For more information, please visit 
www.hse.gov.uk/Statistics/industry/transportation/index.htm

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HEALTH AND SAFETY ON THE ROAD

​Just because the majority of your workforce is on the road doesn’t mean you can neglect your health and safety obligations. We currently look after many organisations within the transport sector and it is clear the health and safety requirements are ever increasing and businesses have to be proactive just to retain existing contracts… Can you say you have the documents below in place? If not are you risking losing out on new business and are you placing existing contracts in jeopardy? Safety2Business can assist you through this process with consultants that are experts within this sector!

free business check form

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SOME* DOCUMENTS TO CONSIDER:

1. Health and Safety Policy and Associated Template Policies
2. Audits, Inspections and Checklists
3. Risk Assessments
- manual handling
- stress management
- display screen equipment
- new and expecting mothers
- home working
- young people
- contractor safety
4. Fire Risk Assessments and Fire Log Book
5. COSHH Assessments
6. Accident Assistance
7. Accreditation Assistance
8. Safe Working Procedures

​SOME* SECTOR-SPECIFIC RISK ASSESSMENTS:

1. General Depot Activities
- loading and unloading
- falling loads and objects
- dust, noise and vibration
2. HGV Driver Activities
- vehicle movements
- slips, trips and falls
3. Van Driver Activities
- manual handling
- vehicle movement
- manoeuvring vehicle
- carriage of passengers
- violence
4. Vehicle Wash
- slips, trips and falls
- manual handling
- hazardous substances
- adverse weather
- fire

*  Note that the above lists are not exhaustive. For more details do not hesitate to contact us.