Workplace Transport Safety

Workplace Transport Safety
Introduction
Every year, a significant number of people are killed
by accidents involving vehicles in the workplace, and
many more people are injured.
A lot of damage is also done to property and profit.
Better planning, training and awareness, and the
appropriate use of vehicles, can avoid most of these
accidents.
Session objective
Help participants involved in transport

in the workplace reduce the chances of
accidents happening.
Responsibilities
By law, employers have a general duty to
ensure that the health and safety of their
employees and members of the public is not
put at risk as a result of the work that they do.
Employees also have a duty to look after their
own health and safety, and that of anyone
who might be affected by their work.
Workplace transport
Workplace transport means any vehicle that

is used in a work setting, such as forklift
trucks, compact dumpers, tractors or mobile
cranes.
It can also include cars, vans and large
goods vehicles when these are operating off
the public highway.
Workplace Transport Hazards
People struck, run over or crushed by

vehicles
Vehicles colliding with each other or
plant/equipment
People falling from vehicles
Items falling from vehicles
Control Measures
Design & Layout of Road
Systems
Wide enough for largest vehicle permitted
One way systems where necessary
Avoid routes close to vulnerable plant
Avoid sharp and blind bends
Use mirrors to improve vision
Make entrances/gateways wide enough
Mirrors to improve drivers vision
round the corner
Design & Layout of Road
Systems
Sensible speed limits & signpost
Use speed humps
Display prominent signs where necessary
Provide screens for protection from exhaust
fumes
Pedestrians
Provide separate routes for pedestrians
Provide barriers or rails at entrances/exits
Fork lift routes should be indicated by floor
lines
Where pedestrian & vehicle routes cross,
crossings should be provided
Provide subways if necessary
Pedestrians
Separate vehicle and pedestrian doors

should be provided, with vision panels
on all doors
Routes to be used by public should be
clearly signposted
Separate pedestrian and
vehicle door
Pedestrians
Separate doors for
vehicles & pedestrians
Vision panel
Pedestrians
Separate doors for
pedestrian access/egress
Vision panel
Parking Areas
Suitable & sufficient parking areas for

work & private vehicles
Safe locations – drivers should not
have to cross dangerous areas
Parking areas should be well lit
Loading Bays
Loading areas are often arranged into bays, with a
raised platform for vehicles to park against that
allows site staff to move straight into the load body.
Safe refuges (boltholes) to prevent crushing
Edges of bays clearly marked
Edges may need edge protection
Where there is a danger of people falling off
platforms or bays in loading areas, the platforms or
bays may need to be fenced
Protection against adverse weather conditions may
be necessary
Road Construction
Constructed of suitable surfaces
Kept free of obstructions
Kept free from articles/substances which
cause slips/trips/falls
Constructed of tarmacadam or concrete
where possible
Firm and even with suitable drainage
Avoid steep gradients
Lighting
All roads, manoeuvring areas and yards
should be adequately lit particularly:
Junctions
Buildings
Plant
Pedestrian areas
Places where there is regular movement of
vehicles or mobile plant
Road Signs
Adequate signposts at relevant places
Suitable warning signs may be necessary
e.g. sharp bends, steep gradients etc.
Similar signs may be necessary for
pedestrians
Where necessary, signs may need to be
illuminated or reflectorised
Vehicle Design
 Stability  Lights, reflectors,
 Safe access/egress reversing lights and
possibly other warning
 Service & parking brakes devices
 Windscreens wipers  Suitable paintings and
 External mirrors to markings
provide visibility –CCTV  Guards on dangerous
may be necessary parts
 Horn  Seats and seat belts
 Protection to prevent  Protection from adverse
weather
injury in event of
overturn, and to protect  Protection from
inhospitable
driver from falling objects environments e.g. dust,
fumes, low temperature
Maintenance
Materials on road should be removed
Roadways should be maintained
Signs & lighting cleaned and kept visible
Road markings renewed when worn
Pot holes not allowed to develop
Vehicle Maintenance
Provide drivers with list of daily checks
Planned preventive maintenance
Consider manufacturers recommendations
Brakes applied & wheels chocked
Raised bodies suitably propped
Trained and competent maintenance staff
Vehicle Maintenance
Built-in prop for

body of tipper
lorry
Driver Selection
Over 18 years old normally
Be fully able to operate the vehicle and
related equipment safely, and should receive
comprehensive instruction and training so
that they can work safely.
Mature attitude & be reliable
Not under influence of drugs/alcohol
Ensure visiting drivers are competent
Driver Training
Provide suitable training/certification as
required
Stress hazards, risks & safe system
Refresher training as necessary
Keep training records
Lift truck looking backwards when
driving
Contractors & Visiting Drivers
Provide plan of workplace
Regular meetings
Check contractors safe systems and
procedures
Reversing Vehicles
Remove need for reversing
One way systems
Identify & mark reversing areas
Exclude non-essential personnel from area
Use banksmen and recognised signals
Install stop blocks or buffers to prevent
vehicles reversing onto holes
Reversing alarms
Sensors and trip devices
CCTV
Guidelines on floor may help driver
Access on to Vehicles
Restricted to authorised persons
Edge protection
Properly constructed ladders
Non slip grating for walkways
Loading or Unloading
Carried out in areas away from traffic
Not take place near to OH Lines
Not carried out on steep gradients
Safeguard against mechanical hazards from
tail lifts
Load/unload as evenly as possible
Apply brakes
Do not overload vehicles
Tipping
Keep non-essential personnel away
Carry out at ground level
Away from OH Lines
Use wheel stops where necessary
Jump clear if vehicle is made live
Tipping
Stop block
Concrete block
Sheeting & Unsheeting
Hazardous when done manually
Use mechanical sheeting where possible
Avoid people on top of load
Rain or ice can make vehicle surfaces or the top of a
load slippery, risking a fall
Working at height can involve being near dangerous
objects, such as hot vertical exhausts or overhead
power lines.
Carry out away from traffic and strong winds or bad
weather
Sheeting & Unsheeting
Example of
mechanically
operated
sheeting system

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Help participants involved in transport

Workplace transport means any vehicle that

People struck, run over or crushed by

Separate vehicle and pedestrian doors

Suitable & sufficient parking areas for

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