Reducing road risk using journey management

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• Personal Author:
  Pratt R ; Retzer, Kyla D. ; Tate D
• Description:
  The journey management procedure (JMP), a component of a comprehensive motor vehicle safety management program, has been used effectively to reduce motor vehicle crashes in the oil and gas extraction industry. However, despite advocacy and resources from the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (OGP), many oil and gas extraction companies, particularly in the United States, do not yet have a JMP in place. Journey management has clear safety benefits. It begins at the highest level in the "hierarchy of controls," elimination of the hazard, by questioning the need for any journey by road, and progresses to consideration of how to meet transportation needs while minimizing exposure to road traffic hazards. Moreover, a robust JMP has several features that will be attractive to top managers. The organization can realize cost savings in a number of ways: reduced fuel costs due to foregone and consolidated trips, reduced wear and tear on vehicles, reduced liability, and increased efficiency. These positive outcomes can also be linked to larger organizational goals related to the environment and sustainability. The value of journey management is not limited to the oil and gas industry. Journey management principles can be applied in any industry and any operating environment. The process may be less complex for an organization with fleet operations limited to passenger vehicles, but the prospects for reducing injury risk and liability and operating more efficiently are no less important. Further efforts are needed to inform all organizations that operate motor vehicles about the potential safety benefits of journey management. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Minerals Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Gas Industry Motor Vehicles Oil Industry Risk Management Safety Practices Safety Programs
• Publisher:
  American Society of Safety Engineers
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Florida ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 8 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  WSO - Western States Office
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-13
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20048525
• Citation:
  Safety 2014: Proceedings of the 2014 ASSE Professional Development Conference, June 8-11, 2014, Orlando, Florida. Des Plaines, IL: American Society of Safety Engineers, ASSE-14-732, 2014 Jun; :1-13
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Oil and Gas Extraction
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Safety 2014: Proceedings of the 2014 ASSE Professional Development Conference, June 8-11, 2014, Orlando, Florida
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:526e26508bfb9ae290c1296ba20c1fc9a1e68ec1e7c80c49ad83ca89a4bdeffa57e2e3619d2eb5052ebabb7906c8ce006606a3b13bc405f0d0ae60bdb5363ed4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/203265/cdc_203265_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 196.21 KB ]