Workplace transport safety An employers' guide - ARRI Lighting Rental

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163 When a contractor employs subcontractors, the contractor can clearly use
similar checks and supervision to control the subcontractors’ work. The site
operator will usually need evidence from the contractor that adequate controls over
subcontractors are in place.
164 Despite these precautions, contractors should be in no doubt that they are
responsible for their own employees and their activities.
Visiting drivers
165 Some of the checks and procedures we explain above for contractors will also
apply to visiting drivers.
166 It is important to make sure that visiting drivers are aware of the workplace
layout, the route they need to take, and relevant safe working practices (for
example, for parking and unloading).
167 You should take account of the fact that delivery drivers may never have visited
the site before, and may only be on site for a short time.
168 They should not have to enter potentially dangerous areas to move to or
from their vehicles or places they need to go, such as the site office, or toilet or
washroom facilities.
169 The employer at a workplace should work and co-operate as fully as possible
with the employers of visiting drivers, to co-ordinate the measures that need to
be taken for both employers and their employees to meet their health and safety
responsibilities. For example, employers should communicate to:
n provide safe access to a vehicle for loading or unloading;
n provide suitable equipment (for example, for drivers delivering at retail outlets) to
unload safely; and
n make sure that vehicles and the type of ground they have to use are suitable
for safe working.
170 You should consider printing site rules, directions, maps and approach
information (for example, narrow routes, weak bridges and so on) on the back of
order forms and invoices, allowing visiting drivers to know what to expect before
arriving on site.
171 See Deliveries – communication (paragraphs 203-227) for more information
about communicating about workplace transport activities in shared premises.
Shared workplaces
172 The law places some very specific duties on employers who share workplaces.
Wherever two or more employers share a workplace (whether temporarily or
permanently), each employer must:
n co-operate with the other employers so that they can meet their health and
safety duties;
n take all reasonable steps to co-ordinate the measures they take to meet their
legal duties with those taken by other employers; and
n take all reasonable steps to tell the other employers about risks to their
employees’ health and safety as a result of their work activities.
173 This legal obligation also applies to self-employed people working at a shared
workplace.
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