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Haulage risk up says HSE
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• Road haulage and distribution is becoming more and more dangerous, according to the Health and Safety Executive in its report, Accidents in Service Industries: 1987188 Health and Safety Statistics. There were 1,340 accidents in the road haulage and delivery sector last year. Of these 358 were in loading bays, with 271 in warehouses, making these the most dangerous sites.
Handling goods caused 492 accidents, mainly due to the weight of the goods, with half the handling accidents occurring during delivery, and 84 while delivering kegs and barrels to pub cellars.
There were 172 vehicle accidents in loading bays and warehouses — 62 involving HGVs — and 58 injuries were caused by falls from lorries. The picture is much the same in the wholesale distribution sector, the HSE report reveals, with 1,131 accidents, including three deaths and 229 major injuries. Moving vehicles caused 171 incidents.
Goods falling from vehicles led to 42 accidents, and 47 people were injured falling from lorries, with 18 of them sustaining major injuries. But only four accidents involved sheeting, regarded by the HSE as a particularly hazardous activity. The others were caused by uneven surfaces in the lorry, moving awkward loads and overbalancing and falling while loading and unloading.
0 Haulage industry hazards were highlighted recently when a 60 year old Watney's employee was killed after an artic ran over him on the forecourt of the firm's Mortlake brewery. Roger Brown was walking across the forecourt when he was hit by the reversing lorry.