The No. 1 workplace killer isn’t faulty equipment or factory fires. In fact, it’s more common and can hit even those employees who don’t work on cranes or with heavy machinery. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, traffic crashes account for the most workplace fatalities, and mobile phones are involved in an estimated 26 percent of them.
“In light of the statistics and the real-life dangers . . . a number of Fortune 500 companies have already voluntarily adopted complete cellphone bans for their employees while driving,” say Erin Dougherty Foley and Craig Simonsen of Seyfarth Shaw.
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