Recurring concern

Failure to ensure people wear reflective or high-visibility clothing

First to latest report 14 Aug 2014 — 7 Sep 2016

Reports that mention this concern
2
Times this concern has been raised
2
Stated actions linked to this concern
1

What this concern includes

Includes deficiencies in controls specifically intended to ensure people wear reflective or high-visibility clothing, including encouragement, requirements, supervision and enforcement.

What is not included
  • Excludes generic failures in training, staffing, communication or organisational commitment unless they are specifically tied to ensuring reflective or high-visibility clothing is worn.
  • Excludes other personal protective equipment, such as helmets, lifejackets, seatbelts or neck guards, unless the assertion concerns reflective or high-visibility clothing.
  • Excludes hazards involving the flammability, fit or general adequacy of clothing rather than its visibility.

Reports and published responses 2 reports

See individual reports that have raised this concern, and the actions taken in response

  1. Rutland and North Leicestershire

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    Beverley Dorothy Upton · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Beverley Dorothy Upton, a heavy goods vehicle driver, died after being trapped between a loading shovel bucket and the side of her lorry while it was being loaded at work on 4 November 2015. Concerns included the method of loading, the lack of clear written and enforced rules requiring drivers to remain in their cabs and wear high-visibility clothing, and insufficient training and health and safety documentation.

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    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to enforce the rule that workers should wear high visibility clothing

    Wider context from the report

    “(4) There was no enforcement of the rule that workers should wear high visibility clothing ”

    Source location

    Beverley Dorothy Upton · Prevention of Future Deaths report
    Page 2 · concerns

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  2. Staffordshire South

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    Oлеgs Sulaimovs · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Oлеgs Sulaimovs, a Latvian national and migrant worker, was struck by a vehicle while walking along an unlit, single-carriageway road towards Stafford in the early hours of 9 March 2014. The reported concerns included limited information for migrant workers about the road’s dangers, insufficient encouragement to wear reflective clothing, the absence of a footpath and suitable lighting, and a lack of speed restrictions in a populated area.

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    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of encouragement to wear reflective clothing

    Wider context from the report

    “2. The lack of supply/encouragement to wear reflective clothing. ”

    Source location

    Oлеgs Sulaimovs · Prevention of Future Deaths report
    Page 2 · concerns

    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this respondent action was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Provide reflective vests in staff accommodation and include their recommended nighttime use in employment terms, induction and 2015 recruitment processes.

    Verbatim wording from the response

    “But we will make available the supply of reflective vests in their accommodation and part of our terms of employment and they will be recommended to wear them at night in walking on the A518 and include this in our induction, recruitment process going forward for 2015 as all our seasonal staff are departing now.”

    Source location

    2014-0375-Response-by-T.W.-Busby-Son
    Page 1 · response
    Published 14 August 2014

    Open published response

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Data last updated 7 September 2026