Workplace transport safety An employers' guide - ARRI Lighting Rental

derate to lower the rated capacity. See also rated capacity.
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desire lines the routes that pedestrian traffic choose to follow without guidance.
dipping lowering a device or measure into a tanker body, usually to measure
quantity.
dock house a structure that extends out to meet the rear of a delivering goods
vehicle and creates a seal between the vehicle load body and the warehouse bay.
dock leveller an adjustable ramp that covers the height difference between the
vehicle and bay platforms.
dock shelter See dock house.
double dropside a vehicle on which both of the side walls of the load-carrying
body are hinged and can be released for easier access onto the load bed.
double handling moving a load more than once.
drawbar a combination of a powered vehicle and a trailer. The trailer is attached
to the vehicle by a hitch at the rear of the powered vehicle. Car trailers, rigid-truck
trailers, caravans, and horseboxes are all examples of drawbar arrangements.
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) an Executive Agency of the
Department for Transport.
dropside a hinged side wall of a vehicle load-carrying body, which can be
released for easier access onto the load bed. Also used to refer to a vehicle with a
dropside feature.
dunnage loosely packed bulky material such as boards, planks, blocks, or metal
bracing, used in transportation and storage to support and secure loads to protect
them from damage.
duty holder a duty holder is somebody who has a duty given to them by law.
Every employer and worker is a duty holder in one way or another, because they
have a duty to take reasonable care of themselves and other people.
fall arrest a harness system to reduce risks associated with work at height, which
does not prevent a fall, but will make a fall less serious by stopping the worker from
falling a long way.
fifth wheel the locking mechanism where the trailer connects to the tractive unit in
an articulated goods-vehicle combination.
FOPS falling object protection system.
fork-lift truck a type of lift truck with forks extending forwards that are used to
carry the load, which is usually on a pallet for this sort of vehicle.
fridge vehicle see temperature-controlled unit.
gantry normally a small platform with an overhead beam reaching over the area
being accessed. A harness system is attached to the beam.
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