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CHAIN OF RESPONSIBILITY
PROSECUTIONS AND INVESTIGATIONS
Peter Wells, Director, Safety and Compliance
Paul Endycott, General Manager, Compliance Operations
Balancing productivity, safety & asset
Road Safety
Asset Management
Economic Productivity
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Fatalities from Heavy Truck Crashes
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NSW vs Rest of Australia, 2004-2014, 12 months ending March 2015p
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Fatalities From Heavy Truck Crashes, NSW vs Rest of Australia,
2004 to 2014, 12 months ending March 2015p
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Trends in Road Fatalities
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Fatalities from Heavy Truck Crashes, NSW, 2004 to 2014 and 12 months ending August 2015p
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Fatalities from Heavy Rigid Truck Crashes
Fatalities from Articulated Truck Crashes
Achieving compliance
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Enforcement
Administrative Actions
Inspection and Monitoring
Education and Information
Compliance and Enforcement
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Austrans Trends
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Understanding Chain of Responsibility
You must not encourage, reward or provide an
incentive for the driver or other party in the supply chain to break any road
transport laws. Speeding
Fatigue
Loading
Mass
Dimension
(Maintenance)
Are you a link in the chain?
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Party Mass Dimension Loading Speed Fatigue
Prime contractor
Employer
Operator
Consignor
Loading Manager & Loader
Unloader
Packer
Scheduler
Consignee Conduct that may cause or contribute to a breach
Chain of responsibility in practice
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The road to compliance maturity
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Compliance and Enforcement
actions against parties in the CoR
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Regulator imposed:
• Improvement Notice
• Formal Warning
• Infringement Notice
Court imposed:
• Supervisory Intervention Order
• Prohibition Order
• Commercial Benefit Order
Speeding
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Volume of 12 tonne+ vehicles detected above 105km/hr
Fatigue
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Fatigue Management
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Dimension
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Load Restraint
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Future Focus
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On and off road enforcement
A holistic approach to
regulatory obligations
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Work Health & Safety
legislation
HVNL & other road transport
law
Safety Management
System
Environment & Heritage legislation
ALL: ‘What form of record-keeping do we maintain to document our actions?’
Managing your obligations
Possible considerations
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SPEED: ‘How do my activities impact on the time available for drivers to: do pre-trip check; travel to pick-up or delivery point; ensure correct loading; take prescribed breaks; cope with traffic contingencies; meet deadlines?’
LOADING: ‘Have we communicated our need for appropriate methods of load restraint to our suppliers? What assurances of compliance have we received?’
MASS: ‘How do we know the loads we receive are legal? Have we considered the loads that leave our site? ’
DIMENSION: ‘How do we determine if an oversize load is legal? Have we sighted the permit?
FATIGUE: ‘What contingencies do we have in place to respond to a driver being delayed? Do we know the driver is compliant with work and rest hour limits?’
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CollaborationAn essential part of effective CoR management
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