Waste premises workplace transport inspection campaign

Campaign this autumn to highlight risks and encourage best practice in transport safety in the waste sector

The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) will be carrying out a workplace transport inspection campaign at waste premises across Northern Ireland.

The inspection campaign will run throughout autumn 2022. HSENI Inspectors will be conducting focused inspections to assess the management of workplace transport risks.

The inspection campaign will target three key areas required to manage workplace transport effectively:

Safe Site

• Is there a traffic management plan in place?
• Are pedestrians and vehicles adequately segregated?
• Are measures in place to ensure persons hand sorting waste are physically segregated from vehicles?
• Are appropriate one-way systems in use?

Safe Vehicle

• Are measures in place to ensure vehicle all-round visibility?
• Are procedures in place to carry out pre-use checks and to report defects?
• Have statutory examinations been completed for vehicles used for lifting?
• Are vehicles provided with horns, lights, reflectors, reversing alarms where necessary?

Safe Driver

• Do drivers hold adequate licenses / training certificates for the vehicles they are authorised to drive?
• Is there a program of driver refresher training in place?
• Are there measures in place to prevent drivers falling from heights during sheeting / loading activities?

HSENI Inspectors will be providing information and advice during the inspection campaign. Where significant risks are found Inspectors may take enforcement action in order to achieve compliance with health and safety legislation to ensure that the risks are properly managed.

You can download practical guidance on how to manage work related transport risks on site (PDF, 1.25MB). 

Find out more about the waste premises transport safety campaign.

First published 7 October 2022