Work Auto Accident Training

Accidents happen. Your job as a driver is to avoid accidents, but they happen, and they must to be handled correctly.

If you are in a work auto accident

You are not financially responsible for damage to vehicles or other property
If you are injured, our insurance covers your injury
If the other driver(s) or passenger(s) are injured, insurance covers your injury
For insurance to cover these costs, you must take the correct steps if you are in an accident
If you do not take the proper steps after an accident, you put yourself and others at risk

Before beginning your drive, check vehicle and any load for safety, and tie-downs if applicable
Follow all traffic laws
Do not use phone, text, web browser, or any other electronic device, other than audible GPS navigation
- To set GPS navigation, find a safe place to park, park your vehicle, set navigation
- Begin driving again after GPS navigation is set up and operating properly
Keep a safe following distance
Do not wave people on or direct other drivers, bikers or pedestrians
Focus only on driving. Do not drive distracted

Any time you are driving a company vehicle you are driving for Eby Construction, whether working or not working
Any time you are driving during your workday you are driving for Eby Construction. This does not include your commute to and from work (see below)

In a personal vehicle, your first drive of the day, to get to work, is your commute to work. This commute is not driving for Eby Construction.
In a personal vehicle, your last drive away from work for the day is your commute from work. This commute is not driving for Eby Construction
In your personal vehicle, if you stop work in the middle of your shift and drive for a personal reason, you are not driving for Eby Construction
- A few examples of mid-shift personal driving: driving to get food; driving to a medical appointment; driving to transport a child; driving to/from a child’s school, running a personal errand.

A work auto accident is any accident that happens while you are driving for Eby Construction

Follow the Auto Accident Checklist
Find this Checklist in
- Glove compartment of Eby Construction Vehicles
- On the Visiteby.com website
- Linked above
- A paper copy is available to you any time. Ask Brian or Luis