Last year SafeWork Australia released a new guide for the construction industry to reduce the risk of traffic accidents and fatalities caused by construction developments, which has been on the rise due to ongoing construction in our cities.
As they have done in other industries, SGESCO-MAX’s range of MAX-SAFE Safety solutions can provide many of the solutions construction companies need to deliver best practice around heavy vehicles and safety management.
Vehicles, including powered mobile plant, moving in and around a workplace, reversing, loading and unloading, are often linked with death and injuries to workers and members of the public.
One of the biggest concerns with Australia ongoing construction boom – like that of the United Kingdom’s over the past two decades – is the movement of construction vehicles around cities and the resulting death and injury of vulnerable road users, said Managing Director of SGESCO-MAX, Scott McPherson.
In the UK, this led to the development of The CLOCS (Construction and Logistics Community Safety) Standard by the construction and fleet sectors to address shared issues (and responsibilities). The Standard promotes good practice beyond basic legal compliance. It is world best practice, with appropriate focus: Ensuring the safest construction vehicle journeys.
In Australia, the CLOCS-A Standard was introduced in 2020. It aims to provide government and industry with a practical framework for the management of risks and impacts to community road safety associated with a construction project’s road transport and logistics activities.
“It is fitting that SafeWork Australia has introduced their Guide,” said Scott, “however it does not go far enough in promoting guidelines for construction vehicles on city roads.
“Still, there is much in the guide that highlights the need for improved heavy vehicle safety solutions to avoid collisions with ‘traffic’,” he said.
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