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Firm that was 'too busy' to hire a manager has its fleet slashed
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A DEMOLITION contractor "too busy" to hire a transport manager has had its licence authority cut from nine vehicles to three after a series of maintenance problems were revealed, including 100% initial failure rate at annual test.
At a Birmingham disciplinary inquiry West Midland Deputy Traffic Commissioner Roger Seymour was told G Baskerville of Stoke-on-Trent operated without a qualified transport manager for 18 months. The company held a licence for nine vehicles and three trailers.
The DTC said he received an e-mail from the company's former transport manager Carl Pointon saying he had acted as transport manager on an unpaid basis for nine weeks only until 23 April 2004.
Vehicle examiner Harry Marsh carried out an unannounced maintenance investigation in January. The four vehicles in possession were examined and three delayed prohibitions and four defect notices issued. The stated inspection period was six weeks, but inspection records, which were not properly completed, showed intervals of between three and 16 weeks. There was no maintenance planner or written driver defect reporting system.The initial failure rate at annual test was 100%.
For the company, consultant engineer Graham Howard said he was acting as transport manager while its mechanic took the CPC examination. Director Graham Chadwick said Pointon was married to his sister but ceased to be transport manager when they divorced. He knew they needed a new transport manager but had been so busy he forgot about it. Chadwick gave undertakings that safety inspections would be carried out every four weeks and the drivers' daily checks would be audited.
In cutting the licence to three vehicles, the DTC gave the company until 15 August to nominate a new transport manager.