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Posted By Emma Forbes
Hi everyone
I have a query that I hope some of you may be able to assist with an answer/solution....
We have received information that the HSE plan to inspect 50% of refuse collection/recycling within LA's in each area
We have fitted all our refuse collection vehicles with back eye cameras but it states that any vehicle that doesn't have CCTV fitted should have a banksman present for reversing.
We have a lot of operations that are single crew such as skip services for commercial premises where reversing can't be eliminated and CCTV can't be installed onto the vehicles, deliveries to depots from contractors - I recall something that single crewed vehicles were exempt from the need for banksmen......? Anyone heard of a similar thing - how do others cope with such things??
Any help/advice would be much appreciated.
Emma.
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Posted By Peter MacDonald
Emma
This is down to risk assessment. Basically look at each individual skip uplift. Is it near a school, or a housing estate where there could be kids (consider if it is the school holidays. Is the area industrial or fenced off and enclosed.....who could possibly be in the immediate area. Mitigate the risks, In certain instances the driver could make use of a customers banksman, or at least get someone to check for people and obstacles when reversing. In high population areas you will probably, when balancing the risks decide you need a drivers mate to bank.
People, especially kids can move into the reversing zone quickly and in a skip wagon you will not know about a collision until it's too late.
The SHE mag regularly tells of accidents whereby people are killed/injured by reversing vehicles. It is a real danger and I would err on the side of caution. Try going out with a driver on a run and see for yourself. Compare your confidence with that of the driver when he/she is reversing a 16 tonne load down an alley with just mirrors.
I guess I'm saying no definitive answer but if you have an accident you would be asked a lot of hard questions about your assessment of the risk.
Cheers
Peter
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Posted By Pete Moran
Emma....you must provide a means of ensuring that the driver of the vehicle is able to have all round visibility....this might be provided by a 'device' such as a convex mirror system or CCTV system or might be provided by a full time banksman (clearly identifiable as such) where this is not practicable. Other devices such as sonic sensing units built into bumpers etc are very useful for informing the driver of any persons or objects behind him....all supplemented with reversing alarms and reversing lights of course. There should also be a written safe-system of work for any of these operations especially where there is interaction between a driver and banksman.In this way you will have a hierarchy of control measures.
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Posted By Danny Swygart
Try www.allroundvision.com to see if they can provide you with a practical solution.
Danny.
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Posted By Emma Forbes
Many thanks to those who responded, as always the information and advice received is invaluable.
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