Site Safety Rules and Safe Working Zones

07/04/2020

With respect to the current government guidelines / social distancing policy and the guidelines from the Fork Lift Truck Association we are proactively trying to:

Follow the social distancing guidelines set out by the Government where practically possible.
Protect the health and wellbeing of both your staff and our engineers.
Minimise unnecessary contact with any third parties.
Minimise our movement around your site.

With respect to the above, we will require a ‘designated workspace area’ (DWA) on site to carry out essential safety repairs, Thorough Examinations (LOLER / PUWER) and scheduled maintenance:

Please can you follow the below procedure:

Notify Barek that your forklift truck requires attention via telephone – 01482 218151 or via email to accounts@barek.co.uk.
Before we arrive, position the faulty forklift into your DWA.
Our engineer will arrive on site but will not sign in (unless you have a method of entering and leaving your site which complies with social distancing and which minimises the risk of contamination through shared contact surfaces).
Our engineer will set up a safe cordon around the forklift in the DWA as pictured.
Our engineer will carry out his duties wearing the required PPE and in accordance with our new health and safety procedures and risk assessments.
Our engineer will clean down the forklift after completion of his work.
We will inform Senior staff remotely that the work has been completed and that your operators can now collect the truck from the DWA.

** Obviously in the cases where trucks are inoperative we will still ensure that we isolate ourselves and create our own cordoned off work area.

I am sure that by following a common sense approach, respecting the guidance of the government and FLTA industry bodies we can work together to maintain a safe system for everybody involved.