75 words each

1. Explain how reactive strategies can negatively impact safety measures and training within an organization that controls fleet operations. How can proactive determinations help mitigate future on-the-job accidents and reduce the overall impact of the cost to the company from safety issues?

2. There are multiple direct and indirect costs to employers who manage fleets when on-the-job accidents happen with employees. Calculate the total cost to an employer whose driver was involved in an accident with $8,459 of direct costs. Provide examples of indirect costs used in your calculation. Show your calculations.

3. Describe how the Safety Measurement System (SMS) assists companies with identifying the seven most important safety issues that drivers face and determining which solutions are applicable to improve driver performance.

4. Describe how companies can utilize a cost-benefit analysis to effectively budget for future safety training within the organization.

Answer preview

1. Reactive strategies can impact safety measures negatively as the individual employees focus on the measures after the occurrence of the accident instead of working on to prevent the occurrence of such risks (Haight, 2015). Training employees are not as effective since learning can only be affected by the occurrence of the risk…

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