Health & Safety Management in the Road Haulage Sector

Health & Safety Management in the Road Haulage Sector Tim Meese Head of Global Consulting Alcumus Nikki Samme Group Head of Marketing Alcumus

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Today s Agenda Introducing the Alcumus Group Service Showcase: RHA Smart Safety Main Presentation: Health & Safety Management in the Road Haulage Sector Q&A session What to expect next

Alcumus History and Vision Investment in Business Growth - Clear customer communication - Clear and simple go to market strategy - Focus on subscription and repeatable revenues - Enhanced products and service - Single technology backbone 3 Alcumus Compliance Acquisitions - Sypol (August 2009) - Info Exchange (August 2010) - Drury PSM (September 2011) 1 Alcumus Certification Acquisition - ISOQAR (October 2010)88 Our Vision is to create a marketleading compliance and certification service group. A group that combines simple yet innovative technology with expert advice and support to deliver client-led solutions that assist organisations regardless of their size or risk profile

Alcumus Group Overview Structure and Go to Market

What is the relationship between Alcumus and the RHA? Strategic Partnership to help the RHA support its members in addressing health and safety Risk In 2011, Alcumus chosen to develop a bespoke online health & safety tool specifically for the road haulage sector

Service Showcase: Introducing

Designed to meet the specific needs of the road haulage industry, developed to reduce and manage health & Safety risks and achieve legislative compliance Access to a dedicated consultant On-going support from your RHA Training Manager Simple to use, wizard-based use online system

Features of RHA Smart Safety Easily configurable Backed up by a technical helpdesk Simple to use with step-by-step wizard based risk assessments 24/7 accessibility Can be personalised with your company Branding Provides a full audit trail across all of your locations

See the system in action for yourself! 1. Visit the RHA Website: www.rha.uk.net 2. Log in to members area: Member No: 0027960-000 Postcode: AB1 XYZ 3. enter Smart Safety in the search box 4. View video demos Access expires 5pm Monday 8 th October

Health & Safety Management in the Road Haulage Sector Tim Meese Head of Global Consulting

Extent of the real problem Latest HSE figures (2010/2011) reveal that 175 people were killed at work HSE figures are based on RIDDOR

RIDDOR 2005 Exemption for reporting RTA s when vehicle is on a road as defined by the Road Traffic Act 1988 Example driver seriously injured in a collision with another vehicle on a motorway NOT REPORTABLE Example driver injured in collision with a clients fork lift truck on customers site - REPORTABLE

Department of Transport 2010 Annual Report states that 1850 people were killed and 22,660 seriously injured on UK roads from RTA s Approximately 1/3rd of all RTA s estimated to be work related This suggests that 615 people were killed and 7,500 seriously injured from work related activity involving driving Ref: Department of Transport Annual Report 2010

RTA Causation In depth study of work related RTA s showed that: Company car drivers demonstrated excessive speed as a primary causation factor whilst Van and large goods vehicle drivers demonstrated poor observational skills as a primary causation factor Ref: DfT Road Safety Research Report No 58 August 2005

BEST PRACTICE Defensive Driver Training Programmes / certification Health and Safety Behavioural Observation Programmes Driver recognition and award programmes

Space and Visibility 5 Seeing Habits

Space and Visibility Space Leaving enough distance between your car and other cars gives you enough time to respond to your surroundings Visibility Proper visibility methods include eye movement patterns and eye-lead time that allows you to see all that is occurring

Five Seeing Habits Aim High in Steering Get the Big Picture Keep Your Eyes Moving Leave Yourself an Out Make Sure They See You All Good Kids Like Milk

Observations and feedback On-Area observations Observation Forms (Safe and At-Risk) Observe drivers ability to utilise Space & Visibility training (Accident Prevention) Observe drivers ability to utilise job method training (Injury Prevention) Can be conducted by management and nonmanagement

Slips and Falls - Safety Tip Maintain a stance that puts you in control

Slips and Falls Ascending and Descending Face ladders Three points of contact Use handrails

What does the Law say? Additional duties for health and safety exist beyond those duties you have as an employer under road traffic law e.g. The Road Traffic Act and Road Vehicle (Construction and Use) Regulations Police and Vehicle and Operators Services Agency HSWA and MHSW HSE and LA

Work activities related to driving Four main causes of fatal and serious accidents in haulage and distribution Falls from vehicles Lorries in the workplace Load security Slips & Trips Source: http://www.hse.gov.uk/logistics/index.htm

Falls from Vehicles Campaign

http://www.hse.gov.uk/fallsfromvehicles/index.htm

Lorries in the Workplace

HSE Case Studies A driver was crushed when a lorry rolled back into a sloping loading bay. The handbrake was off. A transport manager was crushed against the cab of another vehicle when a lorry reversed A warehouse worker was crushed when directing a reversing lorry A driver was crushed by a fork-lift truck while coiling ropes next to a lorry A driver was crushed by a load of aluminium that collapsed during loading A driver was crushed between his and another vehicle after it ran away while the trailer was being coupled A driver was crushed between two vehicles while unloading

Delivering safely: Co-operating to prevent workplace vehicle accidents Many delivery and collection accidents could be prevented if there was better co-operation between the parties involved the supplier sending the goods the carrier the haulier or other company carrying the goods the recipient the person receiving the goods Ref: HSE Information Sheet WPT06

General principles of delivery / collection good practice Safety arrangements for deliveries and collections should be assessed before orders are taken or placed. This should be considered at the contractual stage Safety arrangements should be incorporated into order taking documents so that the parties involved have to check that safety arrangements are adequate before authorising a particular delivery or collection

Load Security The Road Traffic Act 1991 Introduced provisions into the Road Traffic Act 1988 making new offences, applicable to the state of loads on vehicles All loads carried on vehicles are to be secured, whatever the journey. This is to protect the people involved in loading, unloading and driving the vehicle, together with other road users and pedestrians

Road Traffic Act 1991 A person is guilty of using a vehicle in a dangerous condition if.the weight position or distribution of its load, or the manner in which it is secured is such that the use of the motor vehicle or trailer involves a danger of injury to any person THE MAX PENALTY FOR THIS OFFENCE IF COMMITTED IN RESPECT OF A GOODS VEHICLE IS A 5000 FINE, PLUS 3 PENALTY POINTS AND DISQUALIFICATION A person is to be regarded as driving dangerously if it would be obvious to a competent and careful driver that driving the vehicle in its current state would be dangerous. In determining the state of the vehicle for this purpose, regard may be had to anything attached to or carried on or in it and to the manner in which it is attached or carried THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING IS 2 YEARS IMPRISONMENT THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR CAUSING DEATH BY DANGEROUS DRIVING IS 10 YEARS IMPRISONMENT

Load Securing The main UK guidance regarding the security of loads is the free Department for Transport Code of Practice: Safety of loads on vehicles Comprehensive load-specific advice can be found in the European Best practice guidelines on cargo securing

Measures for reducing these accidents include: Follow the Department for Transport Code of Practice Think about how the load can be made safe for offloading, as well as while being transported on the road. Could a load shift during transit? Could this present a risk to the driver when they open back doors, release curtain sides, or undo chains or strapping? Ensure drivers have a safe area to observe from when the vehicle is being loaded or unloaded, not next to the vehicle where there could be hit by a fork lift truck or falling load Never rely on curtain sides to hold a load in place Encourage drivers to report near misses and damaged equipment Get information from companies you are delivering or collecting from about facilities and off-loading arrangements on their site, before you visit

Slips & Trips

Concluding Summary Consider a two-pronged approach to the management of health and safety in the road haulage sector On road risk (defensive driver training) Off road risk (falls, slips and trips, load security, struck by transport)

Q & A Session 1. Visit the RHA Website: www.rha.uk.net 2. Log in to members area: Member No: 0027960-000 Postcode: AB1 XYZ 3. Enter Smart Safety in the search box 4. View video demos

Thank you for your participation For more details, including prices on RHA Smart Safety call RHA Training: 01733 261456 or email training@rha.uk.net To request a brochure on other health & safety services from Alcumus call: 01296 678440 or email info@alcumusgroup.com Please click here to access the survey