For haulage yards, warehouses, manufacturing sites and small engineering works where lorries come in, things get loaded and unloaded, and people walk about on the same ground as moving vehicles and plant.
Seven areas, from site layout through to visiting drivers.
Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, regulation 17
Segregating pedestrians from vehicles, one-way systems, designated reversing areas, and signage and floor markings.
PUWER 1998, regulation 9
Pre-use checks, planned maintenance, thorough examination of lifting equipment, visibility and warning devices.
Approved Code of Practice L117
The training stages beyond a basic certificate, specific job training and familiarisation, then written authorisation to operate.
Exclusion zones, load security checks and controlling vehicle movement during the operation.
Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, regulation 17
Safe positioning, standard hand signals and a competence record for anyone marshalling reversing vehicles.
The single-topic pack for vehicle marshals →Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, section 3
Discharging the duty owed to people who are not employees, including delivery and collection drivers.
RIDDOR 2013
Weekly walk round, quarterly review, accident and near-miss recording, and reporting.
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