Workplace transport safety An employers' guide - ARRI Lighting Rental

Health and Safety
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220 If a recipient regularly receives similar deliveries from a particular supplier
or carrier, everyone should agree a written delivery plan. If something about a
particular delivery may make it unsafe to rely on the usual plan, the delivery should
not start until different arrangements have been agreed.
221 When recipients, suppliers and carriers deal with each other on a ‘last-minute,
one-off’ basis, it would usually be considered ‘reasonably practicable’ to exchange
basic delivery safety information, and agree on the main precautions, at the time an
order is placed.
222 In some situations other parties may be involved. For example, a customer
(the recipient) may place an order with a supplier, the supplier might arrange for
a third company (another supplier) to provide the goods, and the third company
might arrange for a fourth company (the carrier) to make the delivery. Complicated
arrangements like this can easily go wrong because of communication problems.
223 You should consider the dangers of this before entering into these
arrangements. If a delivery accident happens, everyone in the relevant part of
the supply chain might be asked to show that they took all reasonable steps to
co-operate to achieve safety.
224 Visiting drivers have been known to travel with children or pets, which might
pose risks to health and safety in work environments. You should discourage this,
and any non-essential people or animals should be kept in a clear and safe place at
all times (for example, pets should not be allowed to leave the cab).
225 If drivers are likely to have difficulty understanding English, plans and
information may need to be available in languages the drivers use. Pictures can also
be useful in helping to communicate across language barriers.
226 Sites that are often visited by foreign drivers may have other considerations.
Foreign drivers may have been exposed to different sign standards, and are likely to
be more familiar with ‘kilometres per hour’ speed limits than signs in miles per hour.
227 Foreign drivers are also likely to have different visibility from their cabs (if their
vehicles are left-hand drive) and are also less likely to be familiar with the controls
for workplace equipment such as lift trucks.
Members of the public
228 If the public have access to the premises, routes for public use should:
n where possible, be separate from work activities (‘segregation’); and
n be as close as possible to the place they want to go (for example, to visit a
farm or factory shop, toilets, refreshment areas or ticket offices).
229 Clear signs at the entrance should direct visitors to a car park with safe access
to the area they are visiting, and should show which traffic routes they can use. See
chapter A safe site for more information about the principles you should consider to
keep members of the public and others safe from the risks of workplace transport.
230 You should take account of elderly or disabled people, the distractions of
dealing with families, and lack of familiarity by customers with the hazards and risks
of the workplace.
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