January 20, 2012
Employers usually make an "after the fact" reaction to cell phone use that result in distracted driving accidents. The mounting liability for employers may soon change their attitude to adopt an improved cell phone safety culture.
Employers who have no policy in-place seem to be in the majority. There was a survey by ZoomSafer (an organization that offers products to actively stop cellphone use while driving.) Their survey of over 500 business managers reveals that 32% of companies have knowledge or evidence of vehicle crashes that happened as a result of distractions from an employee’s use of cell phone while driving. Of the 54% of the companies with a defined cell phone policy, more than half created that policy only after an incident occurred.
Employers are now faced with a triple threat of legal actions including: workers' compensation claims from their employees, liability law suits from the innocent individual who was injured, and now an OSHA fine. We at Gregory & Appel think it is time for safety training and that our clients should be adopting a safety policy that clarified the issue of distracted driving.
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