Are you the manager of a logistics and goods transport company?
In search of a health and safety risk assessment tailored to your activity?
Do you need a pre-filled assessment to save you hours of work?
Want to be in compliance with safety regulations?
 
Our Health and Safety Risk Assessment is designed to meet your needs with:
→ A professional risk assessment totally specific to transport and logistics.
→ Risk prevention proposals for transport and logistics.
→ A health and safety implementation schedule.
 
All this in an easily editable Excel format, allowing you to make personalized updates on your own.
 
FEATURES OF OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT FOR LOGISTICS + GOODS TRANSPORT 
 
This 5-page Excel file includes:
A Cover Page
A Company Information page
A presentation of the Risk Assessment Methodology used.
An occupational risks assessment tailored to your sector of activity.
A risk prevention schedule with all the different safety measures.

It contains 48 occupational risk situations classified into 10 work units:
Goods Receiver
Forklift operator
Order picker
Shipping Clerk
Truck driver
Loading and unloading of goods
Logistics and administrative management
Customer contact
Working environment
Work premises
 
☑ Complies with the employer's obligation to assess risks
(Regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999)
☑ Adheres to the General Principles of Prevention
(Schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999)
☑ Takes into account good practice and pitfalls in risk assessment
(Report RR151 from the Health and Safety Executive)
 
EXCERPTS FROM OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT FOR LOGISTICS + GOODS TRANSPORT 
 
The danger of falling goods when loading trucks: The company's dispatchers are exposed to the risk of goods falling from heights when loading them onto trucks. There are a number of reasons why goods may fall from height: pallets and/or cartons that have been incorrectly stacked and/or packaged may collapse during loading, goods that are precariously balanced on the lifting equipment may fall when the equipment starts moving, etc. A number of factors increase the risk of falling goods: failure to comply with the maximum working weight of handling equipment, incorrect loading of the load onto the lifting equipment (e.g. handling with the load at the end of the forks), sudden manoeuvres with the lifting equipment (e.g. abrupt change of direction), or sudden braking which can cause the goods to be thrown forward due to mass transfer. The possible damage caused by falling goods is violent impact with nearby people. Although the damage caused depends on the weight of the goods and the height of the fall, it is often significant, with crushing of one or more limbs, and various fractures. In the worst-case scenario, these falls can cause irreversible effects (e.g. tetraplegia or paraplegia if the spinal column is affected) or even death.
 
The danger of falling from heights for truck drivers: When getting on and off their trucks, or when loading and unloading goods, drivers can potentially fall from heights. In most cases, these falls occur from the cab, trailer or tailgate of the truck (if so equipped). Depending on the configuration of the customer's premises, he may also fall from a loading bay. The risk of falling from a height is greater on rainy days, as the various surfaces where drivers will be working are slippery (trailer, loading bay, tailgate, etc.). Rushing while loading and unloading a truck, doing several tasks at once (e.g. answering the phone), or walking backwards with one's back to empty space are additional factors in falls. Damage caused by falls from height can include impact with the ground, an object below, or a nearby person. This can result in contusions, fractures, internal and/or external haemorrhaging, and head trauma that can plunge the person into a coma. In rare cases, falls can cause irreversible damage (e.g. spinal column leading to quadriplegia) or even death.
 
 
REGULATORY COMPLIANCE OF OUR RANGE OF HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENTS 
_ We're registered as Professional Risk Prevention Consultants.
_ Our team comprises graduate safety engineers.
_ Our documents are routinely checked by safety inspectors.
_ We frequently update our Occupational Risk Assessments.
 
RESOURCES ON WORK-RELATED RISKS IN LOGISTICS + GOODS TRANSPORT 
_ "Health and safety in logistics | 5 areas of focus for 2021" by Worknest.
_ "Biggest safety risks for HGV drivers" by HGV UK.