Safety briefing - pedestrian safety

This briefing deals with the layout of the workplace and traffic routes to enable the safe movement of vehicles and pedestrians.

What’s covered?

The aim of this Safety Briefing - Pedestrian Safety is to highlight the risks associated with workplace transport.

Reasons for concern

People being hit or run over is one of the main causes of workplace fatalities.

Control measures

The briefing includes a list of measures including separating pedestrians and vehicle routes, providing a crossing point, rules which demand that staff wear high visibility clothing and setting appropriate site speed limits.

Key points

Attendees must take note of the following key points:

• “Control pedestrians and vehicles entering the site by use of barriers or access gates.
• Eliminate the need for reversing vehicles, where possible.
• Segregate pedestrians from vehicles. Provide obvious separate footpaths or walkways for pedestrians.
• Provide pedestrian crossing points which have good visibility for both the driver and the pedestrian.
• Ensure that pedestrians wear high visibility jackets or vests in areas where workplace vehicles are operating.”