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By Phil Hughes MBE

and Ed Ferrett

Movement of vehicles – hazards and control

Chapter 9

After reading this chapter you should be able to:

1. identify the hazards that may cause injuries to pedestrians in the workplace and the control measures to reduce the risk of such injuries

2. identify the hazards presented by the movement of vehicles in the workplace and the control measures to reduce the risks they present

Movement of vehicles – hazards and control

Figure 9.1 Slips trips and falls - tripping hazards

Figure 9.2 Cleaning must be done carefully to prevent slipping

Figure 3 Falling from height - a tower scaffold

1. Inadequate hand rail2. External ladder3. Being moved with a person on the scaffold

Figure 9.4(a) Warehouse vehicle loading area with separate pedestrian access and

handrails

Figure 9.4(b) Barriers to prevent vehicle collision with tank bunds

Figure 5(a) internal factory roadway with appropriate markings

Figure 9.5(b) Unsafe stacks of heavy boxes

Figure 9.6 industrial counterbalanced lift-truck

Figure 9.7 Telescopic material handler

Figure 9.8 Various construction plant with driver protection

Figure 9.9 Road risks in some countriescan be slow moving but precarious

Figure 9.10 Occupational road risks can be fast moving – Italian motorway

Figure 9.11 Need the appropriate licenseto drive for the vehicle