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Posted By Paul L Williams
Dear all,
Has anyone produced a safety sheet for European HGV drivers in different languages. We have the age old problem of foreign drivers arriving at out site in sandals with no high vis jackets etc. The main problem is that the agents are fully aware of our rules but they can subcontract to hauliers who don't. A safety sheet telling them what to where, not to smoke, etc, is what I need.
Any copies I could adapt would be appreciated. Otherwise its a trip to the language school!
Cheers
Paul Williams
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Posted By Merv Newman
Sorry, but it is likely to be a trip to the language school. Your site-specific rules may be just that little bit different from others that there could be some confusion. think hard about the minimum rules you must enforce, be very directive and specify your reactions to non-compliance. You should also be specifying these rules to your transport contractors.
Are you going to refuse admittance of an urgent delivery, which arrives at 3am, (production will shut down at 3h15 for lack of parts) just because the roumanian driver has no safety shoes or hard hat ?
Best practice is, in my experience, to specify in ALL transport contracts MINIMUM safety requirements for deliveries. Gate guard to decide if driver complies. Also in contract is clause stipulating that gate guard will supply required Personal Protective Equipement against driver's signature. This will authorise you to bill transport company for PPE + 10% service charge.
Thus reinforcing concept that safety is a PROFIT center. Atleast for your company.
Merv
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Posted By Paul L Williams
Thanks for the tips Merv. I wish there was a gate house. The first person to meet the HGV driver is the goods in store man or the receptionist. Mind you the store man is very safety conscious and makes sure the HGV driver stays in his cab or in a refuge whilst unloading is being undertaken. I'll sort it out one way or another.
Cheers
Paul L Williams
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Posted By Karen Todd
I've not seen any on our site in sandals - only dark clogs teamed with white socks!
KT
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Posted By Sean Nuttall
Paul,
can help you with this. I had some knocked up 5 years ago that covered emergency procedures, smoking, ppe requirements which sound similar to yours. The overall gist is wide enough to cover your operations with a little modification on your part.
Have English, French, German and Swedish but no Rumainian I am afraid but guess most will know enough German or French to get by.
They have been passed by a linguist by the way as my first attempt in my rusty German had the warehouse manager translated as a laager fuhrer which turned out to be colloquial for a Prisoner Of War camp officer !! We live and learn.
Will send you as separate e mail
Regards
Sean
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Posted By Sean Nuttall
Paul
for some reason I can't pull up your e mail address. Send me an email at Sean.Nuttall@warden.co.uk and I will send em on
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