WorksheetsH&S - 13. Site Transport Safety
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
What are the two conditions for being able to operate plant on site?
You must be competent
You must be authorised
You must be over 21 years old
You must hold a full driving license
You must hold a UK passport
A mobile plant operator can let you ride in the machine:
If you have a long way to go
If it is raining
If it is designed to carry passengers
At any time
You think some mobile plant is operating too close to where you have to work. What should you do?
Stop work and speak to the plant operator
Stop work and speak to the plant operator's supervisor
Keep a good look-out for the plant and carry on working
Stop work and speak to your own supervisor
You need to walk past someone using a mobile crane. You should:
Guess what the crane operator will do next and squeeze by
Try to catch the attention of the crane operator
Run to get past the crane quickly
Take another route so that you stay clear of the crane
When you walk across the site, what is the best way to avoid an accident with mobile plant?
Keep to the pedestrian routes
Ride on the plant
Get the attention of the driver before you get too close
Wear high visibility clothing
You need to walk past a 360° mobile crane. The crane is operating near a wall. What is the main danger?
The crane could crash into the wall
You could be crushed if you walk between the crane and the wall
Whole-body vibration from the crane
High noise levels from the crane
Your supervisor asks you to drive a dumper truck. You have never driven one before.
Ask a trained driver how to operate it
Tell your supervisor that you cannot operate it
Watch other dumpers to see how they are operated
Get on with it
You are walking across the site. A large mobile crane reverses across your path. What should you do?
Help the driver to reverse
Start to run so that you can pass behind the reversing crane
Pass close to the front of the crane
Wait or find another way around the crane
If you see a dumper being driven too fast, you should:
Keep out of its way and report the matter
Try to catch the dumper and speak to the driver
Report the matter to the police
Do nothing, dumpers are allowed to go above the site speed limit
When is site transport allowed to drive along a pedestrian route?
During meal breaks
If it is the shortest route
Only if necessary and if all pedestrians are excluded
Only if the vehicle has a flashing yellow light
Which of these would you not expect to see if site transport is well organised?
Speed limits
Barriers to keep pedestrians away from mobile plant and vehicles
Pedestrians and mobile plant using the same routes
One-way systems
A lorry is in trouble as it tries to reverse into a tight space. You have not been trained as a signaller. What should you do?
Stay well out of the way
Help the driver by giving hand signals
Help the driver by jumping up into the cab
Offer to adjust the mirrors on the lorry
You see a lorry parking. It has a flat tyre. Why should you tell the driver?
The lorry will use more fuel
The lorry will need to travel at a much slower speed
The lorry is unsafe to drive
The lorry can only carry small loads
An excavator has just stopped work. Liquid is dripping and forming a small pool under the back of the machine. What could this mean?
It is normal for fluids to vent after the machine stops
The machine is hot so the diesel has expanded and overflowed
Someone put too much diesel into the machine before it started work
The machine has a leak and could be unsafe
You see a mobile crane lifting a load. The load is about to hit something. What should you do?
Go and tell your supervisor
Tell the person supervising the lift
Go and tell the crane driver
Do nothing and assume everything is under control
You see a driver refuelling an excavator. Most of the diesel is spilling onto the ground. What is the first thing you should do?
Tell your supervisor the next time you see them
Tell the driver immediately
Look for a spillage kit immediately
Do nothing, the diesel will eventually seep into the ground
How would you expect a well-organised site to keep pedestrians away from traffic routes?
The site manager will direct all pedestrians away from traffic routes
The traffic routes will be shown on the Health and Safety Law poster
There will be barriers between traffic and pedestrian routes
There is no need to keep traffic and pedestrians apart
A site vehicle is most likely to injure pedestrians when it is:
Reversing
Lifting materials onto scaffolds
Tipping into an excavation
Digging out footings
You must not walk behind a lorry when it is reversing because:
Most lorries are not fitted with mirrors
The driver is unlikely to know you are there
Most lorry drivers aren't very good at reversing
You will need to run, not walk, to get past in time
The quickest way to your work area is through a contractor's vehicle compound. Which way should you go?
Around the compound if vehicles are moving
Straight through the compound if no vehicles appear to be moving
Around the compound every time
Straight through the compound if no-one is looking
How would you expect to be told about the site traffic rules?
During site induction
By a Health and Safety Executive inspector
By a note on a notice board
In a letter sent to your home
A forklift truck is blocking the way to your work area. It is lifting materials onto a scaffold. What should you do?
Only walk under the raised load if you are wearing a safety helmet
Catch the driver's attention and then walk under the raised load
Start to run so that you are not under the load for very long
Wait or go around, but never walk under a raised load
What do you need before you can supervise a lift using a crane?
Nothing, you can make it up as you go along
You must be trained and assessed as competent
Written instructions from the crane hire company
Nothing, the crane driver will tell you what to do
You think a load is about to fall from a moving forklift truck. What should you do?
Keep clear but try to warn the driver and others in the area
Run alongside the machine and try to hold onto the load
Run and tell your supervisor
Sound the nearest fire alarm bell
