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Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of on-the-job fatalities in America, accounting for half of federal worker deaths between 1992 and 2001. The U.S. Department of Labor and Department of Transportation launched the "Every Belt - Every Ride" campaign to encourage federal employees to wear seat belts whenever traveling for work, in order to reduce injuries and save lives. Seat belts cut the risk of death in a crash by 45% in cars and 60% in trucks/SUVs. However, 20% of Americans still do not wear seat belts as required. The campaign aims to remind federal workers of the importance of seat belt use while on public business.

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Sheet: Motor Vehicle Safety Facts

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of on-the-job fatalities in America, accounting for half of federal worker deaths between 1992 and 2001. The U.S. Department of Labor and Department of Transportation launched the "Every Belt - Every Ride" campaign to encourage federal employees to wear seat belts whenever traveling for work, in order to reduce injuries and save lives. Seat belts cut the risk of death in a crash by 45% in cars and 60% in trucks/SUVs. However, 20% of Americans still do not wear seat belts as required. The campaign aims to remind federal workers of the importance of seat belt use while on public business.

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FactSheet

Motor Vehicle Safety Facts


The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) in partnership with the Department of Transportation's National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) launched a promotional campaign, "Every Belt -
Every Ride" at the National Safety Congress, September 14, 2004 in New Orleans to
encourage federal workers to wear seat belts every time they ride in a vehicle on
public business.

Costs of Traffic Crashes • Every Belt – Every Ride seeks to remind federal
• Traffic crashes are the leading cause of on-the- employees of the life-saving value of seat belts
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job fatalities in America. and their obligation to use the safety devices in
• From 1992 to 2001, half the federal workers government vehicles, private cars and taxies,
who died on the job lost their lives in trans- whenever and wherever they go on public
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portation incidents. business.
• In Fiscal Year 2003, at least 28 federal workers
were killed in job-related traffic crashes and References
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3 Pegula, Paul S., Fatal Occupational Injuries to
about 8,000 more were injured.
Government Workers, 1992-2001, U.S. Department of
• Over the past five years, the U.S. government
Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2004.
has paid out nearly $75 million in medical and 2
Pegula, Paul S., Fatal Occupational Injuries to
compensation costs linked to federal employee
Government Workers, 1992-2001, U.S. Department of
injuries and deaths related to motor vehicle Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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crashes. 3
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs. Data prepared by OWCP
Seat Belts Save Lives for OSHA.
• Using seat belts cuts the risk of death by 45% 4
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Workers’
for people riding in cars and by as much as 60% Compensation Programs. Data prepared by OWCP
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for those traveling in trucks or SUVs. for OSHA.
• Seat belts save 14,000 lives each year and every 5
U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway
state in the nation has a law mandating seat Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for
belt use. But 20% of Americans still fail to buck- Statistics and Analysis, Safety Belt Use in 2003-Use
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le up. Rates in the States and Territories.
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• Federal employees are required to wear seat U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway
belts—every time they travel on public business Traffic Safety Administration, National Occupant
as passengers or drivers—by Executive Order Protection Use Survey, June 2003.
13043.

www.osha.gov

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