Workplace transport safety An employers' guide - ARRI Lighting Rental

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81 There is an example of a risk-assessment form at the back of this guide
(Appendix 2). You can fill this in as you work through the sections we explain
below.
82 For more advice about doing a general risk assessment, you should read
our free leaflet Five steps to risk assessment. 6 For more information about risk
assessment in general, and laws with specific requirements for risk assessment,
you should read our free guidance A guide to risk assessment requirements. 7
Identifying the hazards
83 First you need to identify the work activities involving vehicles (including visiting
vehicles) over a reasonable period. This could be over the course of a day, a week
or maybe a month. You need to build up a clear picture of vehicle and pedestrian
traffic in the workplace, and to make sure you miss nothing important.
84 Think through the activities you know happen, such as deliveries, loading
activities or collecting waste. You can use the list in Table 1 to help you – just
choose the activities that happen in your workplace, and add any others you can
think of. You can do this by:
n watching the workplace; and
n paying attention to where vehicles are, what drivers are doing, and how and
why they are doing it.
85 There is also a checklist in Appendix 1 that you can use to help you spot
workplace transport hazards.
86 A plan of the site can help you see where vehicles are operating, and where
any dangers might be.
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