Posted By Dave Merchant
Sounds like in this case the H+S policy has been applied too far. There's no absolute restriction on people accessing vehicles needing PPE or fall arrest, and while protective measures are 'advised' by the HSE where reasonably practicable, there are thousands of people standing on the flatbeds of delivery trucks every day and doing it with a perfectly acceptable level of safety, simply by use of common sense and the number one eyeball. Creating a vastly complicated system to avoid accessing the vehicle presumably will need people to be standing higher than the surface so they can see what they're doing - therefore doesn't solve anything.