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Posted By Justin Evans
Recently, we had accident occur where one of our employees assisted a courier firm removing a pallet from a delivery vehicle. As a result, he trapped 2 fingers which resulted in a serious injury. This happened just before my arrival at the company.
However, I have now been asked to carry out a risk assessment during the next delivery. But, as this area is quite new to me I wanted to ask those who might have more experience, should our employee be even assisting the delivery driver, as there is no mention of this within his job description.
Thanks in advance.
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Posted By David Bannister
Justin, co-operation between employers in H&S matters is enshrined in legislation and receiving goods from couriers is part of your business process.
If the courier has the correct skills, equipment and ability to move the load on their own, let them get on with it, under your supervision. If not, you need to ensure that you have these in place and use them.
Just helping out is a contributory factor is a large number of accidents, apparently yours too. Apply your usual risk assessment methodology to this activity and decide the most appropriate way to do the tasks, safely.
Others may advise you to avoid all contact with the job or alternatively do the entire thing yourself. My advice is to make YOUR choice to best reflect the circumstances.
Finally, don't put fingers under a pallet that's being moved or lifted!
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