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12 May 2021 Steven James Oscroft · Prevention of Future Deaths report Nottinghamshire
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Concerns raised 3 Failure to load tipper lorries with loose materials below the level of the sides View source Failure of sheeting systems to fully cover and secure loose materials on tipper lorries View source Failure of mesh sheeting systems to fully cover and secure loose materials on tipper lorries View source
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Steven James Oscroft · Prevention of Future Deaths report
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Steven James Oscroft was killed instantly when a piece of concrete fell from an oncoming lorry and smashed through his windscreen while he was driving on 7 July 2020. The concerns included the practice of mounding loads above the sides of tipper lorries and using sheeting systems that could leave material uncovered and liable to fall or be blown from the vehicle.
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Paul Wainwright Construction Services Limited; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to load tipper lorries with loose materials below the level of the sides
Wider context from the report “Paul Wainwright Construction Services Ltd
Evidence was heard regarding the training and practices of loading tipper lorries at Paul Wainwright Construction Services Ltd.
1. Loads are ‘mounded’ such that in the middle of the load area, the height of the load extends above the level of the sides , whilst being below the level of the sides at the point at which the load contacts the side. Part of the load is therefore above the level of the sides, increasing the risk of items on the load falling or blowing off the vehicle.
2. Industry standard sheeting systems are in use which, when the load is ‘mounded’ in this way, causes the sheet to be drawn up. This results in part of the load being uncovered and liable to fall or be blown from the vehicle.
3. Such standard sheeting systems are not designed to be used on loads mounded above the level of the sides and cannot prevent ‘blow off’ from the areas of the load uncovered by the mesh.
4. Evidence was adduced of a number of loads on Wainwrights lorries which, because of the above practice, appeared not to be fully secure.
” Open source report × Source evidence
How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Paul Wainwright Construction Services Limited; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Failure of sheeting systems to fully cover and secure loose materials on tipper lorries
Wider context from the report “Paul Wainwright Construction Services Ltd
Evidence was heard regarding the training and practices of loading tipper lorries at Paul Wainwright Construction Services Ltd.
1. Loads are ‘mounded’ such that in the middle of the load area, the height of the load extends above the level of the sides, whilst being below the level of the sides at the point at which the load contacts the side. Part of the load is therefore above the level of the sides, increasing the risk of items on the load falling or blowing off the vehicle.
2. Industry standard sheeting systems are in use which, when the load is ‘mounded’ in this way, causes the sheet to be drawn up. This results in part of the load being uncovered and liable to fall or be blown from the vehicle.
3. Such standard sheeting systems are not designed to be used on loads mounded above the level of the sides and cannot prevent ‘blow off’ from the areas of the load uncovered by the mesh.
4. Evidence was adduced of a number of loads on Wainwrights lorries which, because of the above practice, appeared not to be fully secure.
” Open source report × Source evidence
How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Paul Wainwright Construction Services Limited; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Failure of mesh sheeting systems to fully cover and secure loose materials on tipper lorries
Wider context from the report “The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Evidence was heard regarding the manner in which loose materials are loaded and secured onto tipper lorries.
1. The above-mentioned practice of ‘mounding’ loads above the level of the sides is standard practice within the industry.
2. Mesh sheeting systems are commonly deployed in circumstances when the mesh does not cover all of the material being carried.
3. Mesh sheeting systems are typically not secured at the sides and are installed in such a way as to leave a small gap at the sides and a larger gap at the back.
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