Motor Vehicle Safety
Truck drivers and workers in pickup trucks often travel between oil and gas wells located on rural highways which often lack firm road shoulders, rumble strips, and, occasionally, pavement.
Oil and gas workers often are on 8- or 12-hour shifts, working 7--14 days in a row. Fatigue has been identified as one of the most important risk factors in motor-vehicle crashes. A targeted program that addresses fatigue among workers in this 24-hour industry might reduce motor-vehicle crashes and fatalities.
To reduce the number of vehicle accidents to oil and gas industry drivers, do the following:
- Require employees to wear seat belts when they are traveling in company vehicles.
- Develop and implement a company vehicle safety program for all employees, including supervisors, crew members, sales personnel, etc.
- Instruct employees to comply with all highway safety regulations and to reduce driving speed during inclement weather and when road conditions have deteriorated.
- Stress to employees that operating vehicles while fatigued is dangerous to themselves, their passengers, and others that may encounter their vehicle. Make sure that employees understand that management does not want them driving if they are too fatigued to drive safely.
- Ensure vehicles are properly maintained, such as making sure the brakes are in good working order and the tire pressure is at an appropriate level.
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