Christina Fraser

(a) All heavy goods drivers should be required to undergo compulsory training in loading techniques before being allowed to transport loads, which training should also be on a periodic basis. (b) No load should be transported unless its weight has been accurately ascertained. (c) Every employer involved in the transporting of loads should be required to keep a register of their load restraint equipment showing the safe working load of each piece of equipment and their last date of inspection. Such a system applies in quarry operations and this should be extended by the Department of Transport and the Health and Safety Executive to load securing equipment.