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Traffic
Crashes and Employers – Do you Know the REAL
Cost?
Thursday,
February 26, 2004
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Do
You Know What Traffic Crashes Cost Your Organization?
Traffic
crashes are the leading cause of death from unintentional
injury in the general population and also in the workplace.
This seminar provides an overview of the total cost
of motor vehicle crashes to employers. Crashes that
occurred both on and off the job cost employers nearly
$60 billion in 2000. It may surprise many employers
to realize that one-third of these costs (or $20 billion)
resulted from off-the-job injuries to workers and
their dependents.
What
You Can Expect to Learn in this E-Seminar?
- The
magnitude of the motor vehicle crash problem
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The significant impact of this problem on employers
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Methods for determining the specific impact on your
organization
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A plan of action for developing a solution
Both
presenters will be available following the seminar
presentations to respond to questions from participants.
Featured Presenters:
Kathleen
A. Konicki is the Director of Associate Safety for
Nationwide Insurance, one of the largest multiple-line
insurers in the United States. She joined Nationwide,
which is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, in 1998.
In her capacity as Director of Safety, Konicki works
closely with Nationwide’s Fleet Administration
and Risk Management offices to control the potential
liabilities associated with approximately 5,800 company
drivers. Konicki designed and implemented a fleet
safety program for Nationwide’s employee drivers
that has significantly reduced the human and financial
consequences of traffic crashes. She continues to
design and implement refinements to Nationwide programs
that encourage all employees to adopt safe driving
habits. Prior to joining Nationwide, Konicki served
as the president of her own environmental, health
and safety consulting business, Meridian Associates,
Inc. Before that, she served as vice president for
a large, multinational engineering and consulting
firm. She has a total of over 25 years of experience
in the environmental, health and safety arena. Konicki
is just beginning her two-year term as the Chair of
the NETS National Board of Directors.
Michael W. Heembrock, CSP, is Vice President and manages
the Commercial Auto and Workers Compensation Loss
Control Services of the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies,
a leading worldwide property and casualty insurer.
Heembrock received both his B.S. and M.S. degrees
in Industrial Safety and for the past 27 years has
been employed by Chubb in various Loss Control positions
around the country. His job has brought him into contact
with thousands of businesses seeking to reduce their
exposure to operational losses. Heembrock is a Certified
Safety Professional, a member of the American Society
of Safety Engineers and the National Safety Management
Society. He is co-chair of the Loss Control Roundtable
of the American Insurance Association and serves as
a member of the task force developing a voluntary
standard for fleet safety management for the American
National Standards Institute. He is just completed
a two-year term as Chair of the Network of Employers
for Traffic Safety National Board of Directors.
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Drive
Safely Work Week 2005