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Can Your Business Survive The Skyrocketing Costs Of Traffic Crashes?
Each year, traffic crashes cost U.S. companies over $53 billion. In Utah, there are approximately 300 fatalities each year due to traffic crashes. A motor vehicle crash occurs in Utah about every 8 minutes, and traffic accidents are the number one cause of death in the workplace. (Source: Utah's Department of Public Safety, 2009 Crash Facts Report)
Every company is vulnerable to traffic crashes. When an employee is involved in a crash, either on or off the job, costs are incurred. Like many employers, you may not even realize the countless direct and hidden expenses of crashes. These can have a devastating impact on your financial stability. In addition to health care and property damage, consider other substantial costs such as temporary staff, lower productivity, and higher insurance premiums.
The Solution: Utah NETS!
An effective employee traffic safety program through the National Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS) can help control these costs and save lives. The Utah Safety Council works with NETS to reduce traffic crashes, the primary cause of lost work time and employee fatalities. Utah NETS helps employers implement well-developed policies, dynamic workplace programs, and community activities. Utah NETS can enhance the quality of life and reduce traffic crashes in your organization.
The workplace is a natural setting for distributing traffic safety messages. As an employer, you can help your employees avoid traffic injuries and deaths, while protecting the bottom line profits of your business. By developing policies, offering incentives, and educating employees, companies can save lives and costs associated with traffic crashes. By increasing traffic safety in your organization, you demonstrate your concern for the well being of each employee and their families.
Benefits and Advantages of Being a Utah NETS Member
- Utah Safety Council members can join NETS for FREE!
- Quarterly Mailings
- Resources to implement comprehensive traffic safety programs within your organization
- Seasonal mailers which include fact sheets, newsletters and ideas for promoting traffic safety
- Triennial Newsletters
- Traffic Safety Management Seminar | May 19, 2011
- Occupant Protection Award (Application Part 1 & Part 2)
- Free Presentations: Defensive Driving, Winter Driving, etc
The Utah Safety Council urges companies to take advantage of this opportunity to encourage employees to prevent one of the most common, but also one of the most easily prevented causes of injury and death. The Utah Safety Council has numerous traffic safety brochures and pamphlets available to the public. Quantities are limited. For free program materials and information, companies located in Utah may contact Jennifer Marsden, Information Specialist for the Utah Safety Council at (800) 933-5943 ext. 303, or e-mail her at jmarsden@utahsafetycouncil.org.
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Join NETS now for free online! or you can download an application and fax or mail it to us.
For companies located outside of Utah, please contact NETS National at (703) 891-6005 or visit the NETS National Home Page to locate your state's NETS coordinator.
