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Guidance
to HSE Inspectors on when to intervene
in a work-related road traffic incident
The
appendix to Operational Minute 2003/103 provides detailed
guidance to inspectors in relation to when they should
intervene or not in a WRRTI. The HSE categories of
possible WRRTI are set out below - with HSE's guidance
to whether inspectors should get involved - either
'yes', 'likely', 'possible' or 'no'.
If
you would to read what else the appendix says about
each of these categories, click on the titles
Loading
and unloading activities
| General |
Likely |
| Outside
LA Enforced Premises |
Likely |
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Driving
activities on public roads
| General |
No |
| "Other
Public Places" e.g. Supermarket car
park, industrial estates, dock area, farm
roads |
Yes |
| Carriage
of Dangerous goods |
yes
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| Vehicles
Maneuvering near to a workplace |
likely |
| Reversing
Activities |
No
- on public highway:
Likely - entering and leaving workplace |
| Armed
Forces Vehicles traveling on public highway
|
Possibly |
| Hours
of Driving |
No |
| Hours
of Work |
Possibly |
| Shift
working |
Unlikely |
| Agricultural
Vehicles Moving on Public Highway |
Possibly |
| Agricultural
vehicles moving on public highway |
Possibly |
| Newspaper
Deliveries by cyclists |
Very
unlikely |
| Milk
Delivery |
Unlikely |
| Specialist
Works Vehicles normally confined to site
but on highway |
Unlikely |
| Driver
training - Road Vehicles |
No |
| Driver
Training - Specialist works Vehicles e.g.
lift truck, pallet trucks etc driven on
public highway |
No |
| Use
of Mobile phone |
Unlikely |
|
Vehicles
and Objects Parked on Highway
| General |
No |
| Parked
Specialist Work Vehicles running away |
Unlikely |
| Skips |
No |
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Passenger
Safety Systems
| Seat
belts on buses, coaches, minibuses |
No |
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Vehicle
Integrity and Maintenance
| Security
of Loads |
No |
| Vehicle
emissions |
No |
| Road
Worthiness |
No |
| Vehicle
Maintenance/Servicing |
No |
| Maintenance
of Vehicles not requiring MOT (i.e. specialist
works vehicles) |
No |
| Working
at Heights on tankers |
yes |
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Vehicles
Involved in on the road activities
| Vehicles
engaged in construction, demolition, alternation
and repair or roads including placing and
removing cones, warning signs |
Yes |
| Hedge
Cutting |
Yes |
| Refuse
Collection |
Yes |
| Stationery
Vehicles involved in work activities on
the road e.g. breakdown recovery, gully
cleaning, repairs to lampposts |
Likely |
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Work
on foot or Public Highway
| Professional
Pedestrians: Postal delivery workers, Newspapers
boys, Meter Readers, Public survey staff,
Canvassers |
No |
| Work
Incidental to traffic flow: Road cleaning,
hedge cutting, construction workers crossing,
carriageway, highway inspections, placing
warning signs |
Yes |
| Work-Related
to Traffic Flow: Construction traffic control,
Traffic wardens, police (Safety checks,
road blocks etc) School crossing patrol |
Possible |
| Banksman
for Vehicle (where banksman provided at
workplace specifically to control movement
at vehicles) |
yes |
| Banksman
for individual vehicles |
Unlikely |
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Highway
Design, use and Maintenance
| Surface
and condition of road including mud on the
road |
No
(Except Railway Inspectorate) |
| Overhanging
tress and other obstructions |
Possibly |
| Changes
to routes and expansion of roads e.g. use
of hard shoulder as carriageway |
No |
| Changes
to road layout, diversions and road closures |
Possibly |
| Speed
limits, signage etc (for placing signs see
32 above |
No |
| Entrance
Exist of workplaces |
Possibly |
| Road
Partially completed e.g. house building |
Possibly |
| Re-routing
of public rights of way e.g. footpaths |
No
(Except Railway Inspectorate) |
| New
roads and improvement schemes |
Possibly |
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