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...and follow HSE :ode for safe yards
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[he Health and Safety mrtive may issue a new le of practice for vehicle vements in haulage yards distribution depots in a bid lower accident rates. The idea is one of several to erge from a discussion iument on how to cut the Nal average of 70 deaths i 1,200 serious injuries tried by workplace .nsport.
As well as a new code of rctice, which would be 'Bar to one covering forktrucks, the HSE may try to luence the design of imises to ensure the risk of .nsport accidents is taken 3 account. Bill Gillan, the HSE's workplace transport specialist, says: "Most accidents are due to people failures but people are inherently imperfect. Changing behaviour is possible, though difficult, but we have to try."
The Freight Transport Association, which is one of more than 100 respondents to the discussion document, says many hauliers are in the dark about how to comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act on their premises.
Policy director James Beckham says: 'A lot of people are getting caught out by not having risk assessments done. You need a documented record
of looking round your depot or yard and asking things like: 'Where are the health and safety risks to my staff and visitors?'.'
Ile says the HSE's expectations about risk assessment are often much higher than those of hauliers. "They often don't realise that standards have moved on."
The HSE has produced a CD-ROM that simulates common transport accidents that take place on construction sites and farms as well as in distribution depots and warehouses. This is now being evaluated as a tool for training drivers.