Vehicle Risks

The most common types of Work Related Vehicle incidents are:

• People being hit by vehicles
• People falling from vehicles
• Objects falling from vehicles
• Vehicles overturning

 

Most fatal Work Related Vehicle incidents occur during the following activities:

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• Maintenance and repair
• Loading and unloading
• Coupling and uncoupling

 

Useful Links

For information on Safety and Health of Transport workers go to report from the European Safety Agency entitled OSH in figures: Occupational safety and health in the transport sector — an overview.

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