In the light of the report of the Government's independent Work Related Road Safety Task Group (Entitled: Reducing at work road traffic incidents, R Dykes (Ch), publisher: HSE Books, 2001), together with other key players in occupational safety and road safety fields, RoSPA has been working to establish the 'Occupational Road Safety Alliance' (ORSA). The aim has been to facilitate networking and to encourage a combined approach to raising awareness among employers and others of the business and the safety case for managing occupational road risk (MORR). ORSA's broad aims are to facilitate networking between key stakeholders; encourage joint working to raise awareness in organisations of the need for action on work related road safety; promote the exchange of information on new initiatives and best practice; establish a statement of common goals; organise events; and establish technical co-operation. The paper includes a list of 66 ORSA organisations and their web addresses. ORSA is a 'virtual organisation', a network bringing together key players from the occupational and road safety communities to help sustain the momentum generated by the Dykes Report and to work towards a co-ordinated national effort to make risk on the road while at work part of mainstream health and safety management and regulation. For the covering abstract see ITRD E119888. This paper may also be accessed by Internet users at: http://www.rospa.com/CMS/viewarticle.asp?article=3850&scheme=7
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