www.truckandtrack.com Winter 2023 Truck and Track 67 DANGEROUS GOODS ■ Ensuring you have taken robust site security measures from the risk assessment, and documented them into a regularly reviewed depot security plan. ■ Ensuring all drivers [and staff] checked-out in the preemployment stage. ■ Ensuring any temporary or agency staff are checked out prior to deployment. ■ Ensuring all drivers carry robust photo identification. ■ When loading material out from your depot or warehouse, you check the Photo Identification of the driver collecting the goods with the person requesting the movement of dangerous goods. ■ Drivers en-route or delivering goods ensure that they call their depot should they perceive any suspicious activity. ■ Drivers must never pick-up hitch-hikers, or strangers asking for a lift. ■ Consideration for vehicle tracking and immobilisation equipment. ■ Drivers should vary their routes, if on specific, and regular runs and ensure care is taken in secure parking for their breaks and overnight rest. ■ Ensure all staff remain vigilant and look for any unexplained behavioural changes in work colleagues. ■ Be suspicious of any deliveries requested for private addresses, especially if it is fertilizer material, toxic weed killers, as well as ‘accelerants’ such as flammable materials. ■ Precautions taken when asked to “pull over” when carrying Dangerous Goods. ■ Ensure drivers have been trained on these security measures. In my opinion, these also act as “good discipline” for the carriage of non-ADR materials, due to the increasing criminal activity we are seeing, especially with vehicle and fuel theft, as well as the carriage of “high value” items. A very useful resource to help logistics operators and their drivers is the Security Training DVD from The Department for Transport [with training guidance notes]. This can be obtained from your DGSA or direct from DfT. Ensure that the training is reviewed periodically and documented. More information regarding transport security and storage of Dangerous goods including HCDGs can be obtained from Department for Transport > https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/securityrequirements-for-moving-dangerous-goods-by-road-and-rail Location It is important that the site is not only located close to a motorway/trunk road, but also in a secure location, ideally an industrial estate and distanced from residential housing. This is for safety issues related to chemicals storage/transhipment, fire protection, access control [CCTV/Alarms], environmental issues [e.g. the site having interceptor/draining protection], sound and emissions, pollution control. Site security must be considered if High Consequence Dangerous Goods [HCDG] are involved – documented security considerations are mandatory. This includes site security planning, security risk assessments, security equipment/protocols and staff training and contacts. Before considering taking on ADR, the site[s] must be assessed in terms of suitability for purpose. Written documentation Significant documentation is required when implementing ADR Logistics Operations, which includes taking account of ADR implications which may impinge upon existing protocols, which includes augmentation of existing documents as well as writing new ones. ● Risk Assessments ● Standard Operating Procedures [SOP] ● Safe Systems of Work ● Site security/transit-security plan ● Policy documentation ● Vehicle Maintenance [with ADR records] ● Instructions in writing [in the language the driver can read] ● Emergency procedures for site and for drivers [incl. first aid and spillage control] ● Audit records and planning ● HSG-71 Compliance with HSE warehousing protocols ● Training records [external and internal] Equipment Following risk assessments and standard operating procedures, coupled to statutory requirements [as detailed in ADR and in the Instructions in Writing IIW], materials need to be available to handle spillage and emergency situations. ● Vehicles equipped and suitable for ADR [orange plate, fire extinguishers etc] ● Driver and Depot Personal Protective Equipment [PPE] for depot and vehicle ● First Aid Equipment and Kit bags/lockers [vehicle and depot]. ● Sand/Absorbents ● Drain Protection/Bunds/Spillage Trays/Abatement Equipment ● Sealants/Pallets/Drums/Heavy-Duty Tape/‘Repair Kits’ ● Signage/Floor Paint/Lighting/Emergency Exits and Muster Points ● Materials Handling Equipment Training ‘Training needs’ require to be assessed, and identified to ensure compliance with operational as well as statutory requirements. These include formal ADR training certification for drivers, as well as ADR Awareness for vehicle planners, depot FLT operators TRUCK & TRAILER SOLUTIONS WELCOME TOALLPORTS GROUP allportsgroup.co.uk Vehicle Graphics External Signage Covid-19 H & S Signage Promotional Signage
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