Health and Safety – Coupling and Uncoupling

Coupling and uncoupling of trailers is a task that can go very wrong, very quickly, therefore only trained competent drivers should carry out this task, even with formal qualifications. Ensure that the vehicle is parked on suitable, level hardstanding ground and that the vehicle and trailer must be in a safe secure condition and daily defects checks must be carried out prior to…

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Avoiding In-cab Distractions

In cab distractions affect a drivers ability to safely operate the vehicle and getting themselves and their passengers or load safely from A to B.   There are now so many devices designed to make life easier, from mobile phones, vehicle cameras, sat navs, warning alarms and smart watches, however, as much as these devices…

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Safe Access and Egress of Vehicles

Driver Exiting Vehicle

Getting in and out of vehicles sounds like a fairly safe activity, however, many accidents occur with this simple task. ย  Drivers and / or passengers can fall from vehicles, causing serious injury. ย And before you think that no one is allowed to take passengers in company vehicles, if there is a spare seat it…

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Traffic Systems On-Site for Health and Safety Compliance

HSE

It is important to ensure that everyone on site is aware of the traffic routes for both vehicles and pedestrians, and speed limits on site.ย ย Each year several workers are killed and many more suffer serious injury as a result of accidents involving vehicles on sites.ย  The law states that โ€œcompanies must organise a construction site…

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Housekeeping and Lighting in Depots – Health and Safety

Depot

Every year there are accidents or incidents that are caused by a lack of lighting and poor housekeeping and again most of these are avoidable.  LIGHTING – What Do You Need to Consider? When setting up your site, or making changes, consider the layout of your building, loading bays and parking areas.  Pay particular attention to…

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Health and Safety and theย Importance of Pre-Use Vehicle Checks

Driver Checks

Health and safety when it comes to transport isnโ€™t just about what happens in the operating centre, it is about what happens in any business to ensure that people and property are protected. The primary legislation for this area of law is the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and this should be at…

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Compliance Writing

We like to call undertakings a โ€˜bit of a catch allโ€™. It may be a challenge for any regulator to cover absolutely every base by writing an undertaking for every possible breach of law. Think about how many possible breaches of road traffic or health and safety laws there could be. This undertaking therefore ensures…

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General Driver CPC Training…relating training to the operator licence undertakings

Driver Training

๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐๐‚ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ โ€ฆ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ

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