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Investigating to prevent: A practical guide to workplace accidents and incidents
Site and Transport Safety
Key Information
Duration: 1 day
Available as: face-to-face and in-house training
Price: £580 per person
Course dates
Overview
Every year, there are thousands of accidents involving transport in the workplace, some of which tragically result in people being killed.
The most common causes are people falling from or being struck by a vehicle, objects falling from a vehicle or vehicles overturning. Moving, loading and unloading vehicles can be some of the most dangerous work activities organisations carry out.
This course will help delegates understand the legal requirements of both road traffic law and workplace safety law, how and why things go wrong and how they can take practicable steps to reduce risk in their organisation.
Learning outcomes
Delegates will be provided with information that will help them to:
- Understand who is responsible for safety in the transport chain, including what the law says
- Understand what makes somebody a safe driver and how to influence driver behaviour
- Understand their work-related road risk (WRRR) responsibilities and some processes to manage the risk
- Know what good practice is for managing vehicles on site
- Know what good practice is for working at height and preventing falls
- Know what good practice is for load securing and the influence this can have on health and safety and WRRR
- Complete a risk assessment for the loading and transport process
What the course will cover
The course will introduce the legal principles and UK requirements for workplace transport and will explain the importance of communication and knowing your responsibility in the transport chain. Delegates will learn the background behind load securing and using the vehicle structure for load securing. Delegates will learn how to use lashing for safe road transport and how to separate vehicles and pedestrians on site, as far as reasonably practicable, in order to prevent incidents. The course will also help delegates to manage work at height on a vehicle and prevent falls, as well as cover a range of other work-related road risk issues. Additionally, delegates will look at how to complete risk assessments and develop safe systems of work for loading and transport. There will be interactive learning elements to the course to enhance learning.
Who should attend?
Site managers and transport managers working in general haulage, retail, warehousing and distribution.
Book your place(s)
Course fees include all resources and a certificate of attendance (please note that all courses must be paid for via credit card at the time of booking).
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In-house training
This course can also be delivered to larger groups at a suitable, agreed location anywhere in the UK or internationally, online, or at the HSE Science and Research Centre. Content can also be tailored to meet organisations' own needs. Please get in touch to find out more.