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Posted By Robert_N
HI there,
Has anyone ever come across a site that didn't wear Hi Vis then following a traffic/movement management risk assessment the wearing of them were made mandatory?
I am facing problems and would love to know anyone's efforts in the past, I am only doing for their good.
Many thanks
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Posted By Bob Youel
what is done and not done in a workplace is all down to the person in charge; so work on them to make things happen. Making sure that your advice is correct. Thereafter sit back
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Posted By Coshh Assessor
I would approach this by saying:
"A traffic accident is quite likely on site because the pedestrians and vehicles mix. Pedestrians and vehicles mix like water and electricity. The best thing to do would be to segregate them. Here's an outline of what we would need to do this. It would cost around £100,000 and be a lot of effort. I appreciate that we can't really afford this. However, what we can do to make it much safer than it is now is to get all the pedestrians to wear a hi-vis. This would cost about £100 and is easy to do - lots of companies do it. Some companies only do this after there has been an accident - we can save ourselves a lot of grief by preventing that accident."
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Posted By Mike Foulds
Unsure what industry you are from but generally it is standard practice across the warehouse/distribution/transport and construction industries for the mandatory wearing of Hi Viz clothing or vests and safety boots/shoes.
If you have pedestrians and transport mixing then the visability of the pedestrian is vital.
If your risk assessment makes the recommedation based on safety and risk reduction whats the issue, a standard EN 471 class 2 vest (yellow or orange with 2 horizontal and 2 vertical reflective stripes) costs a couple of quid.
Compare that against the cost of the accident because someone was not visible.
Make the recommendation if it is turned down remind the person refusing the request about the corporate manslaughter act and the H&S offences bill.
Good luck
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Posted By Stuff4blokes
Hi Robert_N, are the problems coming from the people actually exposed to the risk, are they from management not wanting to spend, are they from persons being forced to wear the vests when they are not exposed or is it a general feeling of "we're invulnerable?
Bear in mind that many of these hi-vis vests are cheap nylon sweat vests that are uncomfortable to wear for extended periods.
If the risk assessment has been done well, the conclusions reached from a realistic study of exposures and the solutions are genuinely the most reasonably practicable ones, then stick to your guns. Otherwise re-think as a cheap solution may not be the best option.
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