Transcript Document

Driving Forward Road Safety at
Work in Scotland
Presented
by:
Dr Karen McDonnell
THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS
The Scottish Occupational Road Safety Alliance (ScORSA) was created to raise awareness of the management of
occupational road risk (MORR) and to promote occupational road safety to companies within Scotland. This
unique initiative is an online website which provides an information hub for businesses and signposts companies
to information, resources and free practical support to promote MORR within their organisation. As businesses
and drivers become more aware of their responsibilities, this will have a tremendous impact in reducing road
casualty figures in Scotland.
ScORSA is the fruit of a multi-partner working group initiated by RoSPA to help small and medium businesses get
to grips with the issues surrounding occupational road risk. The website not only provides a wealth of information
on road safety and step by step risk assessments but also provides access to free practical support from the
Scottish Centre for Healthy Working Lives and to local road safety officers.
There are no costs involved in joining ScORSA. Companies wishing to join, simply sign up to the ScORSA
Statement. This will allow them to enjoy free unique ScORSA resources including a free licence to 10 online
psychometric driver profilers.
Being a ScORSA member will enable organisation to be part of our endeavour to Drive Forward Road Safety in
Scotland.
RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries
Work Related Road Safety
‘Managing the Risk’
• 1996 RoSPA Key Issue MORR
• 2003 HSE/DfT Driving at Work Guidance
• 2005 Partnership on Health and Safety in Scotland
• 2007 Scottish Action Plan on Health and Safety
• 2008 Partnership working between SCHWL/RoSPA
Work Related Road Safety Seminars
RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries
Work Related Road Safety
‘Managing the Risk’
"Companies have a major role to play in the health and
safety of their employees, no matter what tasks they
undertake. This is especially true when operating
potentially dangerous machinery, and driving for
work should not be treated any differently. I
welcome this seminar and hope that as many
companies as possible attend to benefit from the
expertise which RoSPA has built up in this particular
area over a number of years.“
Mr Stewart Stevenson MSP, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and
Climate Change.
RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries
Work Related Road Safety
‘Managing the Risk’
• MORR profiled as a major occupational health issue
• Highlighted that employers respond positively to
networking opportunities and share best practice where
there are identifiable business benefits
• Confirmed that key players can work effectively
together influencing the agenda and effecting change
RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries
Work Related Road Safety
‘Managing the Risk’
• Recommendations
• 1:1 follow up, what actions taken in relation to MORR
issues since attendance
• Action plan for establishing a Scottish Occupational
Road Safety Alliance (ScORSA)
• Update Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and
Climate Change
RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries
• Steering Group, RoSPA, SCHWL, Road Safety
Scotland, IRSO,SFRS, ACPOS, HSE, SAS, South
Lanarkshire Council, Glasgow City Council, IOSH,
Argyll and Bute Council, SCSN, FTA, Scottish Borders
Council, IAM.
• Links established with; STUC, ALARM,ABI, RoADAR,
SaFeD, 400+ organisations.
RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries
• Facilitate networking between key stakeholders
• Encourage joint working to raise awareness in
organisations of the need for action on work related
road safety
• Promote the exchange of information on new initiatives
and best practise
• Establish a statement of common goals
RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries
• Promote ScORSA and best practice at partner events
• Contribute to the delivery of Scotland’s Road Safety
Framework to 2020 and to the GB National Strategy
beyond 2010
• Sign up to the European Road Safety Charter
• Provide free resources
RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries
Statement
‘We believe that employers should manage at-work road
risk within the framework that they should already have
in place for all other occupational health and safety
risks’
RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries
• Target audience: SME and ‘grey’ fleet
• ‘Managing Occupational Road Safety: an opportunity
for your business’
• Cycle of continuous improvement
• Proactive Road Safety culture
• On-line sign up to capture baseline, annual return to
keep link, build ‘what work’s’ evidence base.
RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries
RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries
• Do any of your staff drive for work?
• Do you know the range of vehicles driven for work
purposes?
• Do you know how many miles your employees drive
each year for work purposes?
• Are your works vehicles being damaged whilst in use?
• Do they use bicycles or motorcycles?
RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries
• Yes????
• Develop a short statement about your organisations
approach to road safety
• Communicate it to your employees
• Issue a driver’s handbook
• Cover any issues regarding grey fleet (own vehicle use
by employees)
RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries
• ScORSA resources
• MORR Guide for SME’s
• Driver’s Handbook
• Risk assessment guidance
• Grey Fleet Guide
• Free to download with option to add own company logo.
• Free Driver profiler
RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries
• Free advice and support
• HWL Advisers
• Road Safety Officer Network
• [email protected]
• Scotland’s Health and Safety Community
RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries
European Road Safety Charter
‘The Scottish Occupational Road Safety Alliance will
proactively encourage businesses in Scotland of all
sizes, particularly SME’s to carry out action plans to
improve safety on Scotland’s roads and to share their
good practice with all other organisations that share the
same vision’
RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries
• Next steps
• Raise profile of MORR within OSH curriculum
• Secure ‘buy-in’ from other stakeholders who can
influence the agenda; insurance, leasing agencies,
DVLA, fleet suppliers
• Lobby for MORR to become embedded within contractor
selection process.
• Take forward RoSPA Young Driver at Work research
RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries
• Identify mentoring opportunities
• Uniform MORR policies/procedures across sectors
• Reduction in MORR related fatalities/injuries nationally
RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries
‘Encourage and support the Royal Society for the
Prevention of Accidents (Scotland) with the formation of
the Scottish Occupational Road Safety Alliance in order
to raise employers awareness of the need to have a
policy on the Management of Occupational Road Risk’
Scotland’s Road Safety Framework to 2020
RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries
All contractors working for the Scottish Government to
have a MORR policy in place’
Scotland’s Road Safety Framework to 2020 (medium term)
RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries
Opportunities for partnership working
Opportunity to become ‘part of the MORR solution’
Opportunity to contribute to a reduction in MORR related
fatalities and injuries
www.scorsa.org.uk
RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries
Thank you