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Christopher Sparks · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 24 Nov 2020•Essex

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Concerns
4

Raised in this report

Recipients
3

Named on the report

Responses found
0

Of 3 recipients

Stated actions
0

Described in responses

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Concerns and recipient responses

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Concerns raised4

  1. Lack of a clearly marked designated area keeping lorry drivers visible
  2. Failure to assign a banksman to supervise safe loading
    Part of recurring concern: Failure to provide banksman assistance for hazardous vehicle and load movements
  3. Unavailability of correct equipment for safely moving and loading manufactured products
Responses linked to these concerns

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Lack of a clearly marked designated area keeping lorry drivers visible

Wider context from the report

“(3) There was no clearly marked designated area established where a lorry driver can be visible at all times. The deployment of cones and signage would have assisted. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

No recurring-concern membership is currently published.

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Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

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Failure to assign a banksman to supervise safe loading

Wider context from the report

“(2) PCR had not assigned a banksman to supervise the safe loading. Especially in the loading of loads of such weight and size as the balcony frame, there should be a banksman employed ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Failure to provide banksman assistance for hazardous vehicle and load movements.

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Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

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Unavailability of correct equipment for safely moving and loading manufactured products

Wider context from the report

“(4) PCR Steel did not have available, from the design stage onwards, the correct equipment to move safely and load the products they manufacture. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

No recurring-concern membership is currently published.

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How this individual concern was interpreted

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Lack of an approved and agreed loading and lifting plan

Wider context from the report

“(1) Ahead of the incident, there was no approved, safe loading and lifting plan in place and agreed between the two firms ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Unsafe planning and control of lifting operations.

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