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New rules aim to protect tanker workers on hi
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• New rules aimed at reducing the number of workplace deaths and injuries caused by falls from heights should prompt hauliers to look at the measures they have in place to prevent such accidents. Six transport industry workers were killed and over 500 seriously injured by such falls during 2001/2002, according to the Health & Safety Executive.
Due to come into force in June 2004, the Work at Height Regulations will encourage operators to provide safety harnesses for people who have to work on top of tankers, if they don't already do so, says Martin Relton, material handling group manager at SpanSet.
Best known in the transport industry for its load restraint straps, SpanSet has developed • It's a lanyard that's secured to both sides of the top of the vehicle, and connected to the worker's belt by a single clipon safety hook.
It allows him to move in both directions along a walkway, and turn through 180°. "Even if he becomes unconscious, he won't fall," says Relton.
The package weighs 812kg. Prices vary from 1450 to as much as £800 for a harness suitable for use on a tanker.
The company recommends that a competent person inspects all installations once a year, and that all employees working at height receive height safety awareness training.
A safety system for the top deck of doubledecker trailers is under consideration by SpanSet, as are systems for flat-bed trailers and tippers.
"Even where a ground-operated sheeting system is fitted, it's sometimes the case that the driver will have to climb up and flatten down the load with a shovel before it can be used," he observes.
• Contact: 01506 73/494.