Seatbelts……

A Good Choice

State Mine Inspectors Office – 2010

Every Year…

Thousands of vehicles are involved in motor vehicle accidents.

Some are private, personally owned vehicles.

Some are company owned vehicles used for work.

No Matter!

But it doesn’t matter who owns the vehicle, statistics show you have a much better chance of surviving an accident if you use your seatbelt and stay in the vehicle.

Off Road Vehicles

The same is true for mining, construction and Off Road vehicles. Cabs are designed to protect the driver and passengers as long as they are located in the vehicle.

Seatbelts keep you in the vehicle.

January 8, 2008. The truck over-traveled the edge of the dump and rolled down the spoil slope approximately 140 feet.

Who Survived??

Who Survived??

August 4, 2007. Haul truck ran thru berm and traveled approximately 200 feet to bottom of pit.

Which one Survived?

Why???

Even though there was much more damage to this haul truck, the operator was wearing his seatbelt, which kept him in the cab. He escaped with minor injuries.

2008 Seat Belt Statistics

In 2008, seat belt use stood at 83%, up from 82% in 2007.

Seat belt use increased to 90% on expressways and remained at 80% for surface streets.

In states where rear seat belt use was not required in 2008, only 66% of adult passengers wore their seat belts while sitting in the backseat. In states where rear seat belt was required, 85% of adult backseat passengers buckled up.

Source: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Recent incident -

No Injuries….still belted into seat…

The Odds are Against YOU!

Fifty-five percent of those killed in passenger vehicle occupant crashes in 2008 were not wearing a seat belt. Sixty-four percent of those killed during the night were unrestrained, compared to 45% during the day.

Source: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Who Survived?

Who Survived?

Neither the driver or the passenger was wearing a seatbelt. The driver was able to hang onto the steering wheel and stay in the cab and survived the roll over. The passenger was ejected thru the windshield on impact and later died.

What is Wyoming’s Seatbelt Law?

Each driver and passenger of a motor vehicle operated in this state shall wear, and each driver of a motor vehicle shall require that a passenger under twelve (12) years of age shall wear, a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt when the motor vehicle is in motion on public streets and highways.

Wyoming State Statute 31-5-1401(a)

What is Wyoming’s Seatbelt Law?

The Wyoming Seatbelt Coalition estimates the economic impact of traffic crashes on the state in 2007 was $441 million.

Seat belts, the coalition notes, reduce serious injury by 45 to 50 percent in cars and 60 percent in pickups, minivans and sport utility vehicles (SUVs).

As of 2008, Wyoming is among the least successful states in the nation in getting its citizens to buckle up.

What are you reasons?

Do you wear a seatbelt? If you don’t, why?

Does Your Company Have a Policy? ALL companies have mandatory seat belt

policies for company vehicles. It’s also the law.

Yet, in Wyoming, many “work place” fatalities actually happen on the highway.

These drivers are NOT wearing seatbelts!

Did he survive?

Wear Your Seatbelt!

If not for you……

Do it for them…..