Formal warning for main tenance
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A Port Talbot skip hire operator has been given a formal warning after being called to
public inquiry following an unsatisfactory maintenance investigation. Vehicle Examiner Michael Williams said that he had carried out a maintenance investigation in February at the premises of Glenville Howell Davies, trading as G Davies Skips. Three vehicles were examined and one immediate prohibition and three defect notices were issued. Williams concluded that the maintenance records did not reflect the true condition of the vehicles, and told the public inquiry in Port Talbot how Davies was using an `odd' system of allowing a consultant to fill in the maintenance records. In addition, not all the operational vehicles were included on the wall planner.
"Mr Davies has shown that he can do what is
required and he has taken my advice in the past," said Williams. "He has got the ability—it is just a case of dotting the I's and crossing the T's."
Davies said that he had taken out a maintenance contract with a new mobile fitter, and all inspections were now carried out by him. The previously 'odd' system of filling in the maintenance records had now stopped and he had updated his wall planner to include all his operational vehicles. He gave an undertaking to carry out roller brake testing three times a year on all vehicles.
For Davies, Paul Carless said that his record was not a bad one: "He accepts he has got to get back to a level of professionalism in running lorries. This has been a very unpleasant surprise for him."
The TC said that he did not feel the need to take any action against the licence, but warned Davies about his future conduct and instructed the Vehicle Inspectorate to visit him again in February 2002.