Thousands of companies have instituted workplace safety training to employees safe on the job, including programs that address the safe operation of forklifts and other vehicles used in a warehouse or facility. But employer-provided driver safety training can also be used to protect employees on their daily commute and on the business-related trips when they are behind the wheel on America's roadways.

According to the National Safety Council, motor vehicle accidents are the number one cause of on- and off-the-job accidental deaths. And according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, traffic accidents claim the lives of over 30,000 people each year and cause more than a million serious injuries.

The Deadly Hours of Midnight to 4 A.M.

For every worker killed in a chinese safety fences suppliers crash on the job, twelve will die in a wreck off the job. The Fatality Analysis Reporting System Encyclopedia says that throughout the week, more crashes occur in the early evening, evening and late night/early morning hours than during the day. The wee hours on Sunday morning between midnight and 4 a.m. are especially dangerous according to the report.

While there is no way to measure the 'cost' in human suffering, the impact on a business has been calculated.

An on-the-job traffic crash costs an employer more than $24,000 and if the employee is injured, the cost increases to well over $125,000, according to the NHTSA web site. And half of crash-related injuries force employees to miss work, impacting on a company's productivity and profitability.

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