Driver safety
When driving between jobs, it is vital to Take 5 before setting off in your vehicle and be aware of your surroundings, particularly the safety of passing pedestrians. Be mindful of small children, who can be difficult to see from inside a vehicle and can move quickly into the path of a vehicle.
To prevent an incident and/or injury, use the Take 5 process and consider these steps:
Driver safety – Key steps
- Walk around the vehicle and look for obstacles or hazards before moving
- Look behind before reversing – not as you take off
- Be aware that the ‘blind space’ behind your car can be more than 15 metres
- Always beware of pedestrians, especially children. They are unpredictable!
- Reverse slowly – turn your head, use your mirrors and check both sides – and avoid reversing over a long distance
- When reversing and turning, remember to watch the front of your car as well
- Parking sensors and reversing cameras can greatly improve reversing visibility, but should not replace active supervision
- Reverse slower than a walking pace
For your reference
- A HSE Bulletin on driver safety can be found on CMS: Click on Documents>HSEQ Management Systems>HSE Safe Systems of Work>Bulletins>ISGM
Working in utilities corridors
Always:
- Use Dial Before You Dig (DBYD) and maintain competence in reading and interpreting information in utility plans;
- Ensure plans are suitably readable on site, such as printed in A3 or using a tablet/computer, but not a smartphone;
- Should cable locators or potholing fail to positively identify the utility asset, contact the relevant asset owner if there are any doubts in locating services; and
- Comply with asset owner requirements.
For your reference
- A HSE alert on working in utilties corridors is also available on CMS: Click Documents/ HSEQ Management System/ HSE Safe Systems of Work/ Alerts/ ISGM
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