1. H&S campaign No. 5
“Falls from vehicles”

2. Why are we running a campaign?
Because of the high numbers and frequency of injuries attributed to:
Falls from vehicles
Falls from items of mobile plant
Slips, trips and falls on the beds of trailers

3. The dangers of incorrect access / egress

4. Highways injury stats (HE database for injuries recorded between Apr-12 and Jan-15)
A total of 40 injuries, or varying severity, recorded were categorised as follows:
65% – Stepping from vehicle / plant onto the ground or floor surface (26no)
15% – Accessing or exiting the cone well of TM vehicles (6no)
13% – Slips & trips on debris on the beds of trailers (5no)
8% – Other (3no)

5. Highways injury stats (HE database for injuries recorded between Apr-12 and Jan-15)
Timings (24 hour clock) for the 40 injuries:
53% – Nightshift (21no)
35% – Dayshift (14no)
13% – Unknown, times not entered on database (5no)

6. Slips, trips and falls Video scene 3 – Muddy boots

7. Slips, trips and falls Video scene 8 – Exiting vehicles https://www

8. THE CHALLENGE
To promote and encourage “buy-in” with understanding in the use and benefits of carrying out:
Simple checks on vehicles, mobile plant equipment, and the beds of trailers
Ensuring that controls are put in place, each day / shift, by users and supervisors

9. RAISING AWARENESS
The following are example documents available here; vehicles.html

10. HSE checklists and posters
Appendices:
HSE Vehicle “spec” check
HSE Managers checklist
HSE Managers poster (Help raise awareness of ways to prevent falls from vehicles)
HSE Workers poster (Help raise awareness of ways to prevent falls from vehicles)
HSE preventing falls from vehicles pocket card (INDG 413)

11. Example safety alerts and reminders etc
Watch your step
Carillion – Descending from plant [Apr 15]
HE161 – Slips and trips in supply chain [Nov 15]
Morgan Sindall - Reminder: Slips, trips and falls [Feb 15]
BmJV TBT 09 – Safe parking of mobile plant [Jun 14]
Costain – Fall from excavator [Jun 14]
Crossrail – Slips, trips and falls [Nov 14]
Chevron TM – Watch your step poster [Nov 11]
Barhale - Operative slips dismounting flatbed lorry [Aug 08]

12. Example safety alerts and reminders etc
Vehicle safety
Network Rail – Fall from bed of a vehicle [Mar 16]
Chevron TM – Security of cone well covers [Sep 15]
Galliford – Maintenance of concrete pumps [Mar 15]
HE166 – Vehicle safety [Dec 15]
Eurovia – Ankle injury [Dec 14]
HW Martin – Safety frame for vehicle flatbed info [Mar 10]
SEESA – Breach of golden rules [Jul 09]

13. Other industry information
PowerPoint Presentation -
FORS – Working from height and the prevention of falls from vehicles
Short duration videos -
CEMEX – Suite of visual aides on slips, trips and falls, which includes reference to 11 short duration videos, the following being directly related to “Falls from vehicles”

14. THE GOAL
To reduce the numbers and frequency of injuries, incidents and near misses attributed to:
Falls from vehicles
Accessing & exiting the cone well (TM vehicles)
Slips, trips and falls on the beds of trailers

15. What we need from you… THEY JUST NEED TO BE USED!
Whilst slips, trips and falls remains a common (repeat) issue, key learning and the development of controls has progressed and understanding has improved…
THEY JUST NEED TO BE USED!
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