety
 Monitoring (from licence/vehicle checks to
‘black boxes’ to ‘how’s my driving?’)
 Crash/near-hit reporting/investigation
 Awards/incentives etc.
In-house policies needed for…
 Speed (all staff to comply with limits)
 Combating fatigue (preparation for driving, mileage limits,
caff/napping etc)
 Night/adverse weather driving (avoidance)
 Vehicle specs/maintenance (fit for person/purpose etc)
 Driver fitness (stress, ill health, eye sight..)
 Drugs/alcohol (including non- prescription medicines)
 Mobile phones etc etc (‘no mobile when mobile!’)
 Driver competence (higher grades for higher risk drivers?)
Data, data, data…
Fleet profile
Accidents/incidents
 Vehicles (by type)
 Reference
 Drivers (status, age,
 Claim? (claim no)
gender, experience,
 Incident date/time
enforcement, training etc)
 Vehicle type/reg no
 Journeys/miles
 Driver (name/gender/age)
 Accidents/incidents
 Location
 Severities
 Collision type
 Causes
 Blameworthy?
 Costs (insured/uninsured)
 Costs
Three key steps
1) Where are we now?
• Vehicles, drivers, miles, crashes, causes, costs?
• Management system (policy, organisation, planning,
monitoring, review)?
2) Set up a joint team (H&S, HR, Fleet, SRs etc)
3) Develop an ‘action plan’ to:
• develop ‘management system’,
• assess risks, prioritise interventions
• set standards, targets, timescales etc
• implement
• monitor, review and feed back lessons learned
Team working and partnership
 Professionals
 Drivers and safety reps
 Insurers/brokers (e.g. crash data feedback)
 Vehicle providers etc
 Local road safety organisations
 Sector peers
 MORR service providers…
RoSPA and MORR: where next?:
• Lobbying HSC/DfT to establish Dykes MkII
ORSA, membership, research group etc
• European liaison/international comparisons
• Focusing on ‘best practice’ via ORSA
• Lobbying to make MORR a higher priority
• ‘Meeting without moving’
• More MORR seminars/public speaking etc
• Progress review?
Government must …
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Accept WRRS is a major issue
Increase HSE resources for WRRS
Facilitate performance benchmarking
Link WRRS and site transport safety agendas
Enforce where necessary
Respond to worker/public complaints
Ensure liaison in crash investigations
Take high profile prosecutions
Lead the WRRS research agenda
Take a lead as exemplar employer
Some useful websites
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www.rospa.com (go ‘occupational safety’)
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www.orsa.org.uk
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www.morr.org.uk
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www.hse.gov.uk/roadsafety
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www.airso.org.uk
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www.roadsafe.com
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www.pacts.org.uk
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www.brake.org.uk
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www.larsoa.org
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www.rospa.com/drivertraining
Challenge everyone to …