Safety Flash
A focus on journey management
A focus on journey management
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 18/22
- Contractor ManagementVehicles and Driving
- Vehicles and driving
- Contractor managementFitness assessmentJourney managementStop-work authority
Summary
This safety flash examines two vehicle incidents: a car–forklift collision at a Dutch third-party site and a Brazilian transport incident following a driver’s medical issue. It discusses restricted visibility, uncommunicated hazards and gaps in driver assurance, recommending journey planning, intervention and clearer oversight of contracted transport.
Classifications: Vehicles and driving; driving; road transport.
Classifications: Contractor management; contractor assurance.
Classifications: Fitness assessment.
Classifications: Journey management.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Summary
A member reports two serious vehicle incidents, in Brazil and in the Netherlands, which resulted in only minor injuries but could have had much worse outcomes.
IMCA SF 18/22. Themes: contractor management, vehicles and driving.