Recipient

Tonic Construction Limited

First report 29 Aug 2017•Latest report 29 Aug 2017

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Reports, concerns and published responses

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Reports: 1
Published responses: 0%
Concerns addressed: 0
Stated actions: 0

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Concerns and recipient responses

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29 Aug2017
Gloucestershire
Concerns raised6
1. Failure to audit compliance with dumper truck safety procedures
2. Failure to ensure dumper truck safety procedures are accessible to all relevant personnel
3. Failure to follow dumper truck safety procedures
1. Dumper truck drivers jumping from trucks during incidents
2. Lack of a process for safely managing spoil heaps
3. Lack of industry standards for managing spoil heaps
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Shaun Carter · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Report summary

Shaun Carter died after jumping from a dumper truck that went over the edge of a spoil heap at a construction site; he was struck by the truck and suffered catastrophic injuries. The principal concerns were that safety procedures for dumper trucks were not consistently followed, communicated or audited, that there was no process or industry guidance for safely managing spoil heaps, and that drivers may naturally jump from trucks despite instructions to remain seated.

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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 Tonic Construction Limited; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Failure to audit compliance with dumper truck safety procedures
Wider context from the report
“1. At the inquest there was evidence that the risks associated with the use of dumper trucks was recognised and that risk assessments and method statements were written which reflected these risks. However the safety procedures were not followed, not seen by all relevant personnel (some of whom could not read) and the practice in this regard was not audited. ”
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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 Tonic Construction Limited; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Failure to ensure dumper truck safety procedures are accessible to all relevant personnel
Wider context from the report
“1. At the inquest there was evidence that the risks associated with the use of dumper trucks was recognised and that risk assessments and method statements were written which reflected these risks. However the safety procedures were not followed, not seen by all relevant personnel (some of whom could not read) and the practice in this regard was not audited. ”
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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. The report was sent to Tonic Construction Limited; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Failure to follow dumper truck safety procedures
Wider context from the report
“1. At the inquest there was evidence that the risks associated with the use of dumper trucks was recognised and that risk assessments and method statements were written which reflected these risks. However the safety procedures were not followed, not seen by all relevant personnel (some of whom could not read) and the practice in this regard was not audited. ”
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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. The report was sent to Tonic Construction Limited; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Dumper truck drivers jumping from trucks during incidents
Wider context from the report
“3. Dumper trucks are designed to ensure that drivers are protected, even if the dumper trucks topple over. However the inherent open nature of trucks can nonetheless make the driver feeling vulnerable and despite the instructions which require the driver to remain seated during an incident, statistics indicate (as in this case) that the natural reaction of drivers is to jump from the truck. ”
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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 Tonic Construction Limited; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Lack of a process for safely managing spoil heaps
Wider context from the report
“2. At the inquest it was confirmed that there was no process in place to ensure that spoil heaps were managed safely, nor any guidelines issued by the HSE in this regard. This has been addressed by Tonic Construction in relation to the site its manages, but there are still no industry standards relating to the management of spoil heaps. ”
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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. The report was sent to Tonic Construction Limited; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Lack of industry standards for managing spoil heaps
Wider context from the report
“2. At the inquest it was confirmed that there was no process in place to ensure that spoil heaps were managed safely, nor any guidelines issued by the HSE in this regard. This has been addressed by Tonic Construction in relation to the site its manages, but there are still no industry standards relating to the management of spoil heaps. ”
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Reports, concerns and published responses

Reports over time

Concerns raised6

Failure to audit compliance with dumper truck safety procedures

Failure to ensure dumper truck safety procedures are accessible to all relevant personnel

Failure to follow dumper truck safety procedures

Dumper truck drivers jumping from trucks during incidents

Lack of a process for safely managing spoil heaps

Lack of industry standards for managing spoil heaps