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Project: Truck fleet enhancement project

Premier's Awards category:  Safety and well

Great safety improvements come from collaboration between the people who face hazards in their work. Proactive collaboration between our maintenance and fleet teams have led to improved safety outcomes with a truck fleet enhancement project.

The Upstream Maintenance team is responsible for topping-up the dosing facilities across the broad expanse of operating sites in the Basin using heavy vehicles. The team seized an opportunity to make the truck design safer by addressing two inherent risks associated with the activity - falls and driving.

Fall risk improvements in the design included:

• Placement of equipment and controls that reduced the need to mount the truck
• Improved access/egress and fall protection controls built into the design

Driving risk improvements in the design included:

• Increased onboard chemical storage volume, reducing driving time for top-ups by approximately 30 per cent
• Clearly visible placement of safety signage on vehicles so they act as roving billboards

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