Safe Working With Plant
Introduction
Plant and machinery is systematically used in the maintenance and improvement of the highway network. This plant makes operations safer, faster, and more efficient. It also introduces secondary risks to those who operate, work around, or have the potential to be affected by it.
Data suggests that plant person interface injuries are relatively uncommon. However, due to the power, weight and hardness of plant, compared with the fragility of the human body, when they do occur the consequences are often serious.
Increasing investment in roads, standardisation of products and methods, improved collaboration between organisations and developments in technology all offer opportunities to increase the HSW benefits we can derive from the use of plant as well as opportunities to eliminate harm caused by plant.
Common Intent Document
Introduction
Plant and machinery is systematically used in the maintenance and improvement of the highway network. This plant makes operations safer, faster, and more efficient. It also introduces secondary risks to those who operate, work around, or have the potential to be affected by it.
Data suggests that plant person interface injuries are relatively uncommon. However, due to the power, weight and hardness of plant, compared with the fragility of the human body, when they do occur the consequences are often serious.
Increasing investment in roads, standardisation of products and methods, improved collaboration between organisations and developments in technology all offer opportunities to increase the HSW benefits we can derive from the use of plant as well as opportunities to eliminate harm caused by plant.
Common Intent Document
| common_intent_-_safe_working_with_plant.pdf |
Relevant Raising the Bar Document
Raising the Bar 1 - Plant and Equipment
Raising the Bar 1 - Plant and Equipment
| b3_plant_person_interface_march_2021.pdf |
Raising the Bar 17 - Traffic Marshalls
Raising the Bar 25 - Loading / Unloading Vehicles
Raising the Bar 29 - Supervision
Raising the Bar 35 - Loading & Unloading Mobile Plant
Documents to support Elimination Phase
Documents to support Isolation Phase
Documents to support Administrative Control Phase
Documents to support Front Line Supervisors
Emergency and Incident Response
Relevant toolkit ideas and Blue Stars
Mobile Plant Proximity Warning System
3D Machine Control - 3DMC
Person Interface - Good Practice Blue Star
BS14 - Dumper Camera
BS25 - Red Zone Training
BS38 - Skipper Tape Exclusion Zone
BS59 - Use of stop gates
BS60 - Plant Person Interface Training
BS62 - Prolec Height and Slew Restrictors
BS65 - Rotating Dumper Cab
BS76 - Virtual Reality Plant Person Interface Training
BS77 - HI-VIZ Dumper
Related Training Material
OPERC Voluntary Code Of Practice Hand Signals For When Excavators Are Used As Cranes
Toolbox Talks
Videos
Jamie's Story - Jamie suffered life changing injuries when struck by a dumper on the A14
Battersea Near Miss
A Plant Operators Story A46
BAM - Safe Working with Plant
Coordination of Vehicles & Plant Incident Simulation Training
Relevant Hub Campaigns link
Plant Person Interface Campaign 2015
Plant Person Segregation Campaign 2017
Useful links / Other Industry Guidance
Raising the Bar 25 - Loading / Unloading Vehicles
Raising the Bar 29 - Supervision
Raising the Bar 35 - Loading & Unloading Mobile Plant
Documents to support Elimination Phase
Documents to support Isolation Phase
Documents to support Administrative Control Phase
Documents to support Front Line Supervisors
Emergency and Incident Response
Relevant toolkit ideas and Blue Stars
Mobile Plant Proximity Warning System
3D Machine Control - 3DMC
Person Interface - Good Practice Blue Star
BS14 - Dumper Camera
BS25 - Red Zone Training
BS38 - Skipper Tape Exclusion Zone
BS59 - Use of stop gates
BS60 - Plant Person Interface Training
BS62 - Prolec Height and Slew Restrictors
BS65 - Rotating Dumper Cab
BS76 - Virtual Reality Plant Person Interface Training
BS77 - HI-VIZ Dumper
Related Training Material
OPERC Voluntary Code Of Practice Hand Signals For When Excavators Are Used As Cranes
Toolbox Talks
Videos
Jamie's Story - Jamie suffered life changing injuries when struck by a dumper on the A14
Battersea Near Miss
A Plant Operators Story A46
BAM - Safe Working with Plant
Coordination of Vehicles & Plant Incident Simulation Training
Relevant Hub Campaigns link
Plant Person Interface Campaign 2015
Plant Person Segregation Campaign 2017
Useful links / Other Industry Guidance