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1 UK SteelBest Practice Document for theGuidance notes for companies and individuals involved in thedelivery and unloading of steelIssue 2: February 2014 Safe Delivery andUnloading of for Safe of Delivery and Load Site Specific Precautions to be taken when Loading and Unloadingp107. Operation and Control of Lifting Equipment During the unloading Overhead/Mobile Cranes Vehicle-Mounted Fork-lift Trucks and Side-loaders Manual unloading Barring Off Feedback and Review on the Delivery Plan/Processp158. Legal Requirementsp16 Appendix Plan Check Listp18 Appendix Configuration Guidelinep21 Load Restraint Guidelinep24 Appendix Chokerp27 Appendix that must be used when transporting projecting loadsp28 Appendix of gaining safe access to the load carrying platformp29 Appendix prevention and or restraint systems that can be employed to prevent or mitigate falls from height Practice Document for the Safe Delivery and unloading of Steel Products2 ContentsThis document is based on joint work by NASS (theNational Association of Steel Service Centres) andUK Steel (representing the Steel producers andsteel converters in UK).

2 The Health and SafetyExecutive (HSE) and Wolverhampton City Council(representing Local Authorities in the LocalAuthority Partnership Scheme with NASS) wereconsulted during the preparation of this information and guidance within thedocument represents best practice which may gofurther than the minimum you need to do tocomply with the law. The document updates andsupersedes the information in HSE guidance 'SafeUnloading of Steel Products' (INDG 313).Produced February 2014 12 This document offers practicalsafety advice to everyone involvedin the delivery and unloading ofsteel, and will be particularlyuseful for Steel mills, stockholdersand Steel users who receive Steel attheir premises, as well as thosedelivering it. It highlights theplanning that should take place toensure that Steel can be safelyunloaded on site, as well as thepractical precautions necessaryduring the unloading year people are seriouslyinjured or even killed while loadingor unloading Steel .

3 The main typesof accidents that occur include: Falls from height Crush injuries Slips and trips Trapped fingersEveryone involved in the loading ofsteel, its delivery and unloadingvehicles must take precautions toreduce the risk of accidentshappening. This document givesdetails of some of the morecommon precautions that need tobe taken. In particular, unloadingshould never be carried out unlessall the risks have been assessed,even if this results in a delay. Suchdelays can be avoided throughproper planning, communicationand cooperation between supplierand for Safe Delivery''Safe delivery means propercontrol of the risks to the healthand safety of persons who mightbe put at risk by the deliveryprocess. It is the joint responsibilityof the supplier, contract haulier(where the supplier is not thehaulier) and customer.

4 Deliveriesmust be properly planned, withthe supplier and customeragreeing in advance themanagement arrangements, plant,equipment and systems of work toensure safe delivery. In many casesthis agreement can bedocumented as a written DeliveryPlan, which, where necessary, caninclude specific plans for of the accidents that occurduring delivery of materials atcustomer premises could beavoided if plans for the unloadingoperation were made at an earlystage, ideally at the time an orderis placed. In the non-ideal casewhere it is not possible to producea delivery plan the driver should beissued with a delivery planchecklist that will enable him tocarry out an in situ assessment ofthe risks involved and theappropriate action to be taken (seeexample Appendix 1). This in situassessment needs to retained bythe driver and signed off by thereceiving Practice Document for the Safe Delivery and unloading of Steel of Delivery PlanningDelivery planning begins with aproper assessment of theassociated hazards/risks by thecustomer.

5 The customer or receiverof the goods should carry out ananalysis of reported accidents andsignificant risks associated withsteel deliveries, in terms of themain causes of injury which aredescribed in the body of a customer places an orderwith a supplier, a supplyagreement is entered into. Ideallythis agreement should make itabsolutely clear to both partieswhere their safety responsibilitiesbegin and end. In all cases, thecontrol of risk and avoidance ofaccidents will necessarily involvefull co-operation between allparties involved in the supplyprocess supplier, customer andhaulier. The supplier should ensurethat a competent person (such asa suitably trained transportmanager, transport supervisor ordriver) prepares a Delivery Plan,which ensures that all hazardsidentified by the customer areknown to the driver.

6 The formatfor a written Delivery Plan shouldbe left to individual the purposes of planning forsafe delivery, the Supply' process istaken to comprise four stages: Order placement by the customer Loading Transportation DeliveryThe Delivery Plan should not onlybe based on the types of Steel , ( , rod, bar, tube, coil, sheetetc.), dimensions, weight andproperties of material ordered, butalso take account of the followinginformation obtained from/agreedwith the customer: delivery address; any limitations on delivery times; any specific requirements for off-loading need to be specified in the delivery plan SWL of lifting equipment at the customer site, load arrangementto enable access for the lifting equipment site access;- transport restrictions (maximum size of vehicles, if articulated vehicles are acceptable etc.)

7 ;- route to unloading facilities- site-specific hazards and risks to be aware of such as speed limits, reversing constraints, danger areas;- instructions to be followed by the driver upon arrival at the delivery point;- roles and responsibilities of vehicle driver in respect of the delivery process, unsheeting, load checking, unloading , assistance with securing lifting equipment to the load;- the need to wear high visibility clothing and personal protective equipment (PPE) see below for minimum mandatoryPPE requirements;335 Produced February 2014 Hard hat with chin strapEar and Eye protectionSafety glovesSafety footwearHigh visibility vestPlus any other PPE specifically stated in the delivery plan- details of person(s) responsible for supervising and for unloading the vehicle, and the supervision arrangements for the driver when at the customers site; load configuration on the vehicleand unloading sequence; this is especially important when undertaking multi-drop loads (see Appendix 2); if the delivery driver is required to participate in the unloading operation; if assisting unloading is part of the driver's responsibilities, the arrangements for safe delivery will up of an exclusion zone round the vehicle prior to and during unloading ; for safe access to the vehicle/load.

8 Plant and equipment (including attachments) to be used; capacity of the lifting equipment on site to be used foroff-loading the specific order; for safe lifting/ unloading of material; requirements for safe slinging or handling of the load; manual handling requirements; if unloading is not part of the driver's responsibilities, the details of a refuge or safe location from which to view the unloading operations if there are any other special information, along withdetails of the material to bedelivered, can be recorded by thesales team of the supplier. Oftenthis information will need to beprovided only once, the firsttime Steel is supplied to aparticular customer. In particularthe customer and the suppliershould agree the point at whichthe goods will become thecustomer's responsibility in termsof safety.

9 If no point of transfer ofresponsibility for safety is agreedat the time of order placement, itwill be assumed that the delivery iscompleted when the deliveryvehicle has arrived at the deliveryaddress, has been parked and ispresented for unloading . Thesupplier needs to advise thehaulier of the point of transfer ofsafety the supplier and thecustomer have agreed on theequipment and systems that willbe used to ensure the load isdelivered safely, it can bedocumented as a Written3 Best Practice Document for the Safe Delivery and unloading of Steel Products6 Delivery Plan. An adequateWritten Delivery Plan is a practicalway of demonstrating that asuitable and sufficient assessmentof all the risks has been carriedout, involving the close co-operation of all those with legalresponsibilities suppliers,customers and, where appropriate,contract at an early stage ofthe precautions outlined in thisdocument shouldavoid problems on site later.

10 Bothparties must keep each otherinformed of any significantchanges that may introduce newrisks. For example, customers mustinform suppliers of the breakdownor lack of availability of unloadingequipment, whilst suppliers needto inform the customers if analternative size or type of vehicle isbeing used for the delivery, so thatthe Delivery Plan can be revised must be built and securedsufficiently to allow the lorry driverto safely perform emergencybraking or emergency evasivemanoeuvres, if the need arises,without the risk of the steelcoming off the vehicle or comingthrough the headboard. The forcesinvolved and the method ofcalculating the restraint is set outin the European Standard EN12195. Practical guidance on thesecuring of Steel products for safetransport by road is set out insection 8 of the Department forTransport s Code of Practice Safety of Loads on Vehicles ; theHealth & Safety Laboratory s Transport Safety An Operator sGuide to Safe Loading andTransport ; and the European Best Practice Guidelines on CargoSecuring for Road Transport detailed Load RestraintGuidelines2for Steel products havebeen produced by Tata Steel inEurope, an example of which canbe seen in Appendix is essential that the vehicleplanned to transport a load shouldbe suitable for the job anddesigned to ensure that the loadcan be transported safely given thenature of normal road vehicle dimensions andstructural integrity (including thatof the headboard) should be ofadequate design.