ABOUT THIS GUIDE
THE TRANSPORT INDUSTRY IS ONE OF NSW’s HIGHEST RISK INDUSTRIES.
EVERY YEAR,TOO MANY WORKERS ARE KILLED OR INJURED IN TRANSPORT RELATED ACTIVITIES.
Common causes of serious injury or death in the transport, postal and warehousing industry are:
• working at heights
• hazardous manual tasks test
• being hit by moving objects
• being trapped between stationary and moving objects.
The Safety Around Your Vehicle (SAYV) Glove Box Guide focuses on work, health and safety harms that relate to activities performed by a
driver when the vehicle is not being driven on a public road e.g. loading and unloading in a distribution centre.
This guide has been developed as a result of consultation with industry representatives and stakeholders.
Safety around your vehicle glove box guide
© State of New South Wales (SafeWork NSW). For current information go to safework.nsw.gov.au
