A NEPIC seminar, due to be held on 12 January 2010 at the Middlesbrough Football Club Riverside Stadium, will explore opportunities for improving the management of workplace transport issues. The seminar will be held in partnership with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Safety Groups UK (SGUK) and is sponsored by Nebosh. According to NEPIC, about 50 people are killed every year in accidents involving workplace transport.
These types of accidents also cause more than 1,500 injuries and about 3,500 injuries that cause people to be off work for more than three days. Many of these accidents are associated with moving goods either within the workplace or between workplaces. Moving Goods Safely (MGS) is a national project involving the HSE and local authorities working in partnership. The project aims to reduce injuries and incidents arising from the movement of goods from supplier through haulier to the recipient and end user, including any home deliveries.
This includes managing road risk - an important issue to achieve an all-round safe outcome. The project will focus on the delivery and collection of goods and the hazards this generates, along with issues about driver competence. It covers the main areas that cause the majority of injuries and ill health to workers, including workplace transport, preventing falls from vehicles or manual handling and keeping the load on the vehicle while in transit.
