Nearly a quarter of work-related deaths involving vehicles occur when reversing and 90 per cent of reversing accidents occur off road. Tips from the HSE for safer reversing include:
- Remove the need for reversing wherever possible.
- Exclude people from area where vehicles have to reverse.
- Minimise the distance vehicles have to reverse.
- Use a properly trained banksman or guide.
- Decide how the driver is to make and keep contact with a banksman.
- Make sure all staff are adequately trained.
- Make sure all visiting drivers are adequately briefed.
- Make sure all vehicle manoeuvres are properly supervised.
- Use mirror to increase the area the driver can see.
- Fit a reversing alarm.
- Use other safety devices such as barriers.
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