Over the past 6 weeks there has been several incidents and safety observations conducted that have identified the below hazards and non-conformances;

• Several truck drivers did not maintain 3 points of contact when climbing in/out of the truck cabin resulting in injury.
• Twin pick forklift tipped forward due to the operator applying the brakes to hard and the containers positioned too high when transporting.
• Counter balance forklift operators observed fastening the seatbelt behind the seat, in turn bypassing the safety device installed by the manufacture.
• The visitor sign in and out register for Australian Border Force (ABF) is not being completed correctly resulting in $10,000 fines for each incorrect entry.

Safety Observation 4 Key Focus Areas

• Truck drivers MUST maintain three points of contact when
  climbing in and out of the truck cab.
• When twin pick container forklifts are traveling loaded they
  MUST not raise the containers higher than 1 m above seat
  height.
• Forklift operators MUST wear the seatbelt when operating the
  forklift.
• All visitors to Australian Border Force licenced facilities MUST
  complete all sections of the visitor log Note: this includes; full
  name, residential address, licence number, who they are
  reporting to, vehicle registration number, time in and time out.