Workplace Transport

Vehicles at work continue to be a major cause of fatal and major injuries in
Northern Ireland. Throughout the last ten years 34 people have lost their
life through workplace transport incidents and 162 people were seriously
injured. By law, pedestrians or vehicles must be able to use a traffic route
without causing danger to the health or safety of people working near it.

A wide variety of transport vehicles may be found within workplaces. Causes of transport incidents may include:

• being struck by a moving vehicle
• falling from a moving vehicle
• being stuck in a vehicle which turns over

Dutyholders and Employees

Information for Dutyholders can be found at the following link:

• Drive Danger Out - Information for Dutyholders

Information for Employees can be found at the following link:

• Drive Danger Out - Information for Employees

Workplace Transport Campaign - TV Ads

You can view our television adverts aimed towards Dutyholders and Employees at the links below:

• Workplace Transport Campaign - Dutyholders (HSENI YouTube)
• Workplace Transport Campaign - Employees (HSENI YouTube)

Social Media

All HSENI social media posts for this campaign can be found below on our YouTube channel at the following playlist:

• Workplace Transport Social Media Shorts (HSENI YouTube)

Radio Adverts

You can also click on the link below to listen to our campaign radio adverts:

• Workplace Transport Campaign radio adverts

Workplace Transport Campaign Resources

• Safe Driving in the workplace
• Safe parking in the workplace
• Separating pedestrains and vehicles in the workplace - a simple guide
• Reversing vehicles in the workplace
• Keeping pedestrians safe in the workplace
• Separating pedestrians and vehicles in the workplace - risk assessment
• Introduction to Workplace Transport
• Workplace Transport risk assessment
• Driving at work - an employer guide  
• Workplace transport - safety information sheet 
• Rider-operated lift trucks
• The safe use of telehandlers in construction - the Strategic Forum Plant Safety Group (www.highwayssafetyhub.com) - PDF format
• Compliance with ADR & Carriage of Dangerous Goods (CDG10) Regs (as amended)  
• Quarry vehicle safety
• Inflation of quarry vehicle tyres
• Using tractors safely
• Overturning tractors and other self-propelled vehicles (hse.gov.uk)
• Quad bike safety
• HSG136 - A guide to workplace transport safety - HSE (GB) website
• HSG 144 - The safe use of vehicles on construction sites - pdf format (hse.gov.uk)
• Construction - Excavator industry health & safety (hse.gov.uk)
• Warehousing and storage: Keep it safe INDG412 (hse.gov.uk)
• Waste management and recycling - Transport (hse.gov.uk)
• Workplace transport- Ports and docks - HSE
• Agency and temporary workers
• Report of an accident at a level crossing 
• Report of an accident not at a level crossing
• Report of an accident or a dangerous occurrence
• Reporting work-related road traffic incidents to HSENI 

Key Legislation

• Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 - legislation.gov.uk
• Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 - legislation.gov.uk
• Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 - legislation.gov.uk
• Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 - legislation.gov.uk