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Clean-up team awaits ruling
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A waste disposal company whose MD made out false wage slips to cover his drivers' falsification of tachograph records Is waiting to see if it is going to lose its Operator's Licence. Kilsythbased Hazco Environmental Services and four of its drivers were called before Scottish Deputy Traffic Commissioner Richard McFarlane at an Edinburgh disciplinary inquiry.
The waste disposal company holds a licence for four vehicles and four trailers. A check on its tachograph charts and timesheets for July showed that the start and finish times entered by drivers on the two did not coincide. Drivers had committed various tachograph record offences.
A traffic examiner said the drivers and the company were genuinely unaware of the need to record the whole duty time on tachograph charts. In evidence, drivers said they had falsified charts when moving raw sewage from the Rosyth Naval Base following the breakdown of pumps,
Michael Whiteford, for the company, said it had been difficult to get drivers to do the Rosyth job. In mistaken loyalty to the drivers, director and transport manager Sam Torrens had stupidly made out false wage slips and had paid two drivers for the work done. The company had called for a meeting with the VI in December when it admitted the offences.
Torrens said drivers needed special training to operate vacuum tankers. Such drivers were scarce and he had been unable to find relief drivers for the Rosyth job. All drivers were now fully aware of the hours rules, and were under instruction to withdraw from jobs rather than risk infringement. Extra drivers had been taken on.
Neil Kelly, appearing for the drivers, said there had been potential for an environmental disaster at Rosyth and the drivers had acted altruistically.
The DTC commented that It was an extraordinary picture of deceit; he will announce his decision in writing.