You had an incident and many things may have happened, but you need to work through each one in a RCA (root cause analysis) one by one. So let’s start from the beginning of the issue, the first problem that occurred
When it comes to risk assessment, there are six elements.Identify the element upon which risk exists. What could cause you problems?
This story as sad as it is, happens to all too often. This gentleman had a mum and dad, may have had kids of his own potentially. We all need to take stock of what we do in transport. We all need to think about others in our work places and check in on them to ensure they are ok.
A large grain manufacturer was slugged with an $18m fine by the then RTA, for a total of 330 breaches or individual offences, about $55K for each offence. The allegation was that the business which was accepting loads, were accepting loads grossly overloaded!
Late last week on the NSW Police FB blog, it reported that a transport company (Many people will know who) was caught with unsafe loads coming out of a major retailers distribution centre. What happened was that a transport company was found to be loading and transporting goods which were not restrained, even though
I know what you’re all possibly saying to yourself now. Something along the lines of, “We’re fine, we have our drivers sign a fitness to drive form”. Let me explain to you further, that this is not good enough, it won’t save you from a potential prosecution.
