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MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT Fig. 44-5. This type of award and accident record for each driver should be kept as a part of his personnel record The form is useful in administering a company award plan and in counseling accident repeaters. fort to rehabilitate him through counsel ling, retraining, closer supervision, or re assignment Many companies have a set policy of assessing penalties against drivers responsible for accidents on the theory that if safe driving is to be rewarded, then careless driving should be penalized If retraining, reassignment, or penalties fail to curb accidents for a driver, dis charge or assignment to nondnvmg duties will be m the best interests of both the firm and the employee getting worse He cun then plan his pro gram accordingly Accident frequency rates axe also of interest to management since they show how effectively the safety pro gram is working out (The National Fleet Safety Contest con ducted annually by the National Safety Council provides a monthly bulletin which gives the accident frequency rates of all fleets and thus provides a means for com parison of a company's experience with that of similar fleets ) Fleet accident frequency Selection of driven A useful accident control tool is the prac tice of computing the accident frequency rate of the fleet each month m terms of accidents per 100,000 vehicle miles Vehicle miles should be computed from odometer readings of all vehicles and not left to rough guesses based on route mileages un Substantial research has been conducted to determine whether or not an mdividual's ability to drive safely can be predicted. Such research has provided a considerable meas ure of information for the guidance of the employer less the operations of the fleet are stable For some jobs which include driving, from day to day The standard formula for such as that of sales representative or tech figuring a fleet accident rate is. nician, other qualifications unfortunately often outweigh the ability to drive safely, so Fleet reportable accidents X 100,000 that the prospective employee's competence accident rate vehicle-miles as a driver is investigated in incomplete By keeping a monthly record of frequency fashion or not at all rates, the safety supervisor can tell whether However, when a man is to be hired for group safety performance is improving or or assigned to a job which will require him 44-6