Safety Flash
Load lost from lorry on public road – inadequate securing of cargo
Load lost from lorry on public road – inadequate securing of cargo
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 15/24
- Human FactorsLine of FireVehicles and Driving
- Dropped objectsHuman factors
- Vehicles and driving
- Operating and work proceduresPositive retention and reliable securingSafety communication
Summary
A lorry lost stacked hose cargo on a public road while negotiating a roundabout at low speed. Inadequate securing, unclear instructions and complacency were identified. The flash describes improved transport instructions covering securing materials, strap numbers and checking responsibilities, alongside a yard-team review of human factors.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Vehicles and driving; driving; road transport.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Positive retention and reliable securing.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Summary
During the transportation of equipment, a load became free of its single retention strap and fell off a lorry.
IMCA SF 15/24. Themes: human factors, line of fire, vehicles and driving.