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The vehicles 4 Check that vehicles are safe and are suitable for the work they are being used for. For example: Have suitable vehicles and attachments been chosen for the tasks that are actually carried out? Health and Safety Executive Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs Do they have suitable and effective service and parking brakes? Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 577-591, 608 Do they have suitable external mirrors and additional aids (eg CCTV) where necessary to provide the greatest visibility when manoeuvring? Are they provided with horns, lights, reflectors, reversing lights and other safety features as necessary? Do they have seats, and restraints where necessary, that are safe and comfortable for the people using them? Are there guards on dangerous parts of the vehicles, such as power take-offs, chain drives, exposed exhaust pipes etc? Are drivers protected against bad weather conditions, or against an unpleasant working environment? Consider extremes of temperature, dirt, dust, fumes, and excessive noise and vibration. Is there a safe way of getting into and out of the driving position, and to or from any other parts that need to be reached? Does the driver need to be protected against injury in case the vehicle overturns? If there is a need, is this protection in place and strong enough? Does the driver need to be protected against being hit by falling objects? If there is a need, is this protection in place and strong enough? 5 Check that the vehicles are maintained properly. For example: Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 550-567, 608 Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 539, 568-570, 608 Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 541, 1002-1008 Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 542, 750 Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 646-647 Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 53-54, 498-522 Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 549, 970-1008 Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 549, 1012 Do the drivers carry out basic safety checks before using vehicles? Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 452, 604-606 Is there a regular preventive maintenance programme for each vehicle, carried out at set times or mileages? Where vehicles lift people or materials, there is a need for ‘thorough examination’. Is this taking place? Drivers and other people Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 346, 604, 607-608 Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 611-617 6 Check that your selection and training procedures make sure that your drivers and other employees are able to work safely and responsibly. For example: Do you check the previous experience of your drivers and test them to make sure they are competent? Do you provide training on how to do the job, and information about particular hazards, speed limits, the appropriate parking and loading areas etc? Do you have a planned programme of refresher training for drivers and other employees? Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 143-145, 642-648 Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 144-145, 623-625 642-665 Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 649-652 7 Check what your drivers and other employees actually do when carrying out their work activities. For example: Do your drivers drive with care? For example, do they use the correct routes, drive within the speed limit and follow any other site rules? Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 58, 128-153, 620 Do they park safely and in safe places? Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 58, 409-427 Are your employees working safely? Consider how they go about loading and unloading, securing loads, carrying out maintenance etc. Are you sure that your drivers and other employees do not have to rush to complete their work on time? Are you sure that there is no risk of accidents caused by tiredness as a result of working long hours? Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 58, 128-153 Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraph 68 Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 68, 463 Workplace transport safety Page 126 of 144
Drivers and other people (continued) Do managers and supervisors routinely challenge and investigate unsafe behaviour? Do managers and supervisors set a good example – for example, by following instructions to separate vehicles and pedestrians, and by wearing high-visibility clothing where needed? Health and Safety Executive Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 135-144 Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 135-136 8 Check, in consultation with your employees, that your level of management control and supervision is suitable. For example: Are your supervisors, drivers and other employees (including contractors and visiting drivers) aware of the site rules on using vehicles and traffic movement? Are they aware of their responsibilities to maintain a safe workplace and work safely? Is everyone at the workplace supervised and held accountable for their responsibilities, and is a clear system of penalties enforced when employees, contractors etc fail to maintain standards? Do you take adequate steps to assess the behaviour of pedestrians and drivers of site and visiting vehicles, to investigate any underlying reasons for unsafe behaviour, and to correct this? Have you made certain people responsible for detecting, investigating and correcting unsafe behaviour? Vehicle activities Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 126-134, 170 Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 135-144, 154-171 Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 135-144, 621-665 Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 132-136 9 Check that the need for reversing is kept to a minimum and, where reversing is necessary, that it is done safely and in safe areas. For example: Is there a one-way system on routes to reduce the need for reversing manoeuvres? Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 250-252, 258, 292, 670 Are non-essential staff kept clear from areas where reversing is common? Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 258-263, 371-392, 674 Have you identified and marked ‘reversing areas’ to be clear to both drivers and pedestrians? Are you sure that, where there is an unavoidable need to use a banksman (a signaller) to direct reversing vehicles, they are adequately trained and visible, and otherwise able to work safely? Are side-mounted and rear-view mirrors attached to the outside of the vehicles to provide the best all-round visibility? Have addiitional visibility aids, eg CCTV, been fitted to vehicles to eliminate or reduce blind spots during reversing? Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraph 673 Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 683-697 Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 550-557 Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 558-564 Do vehicles have reversing alarms? Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 565-570 10 Check that drivers take care when parking their vehicles, including their own private cars, and that they park in safe places. For example: Do your drivers use the parking areas? Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 135-139, 413-416 Do your drivers always put the brakes on for their vehicles and trailers and secure them before leaving them parked? 11 Check that loading and unloading is carried out safely. For example: Is loading and unloading carried out in an area away from passing traffic, pedestrians and others not involved in the work? Are you sure that people are not needlessly ‘steadying’ the load? Is there enough co-operation between the site occupier and duty holders who deliver or pick up goods? For example, are all the loads, the delivery vehicles, the vehicles that handle materials and the equipment compatible? Is loading and unloading carried out using safe systems of work on ground that is flat, firm and free from potholes? Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 584-591, 709-712, 719-720 Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 185-187, 748-751, 799 Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraphs 182-227, 794-796 Yes/No If ‘No’, see paragraph 748 Workplace transport safety Page 127 of 144
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