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Posted By Madelyn Portley
Hi
Can someone tell me what is the procedure if equipment is being delivered to a site. The driver is on top of the truck helping to unload materials. The materials are also being unloaded by a teleporter. Is it up to the drivers company to provide a method statement? does the driver have to wear a harness since the new working at height regs came in? more and more of our clients are looking for risk assessments when the driver is standing on the bed of the truck. Who exactly has to provide this information to the contractor.Help?
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Posted By Ken Dickson
Madelyn,
The first thing to note is the drivers employer should already cover the risk of a fall from the (presumably open) load area of the truck in their risk assessment. There are proprietary systems that can be used for protecting from falls in these circumstances that could be investigated. Using a harness for the work would not really be practical. Ask the contractor for their risk assessments and ensure you are happy with them.. It is also useful for the trucks to carry copies of these documents for presentation on site when required.
Ken
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Posted By garyh
I believe it is down to the employer of the driver to do a risk assessment; this would decide what if any fall protection/prevention equipment and / or PPE (eg harness) is required.
Of course the other involved party (eg location where off/loading takes place) should be involved however the primary requirement is on the employer, in my view.
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Posted By Madelyn Portley
Thanks Ken
On the other hand, i was thinking that maybe the driver should not do this work at all in fact. But our men here tell me that for the driver to help out,it means the job is done faster... I know, not the ideal situation. thats great, i will get onto the delivery company for their risk assessment.. thanks again.
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Posted By Ken Dickson
Madelyn,
It is quite true that unloading the lorry is not the drivers responsibility, but to expect a delivery lorry to be operated and the driver not work, at times, on the load area is not realistic. That does NOT mean that they should be introducing additional risks to get the job done faster.
Ken
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Posted By Delwynne
In my experience what Ken said is exactly the response you will get from the haulier. They are responsible for getting the load to you not getting it off - if access is required to the back of the wagon in order to offload the goods then edge protection, risk assessments etc are up to you not the haulier.
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Posted By Madelyn Portley
Hi Ken,
Thanks again. I just spoke to the secretary in the delivery company. She said that ideally the drivers are not supposed to help out, but i have been told that some of them do. I suggested to her that she might include this in her risk assessment. I still have to do a method statement anyway for our lads. This should be sufficient for the contractor who is looking for this information.
Madelyn
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Posted By Ali
Whosoever, provides the WAH risk assessment (in this case both driver's employer and person in control of teleporter on site) they must follow the Hierarchy of controls as required under the WAH Regs 2005 - see HSE website
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