Oregon OSHA to offer vehicle safety workshop

In an effort to create safer workplaces for workers who drive as a part of their job, the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division has announced it will introduce a training workshop called Managing Your Vehicle Safety Program.

The workshop will be presented in Beaverton on April 6, from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Portland Community College Capital Center, which is located at 18624 N.W. Walker Road.

The workshop covers creating and maintaining a driver safety program, vehicle safety, fleet management safety, accident investigation, and material handling. Participants will also review the Oregon OSHA safety requirements for commercial and industrial vehicles. Oregon OSHA safety regulations address both commercial vehicles - such as cars, pickup, flatbed or dump trucks, public utility trucks, work crew vans or worker transport buses - and industrial vehicles meant for non-highway use including loaders, lumber carriers and forklifts.

Oregon data for work-related fatalities between 1993 and 2002 places highway motor vehicle accidents as the largest group of fatal accidents, causing 127 deaths during that decade. Nationally, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that highway motor vehicle crashes account for one-quarter of all fatal work injuries.

To register for the training workshop, interested parties can fax a request to 503-947-7462, or register on the Oregon OSHA Web site, located at http://www.orosha.org.

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