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In The Winery
• Training videos Incident Reporting
a. Routinely reinforce safe driving practices.
Do your drivers know what to do (and what not
b. Be both informal (short talks at the begin- to do) in the event of an accident? An improper
ning of a shift) and more formal (classroom) in statement immediately following an accident could
nature. make your winery liable. It is important that you
establish procedures that inform your drivers how
c. Select topics and organize content ahead of to properly respond in the event of an accident.
time. You may want to consider obtaining legal advice
to document how your drivers are expected to
d. Test employees on what was covered. respond immediately after an accident. Drivers
Results should be documented and in each driv- should know:
ers file.
• How to respond to any immediate concerns
e. Follow a checklist to assure all topics are
consistently covered. • When they should notify someone
f. Include defensive driving. • Who they should call
.
g. Include what is considered distracted driving. • Who they should talk with
h. Require mandatory attendance and docu- • What they should say (or not say)
ment each driver’s file.
• What information they should gather
i. Utilize driver trainers along with monitored
probationary periods for all new hires. • Are there any additional steps they should take
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