Motor vehicle crash injuries on and off the job cost employers nearly $60 billion annually. One-third of this cost results from off-the-job injuries to workers and their dependents. Now, employers can reduce these costs and protect their employees and their families. Traffic safety work-life programs educate employees about safe driving behaviors both on and off the job, while creating a supportive work environment that addresses the growing need of employees to balance their professional and personal lives. Workshop participants will learn how to:

• Use NETS Work-Life Resources to reduce the crash risks associated with employees and their families.
• Safeguard their organization’s greatest assets—their employees and their families.
• Strengthen employee morale with a strategy that is of real value to the organization’s bottom line.

This one-day DSWW Workshop will bring together loss control and risk management experts, human resource and EAP providers, traffic safety experts to address how off-the-job crashes involving employees and their dependents impact organizations. Learn from the nation’s top employers how and why they’ve integrated traffic safety into their corporate work-life programs. Topics that will be addressed include: child passenger safety, teen driving, underage drinking and driving, older drivers, as well as motorcycle, pedestrian and bicycle safety.

NETS Work-Life resources will be provided to all workshop participants.

DSWW Workshop participants are employers from both the public and private sectors committed to protecting their workforce by reducing motor vehicle crashes and the associated injuries and fatalities that occur off-the-job.

The DSWW Workshop is designed for those who manage a fleet of vehicles, oversee a mobile sales force, or simply employ commuters. Participants typically represent various professional disciplines that include:

The Baltimore World Trade Center
Maryland Room, 21st Floor
One West Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD  21201

Workshop attire is business casual (short sleeve shirts and long pants).

9:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m.

Welcome & Opening Remarks:

Driving the Message Home: Make Traffic Safety Work-Life Initiatives Work for Your Business

Description: Each year there are an estimated 6 million crashes that occur on our nation’s roadways—many involve members of the workforce, their children, relatives, friends, co-workers or neighbors. These crashes cause a disruption in the workplace through absenteeism, lowered employee morale, lost productivity, loss of institutional knowledge and retraining. This session will show employers how to extend occupational safety programs to include off-the-job traffic safety initiatives.

Speakers:
Elyce Biddle, PhD (Economist), Chief, Methods and Analysis Team, Division of Safety Research, NIOSH

10:15 a.m.-10:30 a.m.