Posted By Pete Holman I had to investigate a near miss this week and I wanted to see what people thought of my investigation.... (first one!) FLT driver was in the yard loading a curtain sider with empty pallets. Ground was level. No pedestrians around. He was placing some pallets into the trailer and was concentrating on the side of the stack getting past an upright. He didn't notice the top pallet dislodge and fall onto the roof of the fork lift. He was trying to put 18 pallets on in one stacking maneouvre! Also transpired he had never had ANY training how to load a pallet trailer correctly. I concluded he shouldn't have been putting such a tall stack in in one go. Also, although he had completed a basic training course, the lack of training on that task is also a significant problem. Turns out NO one in the warehouse has had ANY training other than the basic..... One of my issues is how many pallets can he load in one go? The other is who can train him (And everyone else) on the tasks like that. Does it have to be an instructor(rtitb/itssar)?

Posted By Simon Belk Pete You might want to show your drivers this, as they will undoubtedly be operating at some point with limited visibility. (18 pallets in a stack!) http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2008/coiwm39508.htm Si