The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has devised a cross-cutting guidance tool to help manage the risk involved in the use of workplace transport and has been called the route map.
The route map will provide an easy to understand and readily accessible framework of current legislation, guidance and agreed good practice. It will set out alternative ways to comply, which should be particularly useful for small and medium enterprises which have many demands on limited time and resources.
The route map will aim to provide a clear path for all employers to follow best practice and meet their legal responsibilities, including setting out alternative ways to comply where these exist. It will focus specifically on site layout and design, vehicle selection and maintenance, personnel matters and management responsibilities.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is holding a series of events to debate the content of a proposed new route map.
Terry Rose, Head of HSE's Field Operations Directorate in Wales and the South West and keynote speaker at the Cardiff event commented:
"These events are aimed at employers and workers who might be affected by risks from vehicles in the workplace. They will provide a real opportunity to influence the way these proposals are taken forward. Every year people are killed and seriously injured in incidents involving vehicles at work. HSE aims to reduce this by ten per cent over three
years by introducing clearer methods of identifying problems and providing guidance on how to put them right."
The events will be held in early July at Cardiff, Birmingham and Edinburgh, details of which are as follows:
4 July 2006:
Angel Hotel
Castle Street
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF10 1SZ
6 July 2006:
Holiday Inn Birmingham
Smallbrook
Queensway
Birmingham
West Midlands
B5 4EW
11 July 2006:
Thistle Edinburgh
107 Leith Street
Edinburgh
Lothian
EH1 3SW
All events start at 10am. To book a place, contact the Workplace Transport Team on 020 7717 6059/6840/6366 or email: workplace.transport@hse.gsi.gov.uk
Further information on the consultation can be found in our Legislation News pages by clicking the following link: Managing Workplace Transport Risk - A Route Map
