Who is Responsible
What are the vehicles owners responsibilities for load securing?
- To ensure vehicles are in optimum condition
- To ensure each vehicle has the correct load securing equipment
- To ensure staff are correctly trained on how to use load securing equipment
- To ensure company purchases high quality and rated load securing products
What are the drivers obligations to load safety?
- To check load securing and load distribution before setting off
- To check and rectify load securing during transport
- To adapt driving behavior to suit the load
- To check load securing if someone else has loaded the vehicle
What are the dispatches obligations for load securing ?
- To ensure load is correctly stacked on pallets
- To ensure load packs are balanced
- To ensure load limit is not exceeded
- To ensure unusual and abnormal loads weights and dimensions are communicated correctly
What are the forklift drivers obligations for load securing ?
- To ensure load is spaced and stacked correctly
- To ensure load is balanced and weight is over axles
- To notify dispatch of any packaging that has opened
- To load according to load schedule and delivery manifesto
What are the loaders obligations for load securing ?
- The loader is the responsible as the person in charge of the loading tasks
- The person is responsible not to use worn or damaged load securing products
- To check load is secure and safe for transport
- To report any loading errors and faults to management
What are the suppliers obligations for load securing ?
- To supply tested and properly rated load securing products
- To inform the client of new and innovative load securing products
- To sell and distribute high quality products
- To inform transporters of when load securing products should be replaced
What are the authority responsibilities for load securing ?
- To ensure vehicles are using the correct load securing equipment
- To check vehicles are not over loaded
- To remove vehicles from the road that have unsafe loads
- To advise and remind drivers of the correct load transporting laws in SA
What are the client obligations for load securing?
- All loads delivered to clients should be inspected by clients before off loading goods
- To report any unbalanced or incorrectly loaded products to transport company
- To report any unsecured loads to transport company
- To report any damaged load securing products to transport company