HSE guidance on Safe Operation of Vehicle in the Workplace
The Health and Safety Executive have published the updated Workplace Transport Safety: An Employers’ Guide (HSG136). The guidance provides advice on all aspects of workplace transport operations. Although primarily aimed at managers and supervisors, it is equally useful for safety and union representatives, contractors, the self-employed and employees.
Workplace transport is the second biggest cause of incidents in the workplace. The guide tackles general workplace transport safety issues and provides an introduction to workplace transport risk management. In particular, it offers information on assessing transport risks relating to site safety, vehicles themselves, and the people working with and around them and implementing a safe system of work. Later chapters offer specific guidance on typical workplace transport operations and common risks. Throughout, the book provides practical examples of risk control.
In addition, the HSE has also published a revised version of Workplace Transport: An Overview INDG199(rev1). This is a free booklet that provides employers with a brief summary of the main issues that should be considered when planning workplace transport operations. Arranged similarly to An Employers’ Guide, the 27-page booklet also includes specific sections about workplace organisation and operations.
Copies of Workplace Transport Safety: An Employers’ Guide, ISBN 0 7176 6154 7, price £11.50, are available from HSE Books, PO Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2WA, tel: 01787-881165 or fax: 01787-313995. The booklet Workplace Transport: An Overview can be downloaded from the HSE website at www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/tranindx.htm.
Further information and guidance on ensuring workplace transport operations are carried out safely can be found on the HSE website at: www.hse.gov.uk/workplacetransport/index.htm
Source: www.hse.gov.uk (accessed 05/01/06)