Often, it’s easier to show people how to do things than to tell them. It’s easy to remember and understand. A practical demonstration of the concept you are trying to communicate is quick and to the point.
With this in mind, the HSA have assembled a great selection of videos on their HSA Youtube channel and in their vehiculesatwork.ie website to demonstrate workplace safety practices.
For example, one of the most powerful and useful devices in any warehouse is the forklift. Used correctly it can actually improve health and safety for all employees by doing the lifting. However, when good forklifts go wrong, it means double trouble.
Daily safety checks are essential to prevent that form happening. For that purpose, a procedural checklist is required to achieve consistency. The short HSA video on Forklift Operator Pre-checks available on the HSAchannel on Youtube will at least give you a place to start thinking about how to implement that.
There is a lot that can go wrong, from warning lights to hydraulics and tyres. If the safety procedure you see demonstrated in the HSA video is implemented in your workplace, you will know that you have done everything possible to ensure forklift safety.
Reversing is one of the most hazardous parts of the driver’s journey, because the driver’s view is restricted. In fact, reversing manoeuvres are implicated in 11% of workplace fatalities involving a vehicle.
Just published on the HSA Youtube channel, the Reversing Safety video highlights some of the pitfalls drivers face on a daily basis and ways to avoid them.
It is something that everybody who works near vehicles could benefit from viewing, as it talks about safe behaviour for people walking in the vicinity of a reversing vehicle also. The video also provides inspiration for supervisors and managers in how to lay out their premises to safely accommodate reversing procedures.
