Driving the message home

摘要

The most dangerous threat to American workers is not in the office or on the plant floor,but on the road.Work-related motor vehicle crashes have been the leading cause of on-the-job deaths in the United States since at least 1992,according to NIOSH.Between 1992 and 2001 motor vehicle crashes accounted for 13,337 worker deaths-an annual average of 1,300 deaths,NIOSH reported.And in 2002,vehicle-related incidents accounted for 43 percent of the 4,900 preventable deadis at U.S.workplaces,according to National Safety Council data.