WELCOME FROM THE AITA€¦ · WELCOME FROM THE AITA Mr. Gavin Pringle Acting President – Australian ... AS 2359.2 - 2013 Part 2: Operation AS4973 - 2001 (6 Parts) Stability Standard’s

WELCOME FROM THE AITA

Mr. Gavin PringleActing President – Australian Industrial Truck Association

Safety SeminarJune 2013

Australian Standards

AITA - Lifting Forklift Safety

AS2359 Series of Standards Comprised of 19 Parts

Main Design Part of StandardAS 2359.1 - 1995 Part 1: General Requirements

Main Part for UsersAS 2359.2 - 2013Part 2: OperationAS4973 - 2001

(6 Parts) Stability Standard’sAS2359.3 AS2359.4AS2359.8 AS2359.17AS2359.18 AS2359.19AS4972 - 2001

Main Safety Part of StandardAS 2359.6 - 2013 Part 6: Safety Code ISO/TS3691.8

Flameproof Part of StandardAS 2359.12 - 1996 Part 12: Hazardous AreasAS1915 - 1992

(9 Parts) Various Standard’sAS2359.5 AS2359.7AS2359.9 AS2359.10AS2359.11 AS2359.13AS2359.14 AS2359.15AS2359.16

Australian Standards AS2359 – Powered Industrial Truck

New Draft Scheduled for Revision Plan to replace with ISO

AS2359.2 - 2013 Part 2: Operation

SIX SECTIONS• SCOPE AND GENERAL • RULES FOR OPERATION• MODEL OPERATING PROCEEDURES• PROCEEDURES FOR PARTICULAR TRUCKS• PROCEEDURES COVERING SITE

CONDITIONS• MAINTENANCE REPAIR AND

MODIFICATIONAITA - Lifting Forklift Safety

• Actual capacity (Q) • Alternative capacity• Rated Capacity• 60J-line• Hard, flat, level surface• Induction training• Model operating procedures• Unattended truck• Competent Person• Low Level Order Picker

AS2359.2 - 2013 Part 2: Operation – Section 1 – Scope And General

New & Revised Definitions


• Absence of any medical condition

• High risk work license.• Training• Sufficient skills and

knowledge.• Record of authorized

operators

AS2359.2 - 2013 Part 2: Operation – Section 2 - Rules for Operation

Qualification of Operators


AS2359.2 - 2013 Part 2: Operation – Section 3 - Model Operating Procedures

• Capacity Knowledge• Load Support

• Pre – Operating Checks



WORK PLATFORMS• User Requirements• Operator Requirements

• shall not be used for – order picking, – production or stores (administrative) types of

activity such as stocktaking

• Electric lift height limits are not permissible



General Rules for Operators• Seat Belt• Mobile Phone• Under Influence



Tip Over• Counterbalance• Reach Trucks –

Stand up & Sit Down• Non - tipover


AS2359.2 - 2013 Part 2: Operation – Section 4 – Procedures For particular Trucks

Elevating Operator• Harness & lanyard• Two man• Low level order -

picker


AS2359.2 - 2013 Part 2: Operation – Section 4 – Procedures For particular Trucks

Freight Container Handling• Travelling• Operation• Container Handling

in Container Yards


AS2359.2 - 2013 Part 2: Operation – Section 5 – Procedures Covering Site Conditions

• Hazardous Area

• Pedestrian Access

• Lighting (< 40 lx, < 80 lx)• Atmospheric Pollution• Guards


AS2359.2 - 2013 Part 2: Operation – Section 5 – Procedures Covering Site Conditions

• Inclines(Refer AITA Bulletin – AITA – 0009)

• Mezzanine Floors• Loading Docks


AS2359.2 – 2013 – Section 6 Maintenance, Repair And Modification

MODIFICATION

shall not be modified in any way that will affect operation or performance within the scope of this standard

SERVICING


Thank You

TRAINING IMPLICATIONS

Todd Brennan – Forkpro Australia

TRAINED LICENCED

What is a HRW Licence

• Heard the term?

• Name given to the culled list of equipment operating licences.

• Previously Certificate of Competence.

What does need a HRWL?

• Currently 29 Classes of High Risk Work Licence.

“High Risk Work”

• Key points.• Bring all current licences up to

renewable photo type.• Standardise classes nationally.• Standard ‘secure’ national photo

licence card.• Introduction of ‘VET’ system

for training/licencing under regulated training units.

Culled?

• Certain licences no longer required.

• E.g Earthmoving licences

VET system• Training now regulated and must be delivered by

RTO.

• Must enrol prior to commencing training.

• On-the-job training may form part but not all the training (under training plan).

• Must be trained against the approved UoC.

• Licence assessment only after completing training.

VET System

• Logbooks

• VET Sector training

Process• Enrolment with an RTO.

• Training to the prescribed Unit of Competence

• TLILIC2001A – Licence to operate a forklift

• TLILIC2002A - Licence to operate an order picking forklift

Process• Prepare for assessment.

• RTO arranges an authorised licence Assessor to undertake licence assessment (using the mandated assessment tool).

• Apply for the licence to be issued via Auspost outlet.

Process

Enrol Course On-the-job

Preassess

Licencetest

Cannot operate equipment prior to enrolment.Trainees must be 18 years of age to take licenceassessment.

What does LF and LO mean?• A series of licenes still remain in the Loadshifting

group (L)

• (F) Forklift. .i.e. LF

• (O) Order Picking Forklift i.e. LO

Definitions• Vic. Occupational Health and Safety Regulation 2007.

• Schedule 3 Definitions…..

• fork-lift truck means a powered industrial truck equipped with a mast and an elevating load carriage to which is attached a pair of fork arms or other loadholding attachment,including a truck on which the operator is raised with the attachment for order-picking, but does not include a pedestrian operated industrial truck.

• order-picking fork-lift truck means a powered industrial truck of the type where the operator's control arrangement is incorporated with the load carriage or lifting media, and elevates with it

I’m licenced now!

Other responsibilities

• Must maintain competence!• Skills.• Knowledge.• Ability.

Employer is responsible to ensure this happens.

• Training on particular equipment.

• WHS ACT Section…21 (2) (e) Provision of information, training and instruction.

• 21. Duties of employers to employees• (1) An employer must, so far as is reasonably• practicable, provide and maintain for employees• of the employer a working environment that is• safe and without risks to health.• Penalty: 1800 penalty units for a natural person;• 9000 penalty units for a body corporate.• (2) Without limiting sub-section (1), an employer• contravenes that sub-section if the employer fails• to do any of the following—• ………

• (e) provide such information, instruction,• training or supervision to employees of the• employer as is necessary to enable those• persons to perform their work in a way that• is safe and without risks to health.• s. 21


• WHS Regulation

• Part 2.1 – General duties

• 2.1.2 Provision of information, instruction and training• (1) If these Regulations require an employer to control

any particular risk, the employer must provide each employee of the employer who may be exposed to the risk with sufficient information, instruction and training in relation to the following matters as are necessary to enable the employee to perform his or her work in a manner that is safe and without risks to health—

• (a) the nature of the hazard giving rise to the risk; and• (b) the need for, and the proper use and maintenance of,

measures to control the risk.• Notes• 1 Act compliance—section 21 (see regulation 1.1.7).• 2 Section 21 of the Act also places obligations on an employer in relation to supervision.

• (2) The obligation imposed by subregulation (1) is in addition to any other obligation imposed on the employer by these Regulations in relation to the provision of information, instruction and training.


• WHS Regulation

• Part 3.5 - Plant

• 3.5.45 Information, instruction and training

• (1) This regulation applies in addition to the requirements of regulation 2.1.2.

• (2) This regulation applies if a hazard related to plant• and its associated systems of work is identified under

regulation 3.5.23.• (3) The employer must ensure that employees likely• to be exposed to the risk, and any person supervising

the employees, are trained and provided with information and instruction in—

• (a) the processes used for hazard identification and control of risk; and

• (b) the safety procedures associated with the use of the plant at the workplace; and

• (c) the use, fit, testing and storage of personal protective equipment, if personal protective equipment forms part of the risk control measures.

AS2359 Part 2 - 2013• Section 2.1 Qualification of operators.

• Section 2.2 Training of operators

• Section 2.3 Authorisation of operators.

• Section 2.4 Operating procedures

AS2359 Part 2 - 2013• “Ongoing” Refresher Training “Should not

exceed 5 years”.

• Verification of Competence (VoC).

• Plans

• Records

• Details

• Copies

Codes of Practice

Implications for the employer

?

• The accused pleaded guilty to two charges pursuant to sections 21(1) and 21(2)(a) and (e) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 in that it failed to provide or maintain systems of work that were, so far as reasonably practicable, safe and without risks to health and failed to provide a safe working environment.

• The charges arose from an incident involving the lack of adequate traffic management systems to separate mobile plant from pedestrians, and a lack of training and supervision with regard to traffic management. Employees would routinely stand in close proximity to the operating forklift when stocktaking.

• • On 20 July 2012, a worker was injured when struck by a forklift,

trapping the worker between the forklift and the storage unit.

• On 17 September 2013, the accused was sentenced, without conviction, to pay a fine of $30,000 and costs of $8787.00. (Moorabbin Magistrates' Court).

• On 24 April 2012, a deemed employee delivery driver was injured as a result of being struck by a forklift.

• The accused pleaded guilty to one charge pursuant to sections 21(1) & 21(2)(e) of the OH&S Act 2004 for failing to provide adequate information, instruction and training to employees in relation to ensuring that employees understood the need to establish and maintain a clearly designated and bollarded exclusion zone from the working forklift.

• On 23 April 2013, the accused was fined $15,000, without conviction with costs in the sum of $4,840.00. (La Trobe Valley Magistrates' Court).

• On 27 October 2009, a worker was injured as a result of falling approximately 1.8 metres from a timber pallet which was positioned on the elevated tynes of a forklift.

• …………… pleaded guilty to two charges pursuant to sections 21(1) and 21(2)(a) & 21(2)(e) of the OHS Act 2004.

• On 19 April 2012 the company was convicted and fined $100,000 and ordered to pay costs in the sum of $3,572.52. (Dandenong Magistrates' Court)

• The accused is a company that manufactures cleaning products. On 8 August 2012 a forklift pinned the injured person between the forklift load and a truck.

• The incident was reported to WorkSafe on 9 August 2012, when a WorkSafe Inspector issued an Improvement Notice directing the accused to address the risks of powered mobile plant mobile colliding with pedestrians or other mobile plant, with a compliance date of 23 August 2012.

• The Inspector re-attended the workplace on various occasions to follow up on the Notice, which was deemed to be complied on 19 October 2012. The accused pleaded guilty to one offence under OHS Regulation 3.6.2, and one offence under each of Sections 21(1) and (2)(a) & (2)(e), and 23 of the OHS Act 2004. On 7 August 2013 it was convicted and fined $30,000 and ordered to pay costs of $3,584.

Implications for the employee

What if we train them and they leave?

What if we don’t train them and they stay?

Thank you

Todd Brennan – Forkpro Australia

Cultural Change in the use of Forklifts in the workplace

Mr. Wayne Skinner – WorkSafe Victoria

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