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News Release from: Spillard Safety Systems | Subject: Vision safety products
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 22 March 2001
All Round Vision
Spillard Safety Systems a leading supplier of all round vision safety products is to offer independent visibility and site studies.
Spillard Safety Systems a leading supplier of all round vision safety products is to offer independent visibility and site studies, which will advise, where necessary, which visibility aids are required and if already fitted whether they need adjustment European legislation states " - Visibility from the driving position must be such that the driver can in complete safety to himself and the exposed persons, operate safely, the machinery and its tools in their intended conditions of use
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 22 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Where necessary, appropriate devices must be provided to remedy hazards due to inadequate vision." Workplace vehicles are now required to be manufactured so that visibility from the vehicles' driving position is such that operators can drive vehicles both for their own safety and that of personnel in the immediate vicinity.
Where necessary, appropriate devices must be provided to remedy hazards due to inadequate direct and indirect vision.
A harmonised European standard on earthmoving vehicles has also been published that specifies particular aids such as mirrors, ultrasonic devices and TV devices, which may be used to improve visibility from the driver position.
A recent survey carried out by the Health and Safety Executive, stated that 25% of all vehicles used on construction sites still have defective all round vision and concludes " you must be able to see all around the vehicle 1m out and 1m high.
Fitting of mobile CCTV and the correct installation of convex wide angled mirrors will achieve this requirement " an extract taken from HSE Quarry Fact File December 2000.
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