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Keeping delivery drivers safe
Information sheet of safety considerations for delivery drivers.
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Keeping delivery drivers safe
Information sheet of safety considerations for delivery drivers.
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A guide to work health and safety in the road freight transport industry
This guide outlines common hazards in the road freight transport industry and how to remove and reduce the risks around them.
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Introduction
This guide provides work health and safety information for road freight transport operators and their supply chains. It provides guidance relevant to New South Wales work health and
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Embedding a health and safety landscape
The Roadmap incorporates the concept of a work health and safety landscape and has been developed to aid all NSW workplaces including the transport sector to:improve WHS systems
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Focus on key priority areas
Top hazards within the transport sectorTransport is a diverse industry including outdoor work with heavy machinery and plant. Each workplace is different and work is undertaken at various
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Risk assessment
Businesses need to identify hazards and assess the risk of harm to someone in the workplace. To be compliant with health and safety laws, you must then take
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Road safety
Almost 30% of workplace fatalities in NSW are the result of road crashes at work, while about 26% of the state road toll involves a vehicle being used
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Improved recovery at work practices
On average, injured or ill workers in the transport industry are taking longer than most other industries to recover at work.SafeWork NSW and SIRA are working together with
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Traffic management
Whenever vehicles, mobile plant (such as forklifts) and pedestrian traffic interact; there is the increased potential for injury or death if traffic management arrangements are not in place