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Working on top of road tankers - looking for a solution
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#1 Posted : 07 January 2005 11:22:00(UTC)
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Posted By Ann Hacon We visit third party sites and need to access and work on the top of their road tankers. If you have a solution as to how to do this work where no gantry exists at the site or on the tanker I would be really interested to hear from you as we can't do this work from the ground. Many thanks
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#2 Posted : 07 January 2005 11:29:00(UTC)
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Posted By J Knight Hi Anne, I would be tempted just to look at this as a working at height issue and look for solutions in e.g. HSG33 Roof Work, using MEWPS for instance. It strikes me that the fact that it's a road tanker, as opposed to any other high object, only limits the scope of the solutions, it shouldn't be used to define the problem, John
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#3 Posted : 07 January 2005 11:37:00(UTC)
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Posted By fats van den raad Anne Most road tankers that have access to the top of the tanker nowadays have built in collapsable handrails to facilitate safe access to the top of the tanker. Where these facilities are not in place I would agree with the previous post regarding mobile platform access sollutions. I also agree that working at height is the same everywhere and that road tankers are no exception.
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#4 Posted : 07 January 2005 11:38:00(UTC)
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Posted By Steve99Jones Ann Why not try and contact one of the big manufacturers such as Whale Tankers and see what advice they can offer. Have a look at www.whale.co.uk Steve
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#5 Posted : 07 January 2005 20:48:00(UTC)
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Posted By David Brede Another alternative would be to provide somewhere to clip on some fall arrest gear. Ideally this would be a wire above the vehicle so that you do not simply bang into the side of it if you fell off. This issue is no better addressed in other transport modes. Many rail freight wagons do not have this provision either and where overhead electrification is in use a clip on wire would be difficult to achieve.
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#6 Posted : 08 January 2005 11:24:00(UTC)
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Posted By David AB Thomas I understand that the Chemical Industries Association has published guidance on tanker top working. Some information is available on HSE's website: http://www.hse.gov.uk/fa...rcasestudies.htm#tankers Spanset Ltd have a restraint system called 'Bi-Line': http://www.spanset.co.uk/biline.aspx Your risk assessment should follow the fall protection hierarchy: prevent the fall; minimise the height and the consequences; minimise the consequences. Collective measures (e.g. barriers) should take preference over individual measures (e.g. PPE).
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#7 Posted : 10 January 2005 09:53:00(UTC)
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Posted By Renny Thomson What activities do your people carry out in the top of the tanker? I notice you are a LA person so I presume these are Trading Standards or something? Do they have to go on top or can the work be carried out by a different method?
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#8 Posted : 10 January 2005 16:10:00(UTC)
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Posted By Ann Hacon Hi Thanks for your response. We have explored the possibilities of working from the ground with no solution, hence my posting on this forum to see if anyone has already tackled this successfully. Regards
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