eJMP
electronic Journey management Plan
An express way to plan your safe journey
Journey Management Planning
Vehicle collisions account for 35% of all work-related fatalities, the single biggest cause of death among Australian workers [1]. Drivers in remote/regional areas are 5.8 times more likely to have a fatal crash than drivers in city areas [2]. Many hazards exist when undertaking a journey which increase the risk of an accident, particularly when they are combined with extended work hours or shift work.
The electronic Journey Management Plan (eJMP) is a documented process for planning and undertaking road transport journeys with the ultimate goal of arriving safely. The eJMP enables the user to systematically identify fatigue-related hazards and select controls to manage the risk of a fatigue-related incident.
The intent of an eJMP is to:
- Outline the risk of fatigue when work hours are combined with commuting to and from work.
- Identify potential hazards that increase the risk of fatigue whilst travelling.
- Establish controls to manage the identified hazards.
- Provide a process for applying controls to your travel to and from work.
How to control journey risk?
James Reason’s (1997) multilayer control approach (Swiss Cheese Model) forms the basis of determining the effectiveness of an individual’s JMP to manage their journey risk. The Swiss Cheese Model of accident causation illustrates that although many layers of defence lie between hazards and accidents there are flaws in each layer that, if aligned, can allow the accident to occur. In theory, lapses and weaknesses in one control layer (slice of swiss cheese) do not allow a risk to materialise, since other control layers also exist, preventing a single point of failure.
Controls in the eJMP form the various layers in the Swiss Cheese Model and are assigned a score determined by their effectiveness based upon where they are placed on the Hierarchy of Controls.
Pricing
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Measuring journey risk
There are four main steps involved in calculating the overall effectiveness of an individual’s eJMP.
- Initial risk score is established:
The eJMP establishes an initial risk score based upon known impairment levels associated with the number of hours an individual is awake [3]. - Additional hazards are identified:
The eJMP then prompts the user to identify hazards that have the potential to increase their risk of fatigue. Any hazards identified contribute to increasing the initial risk score. - Appropriate controls are selected:
The eJMP then uses its internal logic to automatically provide a range of controls that can be selected to mitigate the risk of the identified hazards. The user is then prompted to select controls to mitigate the risks associated with the identified hazards. - Overall effectiveness of the eJMP is calculated:
A control effectiveness quotient is calculated which provides a residual risk score for the user, taking into consideration the initial risk, the additional hazards and the controls implemented.