Workplace transport safety An employers' guide - ARRI Lighting Rental

Contents
Introduction 6
About this guide 6
Important note: ‘reasonably practicable’ 9
Health and safety law 11
Phrases and meanings 12
GUIDANCE FOR MANAGERS 14
Managing the risks 14
Risk assessment 14
Organising for safety 21
Control, co-operation and consultation 21
Contractors 24
Visiting drivers 25
Shared workplaces 25
Deliveries – general safety 26
Deliveries – communication 28
Members of the public 31
Public roads as workplaces 32
A safe site 33
The workplace in general 33
Traffic routes 35
Construction of traffic routes 44
Temporary workplaces and unprepared roadways 45
Speed 46
Pedestrians and cyclists 49
Signs, signals and markings 52
Road markings 54
Parking areas 55
Loading areas 57
Site-based ways to stop vehicles from moving 59
Weighbridges 62
Hardstandings 62
Lighting 63
Site-based access to vehicles 64
Housekeeping 66
Maintenance areas 66
Safe vehicles 67
Safe vehicles in general 67
Suitable for the task 67
Visibility from vehicles and reversing aids 69
Manoeuvrability 72
Vehicle-based ways to stop vehicles from moving 72
Skips, containers and demountables 73
Maintenance, repair and retrofitting 74
Lift trucks and ‘thorough examination’ 76
Privately owned vehicles 76
Safe drivers 77
Safe people in general 77
Choosing drivers 78
Driver training and competence 78
Health and Safety
Executive
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