Health & Safety Risk Management System

S27 - Traffic Management

Over the last 15 years traffic management incidents have accounted for over 60% of fatalities on quarry and recycling sites.

Ensuring that you have a straightforward system for vehicle and pedestrian movements is very important. Having demarcation between site and public vehicles will help control this hazardous activity.

This procedure gives clear guidance on what to consider when undertaking a traffic management risk assessment. It breaks the risks down into four key areas:

• The people
• The equipment
• The task and
• The environment.

Using this four-stage process will take the control of traffic movements to a high level and help you achieve the HSE hard target of zero incidents by 2015.