Workplace transport safety An employers' guide - ARRI Lighting Rental

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706 A vehicle should not be left unless the parking brakes have been firmly
applied, the engine has stopped, the starter key has been removed, and any
mounted equipment has been lowered to the ground or secured. Remember the
following:
n brakes ON;
n engine OFF;
n key OUT;
n equipment SAFE.
707 Where vehicles have to be parked on a slope:
n all brakes should be applied;
n the vehicle should be left in gear (if it is safe to do so);
n wheel chocks or stops should be used where appropriate; and
n vehicles should usually be parked facing up or down the slope, not sideways
on. There are some exceptions to this, for example, where operators are
working directly in front of the vehicle pointing downhill (such as a farm worker
opening a gate), it may be safer to park across the slope in case the brakes fail
to prevent the vehicle from moving.
708 It is important to lock away the keys of vehicles left parked in workplaces
overnight, at weekends or when they are being left for long periods.
Safe drivers
709 Drivers should always be competent. They should understand the risks of
leaving a vehicle parked badly, and how to avoid doing this. In particular, drivers
should be instructed and monitored in the way they use vehicle and trailer brakes.
710 People in control of workplaces where trailers are parked need to make sure
that drivers are aware that both tractive unit and semi-trailer parking brakes should be
used when parking. Drivers’ behaviour should be supervised and monitored.
711 Trailer parking brakes are there because they need to be, and must be used
every time a vehicle and trailer are parked. You should consider signs, instruction
and any other measures to make sure this happens.
712 See chapter Coupling and uncoupling for more information on trailer brakes.
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