NHVR UPDATE

The notice for National Work Diary Exemption for 100km work under Basic Fatigue Management or Advanced Fatigue Management in New South Wales (Notice) 2014 (No. 1) that was due to expire on 9 February 2016 has been given a limited extension to 6 March 2016. After this extension, the notice will expire and will not be renewed. 
On March 6 2016 the limited extension of the National Work Diary Exemption for 100km work under Basic Fatigue Management or Advanced Fatigue Management in New South Wales (Notice) 2014 (No. 1) will expire.  All drivers, (including those in New South Wales) working under BFM and AFM must carry and complete a National Driver Work Diary, even when they are working within a 100 km of their base from March 7 2016.
Elite Compliance Consulting is advising that any company that is accredited and operating under NHVAS Basic Fatigue Management, who have drivers who are operate under Basic Fatigue system, will be required those drivers to complete a National Driver Work Diary page every day they work post 6^th March 2016.
As advised by NHVR, the exiting Notice is expiring on 6^th March 2016. Operators must commence the driver education process and operators should commence this as soon as practical. Company’s need to ensure there is no confusion between drivers  and drivers are to comply with the new changes and don’t enforce liability onto the company by not complying.

HELP FULL TIP- use this newsletter as a training document and issue a copy to all drivers as evidence of consultation and communication about industry change and fatigue documentation.

As an owner, manager and operator please consider your priorities in your ‘TO DO LIST’ for 2016. Being proactive could save your business money and that saved money could be well spent on purchasing and implementing the right procedures prior to such and incident occurring. Being proactive by having available specific documented Work Instructions and conducting basic driver training. Having these process and training of our drivers would possibility eliminate this type of incident occurring [shown in the image featured].

Elite Compliance Consulting can create and implement Procedures and Work Instructions as resources to and train your drivers and ECC can conduct this face to face, providing driver with knowledge on the correct process of hook  & unhooking of trailers, including dogs trailers.
The above pictures clearly demonstrates that, if such procedures and training may not have existed here with the company,  this may have been a factor to the reason this 19 meter configuration has HIT the asphalt and caused serious structural damage to the asphalt pavement.

crane to lift front of trailer
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pavement and subgrade repair of damage
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replacement of landing legs
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straighten chassis
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All up costs would vary around $25000 – $30000k to rectify & repair

For Your Information and update-  As late as December 2015, ECC staff were indirectly associated with a work related fatality, involving a truck and dog driver in western Sydney. This accident  occurred when the driver was disconnecting the of the dog, as he lifted the pin in the ringfeeder and the vehicle rolled away. The driver became in the line of the rolling vehicle and tragically he was partly crushed at the scene. The 20 year old driver involved died in hospital shortly after the accident as a result of the crush injury and we respect the deceased drivers family at this time.

Please contact Elite Compliance Consulting and allow us to provide you with assistance and implementing of any systems, creating these systems to eliminated or minimise the risk of this type of incident or something as tragic occurring to your values drivers and the enormous consequences on your business as direct result.