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8.6 Safe Movement of People and Vehicles in the Workplace

Risks Associated with Workplace Transport Operations

Typical Risks Relating to Vehicle Movements

When vehicle moves around in workplace, they are a hazard
to pedestrians, to other vehicles and the driver. Vehicle can
possess many serious and fatal injuries and cause a significant
amount of property and equipment damage. You will find
various hazards listed below along with some typical
conditions and environments in which each hazard might
occur.

Collisions

The workers may enter vehicle movement area unexpectedly as part of their work requirement to
store materials or to collect items or tools. This situation may cause worker to cross the moving
the vehicles, hence causes driver / operator to take emergency action. For example, parking
entrance.

The warehouse is considered to be a space constrained area, where the racking is vertically aligned
to height causing poor visibility to the operator at corners.

Vehicles may collide with fixed structures such as racking supporter or guard
column while being reversed.

Factors that can cause risk of collision

• Over speeding of vehicles

• Excessive breaking
• Reversing vehicles can collide with pedestrians,

pallets, or racks.
• Insufficient lighting and signs.

• Poor visibility – sharp bends, concealed entrances

and exits, blind spots.
• Lack of crossing points

• Lack of separate access and egress for vehicles and pedestrians
• Lack of segregation of vehicles and pedestrians

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