Truck Safety Tests by IIHS – Important to Workers
April, 2016
Dear Care for Crash Victims Community Members:
An excellent article, showing a video of an IIHS crash test, conveys the importance of truck safety to workers and companies.
“Both consumers and businesses should pay attention to the IIHS tests, safety experts said.
“These ratings are terribly important,” said Clarence Ditlow, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety. “If I was a fleet manager, I would make sure I had my workers in the safest one. It also will save companies money over the long run.”
Beyond preventing injury, using safer vehicles reduces lost work time, workers’ compensation insurance claims and liability risk, Ditlow said.” See
https://www.trucks.com/2016/04/12/ford-f-150-pickup-truck-earns-top-safety-rating/
The National Safety Council’s 2015 Injury Facts reports that at work about 1,500 motor vehicle deaths and 100,000 injuries occur each year. The NSC estimates the economic costs to be nearly $24 billion in 2013.
That is about 4 motor vehicle deaths at work per day in the U.S.A. today.
Lou
