❓ Hon. Sally Talbot asks about truck driver fatalities in regional WA and the reporting process between police and WorkSafe. The Minister for Commerce provides figures on work-related road fatalities for truck drivers and other occupations in 2014-15.
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TRUCK
DRIVERS — FATALITIES — REGIONAL WESTERN AUSTRALIA
714. Hon SALLY TALBOT to the
Minister for Commerce:
I refer to the number of truck driver
fatalities in regional Western Australia.
(1) Do the police
report to WorkSafe all road crash incident fatalities
involving someone who is on the job; and, if not, why not?
(2) How many truck drivers have been
killed on the job in 2014–15 to date?
(3) How many
workers of all other occupation categories have been killed in a road traffic
incident while on the job in 2014–15 to date?
DRIVERS — FATALITIES — REGIONAL WESTERN AUSTRALIA
714. Hon SALLY TALBOT to the
Minister for Commerce:
I refer to the number of truck driver
fatalities in regional Western Australia.
(1) Do the police
report to WorkSafe all road crash incident fatalities
involving someone who is on the job; and, if not, why not?
(2) How many truck drivers have been
killed on the job in 2014–15 to date?
(3) How many
workers of all other occupation categories have been killed in a road traffic
incident while on the job in 2014–15 to date?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question.
(1) No. The
police have the primary responsibility for the investigation of road
fatalities. Not all road fatalities involving workers give rise to a potential
breach of occupational safety and health legislation.
(2) Six.
(3) Zero.
question.
(1) No. The
police have the primary responsibility for the investigation of road
fatalities. Not all road fatalities involving workers give rise to a potential
breach of occupational safety and health legislation.
(2) Six.
(3) Zero.
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