SENTIVO CONSULTANCY
SEN-HSE-09 / Operational safety

Workplace transport & pedestrian safety

Pedestrians, visiting drivers and supervisors; not vehicle operator qualification

Discuss this course →English master · Awareness · v2.0
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

What learners will practise.

  • Identify pedestrian, vehicle and loading interfaces.
  • Explain segregation, reversing and communication controls.
  • Respond to unsafe routes, defects and lost visibility.
  • Apply the course decisions to a worked case and justify a response to the capstone.
  • Record control evidence, responsible roles and stop/escalation conditions in the workplace worksheet.

Inside the course

Try the slide experience →

  1. Start with a real decision
  2. Outcomes and limits
  3. How the learning works
  4. The decision map
  5. M1 · See the movement and crush zones
  6. Map the whole vehicle movement
  7. Look for people outside the normal crew
  8. Exercise 1 · See the movement and crush zones
  9. M2 · Separate routes and protect crossings
  10. Design separation people can use
  11. Control unavoidable crossings
  12. Exercise 2 · Separate routes and protect crossings
  13. M3 · Reduce and control reversing
  14. Remove reversing where practicable
  15. Keep signalling within a safe system
  16. Exercise 3 · Reduce and control reversing
  17. M4 · Safe vehicle and capable driver
  18. Match competence to the vehicle and task
  19. Act on defects before movement
  20. Exercise 4 · Safe vehicle and capable driver
  21. M5 · Loading, parking and immobilisation
  22. Prevent premature departure
  23. Manage unstable loads and exclusion
  24. Exercise 5 · Loading, parking and immobilisation
  25. M6 · Adapt to changing conditions
  26. Recheck temporary traffic changes
  27. Use near misses to improve the system
  28. Exercise 6 · Adapt to changing conditions
  29. Worked case · establish the facts
  30. Worked case · select and verify controls
  31. Worked case · maintain control
  32. Capstone · defend your decision
  33. Capstone · respond to a change
  34. Workplace job aid
  35. Local adaptation and references
  36. Assessment and transfer commitment
A SAMPLE OF THE APPROACH

Start with understanding.

Workplace transport includes delivery vehicles, lift trucks and mobile plant. People can be struck, trapped or crushed during movement, loading or parking. Blind spots and vehicle overhang can extend beyond what a pedestrian expects. Never use a gap between a moving vehicle and a fixed structure as a waiting place.

Then make a decision.

A delivery vehicle reverses toward a loading bay. A pedestrian takes a shortcut behind it. The driver loses sight of the signaller, and stored pallets narrow the pedestrian route.

Discuss: What are the facts, what could go wrong, and what must be verified before proceeding?

Make it specific to your workplace.

  • Traffic plan, routes, crossings and speed rules
  • Driver, signaller and visitor arrangements
  • Loading, immobilisation, parking and defect procedures

Before deployment, confirm these details with the client’s responsible technical reviewer. The course is a starting point for awareness learning, not a replacement for approved work procedures.

Technical reference basis

Reference review: 2026-10-24. HSE references concern Great Britain; OSHA references concern the United States. They are used for general safety principles, not presented as local law. No regulator endorsement or external accreditation is claimed.