Your Responsibility

As you know, all employers are required by the Health and Safety at Work Act to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare of their employees while at work and to ensure that other people are not put at risk by their employees’ activities.

Penalties for employers who have failed in their duty of care towards their employees can range from serious fines to imprisonment. Additionally, the detrimental effect of negative publicity can far outweigh all other costs.

So how does that relate to driving at work?

The Health and Safety Executive makes it clear (in INDG382 ‘Driving at Work’) that a vehicle used for an employer’s business (whoever the owner) is a place of work and all Health and Safety legislation applies. The only exception is the requirement to report under RIDDOR, although section 5 of the Management Regulations clearly states that all accidents at work (including vehicle accidents) should be investigated and the results of investigations used to review and improve Health and Safety practices.

These considerations all have the potential to add substantially to the manager’s workload.

The ManORR range of products and services has been developed to help employers achieve compliance with Health and Safety legislation, combining good vehicle management with good health and safety management. The result is designed to satisfy the ‘duty of care’ requirements of the health and safety legislation in relation to driving at work, and also deliver significant commercial benefits.

A good starting point towards compliance is to sign up for FREE use of our UK based Incident Reporting Line,
available 24 hours a day and offering guidance on
  • when to call emergency services
  • safety procedures
  • legal responsibilities
  • information gathering
  • avoiding becoming victim of a staged accident or fraudulent claim

Do your employees drive at work?

So how does that relate to driving at work?