Accidents, Injuries and Near Misses are never welcome, but when they do occur sharing and learning from experience is vital in a mature Safety Management System. P&O Ferrymasters publishes Alert Bulletins following any serious near miss or accident/injury.
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Alert Bulletins
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AB14.01 Load Securing Near Miss
20th January 2014
Load Securing Near Miss What Happened: On 10th January 2014 a trailer loaded with Wire Rod in Coil left the Scunthorpe Rod Mill trailer park unsecured. The haulier was contacted and the load stopped, inspected and secured before proceeding to the delivery point read more
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AB13 12 Safety Inspector Near Miss at Customer Site
16th December 2013
AB13 12: Safety Inspector Near Miss at Customer Site. What happened: On 5th December 2013 during extremely high winds at Scunthorpe Rodmill live load area, whilst checking a recent arrivals straps for compliance a Safety Inspector was involved in a near miss. read more
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AB13 11 Driver Injury at Customer Site
2nd October 2013
AB13 11 Driver Injury at Customer site What Happened: On 30th July 2013 the IP (driver) was delivering a steel coil to a customer site in Bonen, Germany. The driver was opening his trailer roof with a roof pole from inside the trailer as per the site requirements when the roof suddenly jammed. read more
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AB13 10 Load Shift - Wire Rod
2nd August 2013
AB13 10 Load Shift - Wire Rod in Coil Load shift due to heavy braking. read more
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AB13 06 Summer Alert
18th June 2013
AB13 06 Summer Alert - Children/Unauthorised Passengers on Site & PPE read more
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AB13.04 Gas Cookers Ban
19th April 2013
What Happened ? On completion of collecting a load from SRM Scunthorpe a driver has parked himself in a lay by near the New Coil warehouse and decided to make breakfast, he closed his cab curtains and decided to boil some eggs using a portable gas cooker. read more
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AB13 03 Defective Equipment
9th April 2013
15th March 2013 – IP was preparing his trailer for loading. He had opened the roof to the front of the trailer, then opened his curtains. After this he noticed the roof was not locked into place. read more
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AB13.02 Vehicle Runaways
2nd March 2013
Tractor Unit Handbrakes and Vehicle Runaways What happened? Unfortunately we have suffered 2 more vehicle runaways due to tractor unit hand brakes not being applied, one of which has very sadly ended in a fatality. We are also aware of others in the industry: http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2013/rnn-em-0313.htm read more
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Alert Bulletin AB12.23
13th December 2012
Load Checker sustains injury when trailer ladder fails. WHAT HAPPENED: Tata Load Checker was accessing trailer steps when the steps broke, causing him to fall and suffer multiple injuries read more
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Alert Bulletin AB12.19
18th September 2012
Broken wrist due to fall What happened? On August 17th at 2040hrs at TataSteel Shotton, the IP (the Driver) was attempting to close the roof of his trailer with his roof pole. read more
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