A focus on journey management

Incident 1:

In the Netherlands, a contractor was driving on a third-party site when the his car collided with a 30Te forklift truck. The site had poor road markings and the visibility at the junction where the accident occurred was poor, due to stacked steel coils. Neither driver had stopped at the junction to check whether the route was clear. The car sustained significant damage, but the driver and the forklift driver did not suffer any injuries.

Incident 2:

In Brazil, two employees were being driven by a third-party transport driver. Due to a medical issue, the driver lost the ability to control the car and it continued, at speed, for 400m across a tram line and a pedestrian walkway, before striking a lamp post. The driver and both passengers sustained minor injuries.

Incident 1:

• Visibility was restricted at the junction but neither vehicle stopped to check the way before proceeding;
• The known hazards on site associated with movements of heavy machinery had not been communicated to the team on site, nor had relevant actions from risk assessments been closed out.

Incident 2:

• The third-party driver was not fit to drive. However, there was no process in place within the third-party transport provider to manage fitness for work checks or training validity of drivers;
• The company had no oversight of the drivers being provided by the third party, and so a list of approved drivers had fallen out of date;
• There were unclear lines of responsibility for the ongoing management of the third-party transport provider.