Workers operating light motor vehicles are at significant risk of being injured on the road. However, limited lessons have been learnt for preventing incidents. We have learnt from other safety critical environments that a systems thinking approach is required as a first step to better understand incidents so that feasible and practicable control measures are identified to mitigate the risk of future incidents. The Monash Accident Research Centre (MUARC) in collaboration with WorkSafe Victoria developed a prototype ‘systems thinking’ tool to review and revise control measures to prevent and manage light vehicle work-related driving incidents. This presentation (i) describes the methodology underpinning development of the tool (ii) illustrates application of the tool for guiding a systems-thinking investigation of a work-related driving incidents involving a light vehicle.

Presenter

Associate Professor Sharon Newnam, Associate Director, Systems Safety Team, MUARC