Road Worker Day of Remembrance

On November 9, Altus Group will be supporting the national Road Worker Day of Remembrance, a day set aside each year to remember the men and women of our industry who have lost their lives or been seriously injured.

Road workers perform an essential role in the functioning of infrastructure crucially important to communities throughout Australia. Like anyone else heading to work, they have the right to go home safely. However, these last few years there have been far too many days where we have woken to news of yet another serious injury or death. 

This Road Worker Day of Remembrance, each of our 3,000 staff will be invited to participate in a moment of silence to properly reflect on the lives of those lost and injured working on roads - people they may have known personally and people whom they have never met, but for whom they still retain tremendous empathy - knowing all too well the risks of working near live traffic.

We know that many of our colleagues in industry will do the same.

We would similarly encourage like-minded organisations and individuals to bring awareness on the day through the publication of the following social media assets and accompanying tag #RWDOR

And finally, to help focus our attention on the deeply personal impact of road worker deaths and injuries, we are encouraging anyone willing to post a short, filmed message with the following powerful statement:

"Today I remember [insert name of road worker] who was [insert circumstances which led to their death or injury] and all the other road workers who have lost their lives or been seriously injured. We must do better, and we can do better. #rwdor"

If you would like further information, please contact Scarlet via the details below:

Scarlet Robertson
Altus Group Marketing Manager
P : 1300 725 483
M : 0460 639 671
scarlet.robertson@altustraffic.com.au