Health and Safety
Executive / Commission
Research reports
Aimed to obtain information about workplace transport safety
from organisations of varying size and industry and divided into
two sections, this research marks the completion of phase I. One
hundred companies were randomly selected from each identified
industry sector; these were of varying size (number of employees)
and were operating from premises of different ages. A list of
potential measures that could be used to control workplace
transport was compiled and categorised under: pedestrian safety;
traffic routes; vehicle safety; site safe engineering measures and
designs; safe systems of work; training and selection and personal
protective equipment. A questionnaire was devised to include
general information about the company, such as the number of
employees, general workplace transport safety, awareness of
legislation, the implementation of control measures and their
perceived effectiveness. This was piloted on 10 local communities
through face to face interviewing, taking into account comments and
suggestions the Questionnaire was redesigned, re -piloted on 25
companies through telephone interviewing. The final version of the
questionnaire was mailed with a covering letter and pre-paid
envelope to 2000 companies. Sufficient responses were received to
allow statistical analysis, the responses were weighted in line
with the total number of organisations in each sector; conclusions
could be drawn about the population as a whole. States that there
is a reasonably high reported level of awareness of health and
safety legislation, but a sizable minority of companies have little
awareness, and do not record accident data. About 40% of companies
who reported being aware of the Management of Health and Safety at
Work Regulations said they had not conducted a risk assessment of
workplace transport. These findings suggest that there is
considerable scope for improving the promulgation of regulations,
guidance on good practice, and enforcement.
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