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Health and Safety Executive 969 You should give drivers a safe place and plenty of time to make sure that their vehicle is safe to use after tipping. This could include sweeping any remaining load out of the back, which might need a suitable place away from pedestrian routes. Workplace transport safety Page 114 of 144
Preventing vehicles from overturning Common risks 970 Vehicle overturns cause nearly a fifth of all deaths related to workplace transport. Health and Safety Executive 971 Fork-lift trucks, tractors, compact dumpers, tipper lorries, forestry and allterrain vehicles and cranes are all especially likely to overturn. 972 People responsible for a workplace need to examine which vehicles are being used, where and how. Case study 15 A worker died when his vehicle toppled over an unprotected edge. A weighbridge was set near the entrance of a waste-handling site. It was raised about 30 cm above the level of the surrounding ground, and had no edge protection. An employee driving a 2.5 tonne counterbalance lift truck followed regular practice and drove across the elevated weighbridge when a trailer blocked the normal site access road. The rear left wheel went over a 22 cm vertical edge and the truck toppled onto its side. The truck was not fitted with a seat belt, and the driver died when his head was struck by part of the lift truck frame. Risk assessments had identified the potential for overturning – and the lack of a seatbelt – but no remedial action had been taken. The firm was prosecuted and fined. 973 There are a lot of reasons vehicles might overturn. They include: n travelling on slopes that are too steep; n going over slippery surfaces (such as oil or grease patches); n going over soft ground, potholes or uneven terrain; n going over kerbs, steps or other edges; n being overloaded or, for lift trucks such as fork-lift trucks, under-loaded (they may be designed to be more stable when loaded); n being unevenly loaded; n going too quickly, especially around corners; n not being suitable for the task; and n carrying loads at a dangerous height (for example, with a lift truck load fully raised). 974 You should think about ways of making overturns less likely, and ways to make the consequences of an overturn less serious. Workplace transport safety Page 115 of 144
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