Safety Survey - Brigade Electronics

Brigade Electronics BACKSCAN range of parking sensors are suitable for most vehicle types including cars, vans, trucks, busses, coaches, mobile plant and refuse vehicles. Using proven ultrasonic technology BACKSCAN parking sensors inform the driver of the distance between the vehicle and any obsticle at the rear. As Soon as the reverse gear is engaged. The parking sensors starts scanning the rear of the vehicle and gives a 3 stage audible and visual waring to thre driver. Brigade's parking sensors incorporates dynamic scanning memory (DSM) that prevents false alarms from tow bars, rear mounted tyres and any auxillary equipment that intrudes inthe parking sensors detections zone.

Safety Survey

Reversing Safety Self Audit for Managers
Instructions: This reversing safety audit falls into four areas: operational analysis and statistics, site procedures and operations, vehicles and people. For each question tick either yes or no. There are a total of 44 yes/no questions to tick. *Scoring* : The first nine questions are worth 2 Points each because they are the most important the remaining questions are all worth 1 point each.
Operational analysis and statistics
Q1	Do you know your total number of vehicle accidents and % of accidents involving reversing?	Yes No
Q2	Do you know the total number of reversing accidents at each of the following locations; collection and delivery points, your own company sites, and on the road?	Yes No
Q3	Have you undertaken detailed data analysis on previous reversing accidents to identify causes?	Yes No
Q4	Do you know the average cost of your reversing accidents?	Yes No
Q5	Do you track the trend of reversing accidents by categories shown in 1-4 above?	Yes No
Q6	Have you identified all reversing operations?	Yes No
Q7	Have you reduced the need for reversing wherever possible?	Yes No
Q8	Have you minimised reversing distances?	Yes No
Q9	Have you done reversing black spot analysis and risk assessment?	Yes No
Site procedures and operations
Q10	Have you undertaken reversing safety audits at delivery/collection points?	Yes No
Q11	Have you made delivery/collections points aware of the results of your audit?	Yes No
Q12	Do you regularly consult employees (eg drivers/banksmen) in the process of developing the layout of new sites?	Yes No
Q13	Do you have a mechanism to allow drivers, banksmen and other to make suggestions for improvements to existing sites?	Yes No
Q14	Have you implemented safe reversing procedures?	Yes No
Q15	Do you have a reversing checklist and procedures for new sites?	Yes No
Q16	Do your sites clearly identify reversing areas?	Yes No
Q17	Have you assessed the quality of your site lighting, visibility and mirrors?	Yes No
Q18	Do you regularly improve yard and road layouts?	Yes No
Q19	Do you regularly review the safety of yard ‘furniture’ (eg posts and pillars)?	Yes No
Q20	Do you have one-way traffic systems at your sites?	Yes No
Q21	Have you installed traffic light systems?	Yes No
Q22	Have you implemented time bans to separate people and vehicles?	Yes No
Vehicles
Q23	Have you fitted/specified reversing bleepers/alarms?	Yes No
Q24	Have you fitted/specified reversing detections devices?	Yes No
Q25	Have you fitted/specified reversing cameras?	Yes No
Q26	Have you fitted/specified flashing reversing lights?	Yes No
Q27	Have you fitted/specified auto reversing brakes/bumpers?	Yes No
Q28	Have you fitted/specified improved rear-view vehicle mirrors?	Yes No
Q29	Have you fitted/specified any other reversing safety systems?	Yes No
People
Q30	Have you identified all people likely to be affected by reversing?	Yes No
Q31	Do all your staff involved with reversing vehicles receive a copy of the HSE’s ‘Reversing Vehicles’ publication 11/98 IND (G) 148L, 1995 (free from HSE or Brigade Electronics, call 0870 774 1500)?	Yes No
Q32	Are all drivers and banksmen properly assessed, trained and regularly reassessed (eg seminars, video, data analysis feedback, poster campaigns, CD-ROM)?	Yes No
Q33	Do you exclude people from reversing areas wherever possible?	Yes No
Q34	Is a simple, agreed and clearly visible system of signalling and communication in place?	Yes No
Q35	Do you regularly audit the management/supervision of reversing areas?	Yes No
Q36	Do you issue fluorescent clothing to all relevant staff?	Yes No
Q37	Before reversing, do your drivers always check their mirrors are clean and correctly aligned and the reversing area is free of pedestrians?	Yes No
Q38	Have you developed safe procedures/work instructions for all relevant staff?	Yes No
Q39	Do you provide drivers with simple, clear and unambiguous collection/delivery point information regarding reversing?	Yes No
Q40	Do visiting drivers and banksmen receive and sign for a set of written reversing procedures on arrival at your site?	Yes No
Q41	Do you employ specially trained people as yard shunters/banksmen?	Yes No
Q42	Do your banksmen undertake regular risk assessments and feed the results back to their managers and supervisors?	Yes No
Most important of all
Q43	Are your drivers instructed always to STOP if a banksman disappears from view?	Yes No
Q44	Are your drivers instructed NEVER to reverse ‘blind’ without assistance (ie a banksman and/or detection aid and/or visual aid which covers the ‘blind area)?	Yes No
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Brigade Electronics plc has pioneered the development of innovative broadband sound reversing alarms and camera systems that provides clearer more accurate sound than traditional reversing alarms. Unlike traditional narrowband reversing alarms. Brigaes bbs-tek uses broadband sound which is instantly and unambiguously locatable. Broadband sound alarms also cause less noise nuisance. If you have any comments or questions about parking sensors or our bbs-tek systems or just the content of this website. Please feel free to contact us. Brigade reversing camera systems - Backsense Parking sensors - What is white sound?

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