Are your plant fitters competent and working to a full risk assessment & method statement?

Every now and then when you use dumpers on sites you will get a puncture which will need to be repaired on site by a visiting fitter. So have you considered the following:-

• Is the fitter trained and competent to do the work?
• Does he have a task specific risk assessment?
• Does he have a task specific method statement?
• Is the area where he will work deemed safe and free from hazards?
• If not, how are you controlling those hazards?
• Does he need to use an air line to inflate the tyre after repair?
• If so, does he have an inflation cage to put the tyre into for inflation?
• Has he done a manual handling assessment of the work?

If you think this seems excessive then take five minutes to consider "What if?" and read this article:-

http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/watling-tyre-fined-1m-for-fatal-shovel-tyre-explosion