HSE SPECIFICATIONS

Setting Clear Requirements

Contents
1

Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 4
1.1
Purpose .............................................................................................................................................. 4
1.2
Scope ................................................................................................................................................. 4
1.3
Definitions........................................................................................................................................... 5
1.4 Definitions of Work Related Road Transport Activities : Personnel and Goods ................................. 6
1.5 Responsibilities ....................................................................................................................................... 7
1.6 Legal Requirements ................................................................................................................................ 7
1.7 Performance Monitoring.......................................................................................................................... 7
1.8 Review and Improvement ....................................................................................................................... 8
2 Drivers and Driving .................................................................................................................................... 9
2.1
Requirements for all drivers ............................................................................................................... 9
2.2
Requirements for Driving ................................................................................................................. 12
2.2.1
General Rules ..................................................................................................................... 12
2.2.2
Road Safety Consequence Matrix .................................................................................... 14
2.2.3
Road Safety Consequence Matrix ...................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
2.2.4
Driver hours and rest periods ........................................................................................... 14
2.2.5
Maximum Speed Limits ..................................................................................................... 14
2.2.6
Personnel transport over distances greater than 200 km.............................................. 15
2.2.7
Work related transport using private vehicles ................................................................ 16
2.2.8
Commuting within the Muscat Capital Area: ................................................................... 16
2.2.8
Commutingbetween interior work locations and place of residence ........................... 16
2.2.9
Emergency travel ............................................................................................................... 19
2.2.10
Safe Journey Management ................................................................................................ 19
2.2.11
Driving on Graded Roads .................................................................................................. 22
2.2.12
The 'Dust Code' .................................................................................................................. 22
2.2.13
Convoy Driving ................................................................................................................... 23
2.2.14
Driving when Towing ......................................................................................................... 23
2.2.15
Driving with, and the use of, additional fuel containers (Jerrycans). ........................... 24
2.2.16
Managing Ramadhan and holiday driving. ...................................................................... 24
2.2.17
Driving buses ...................................................................................................................... 25
3 Vehicles ................................................................................................................................................... 26
3.1
Requirements for Vehicles ............................................................................................................... 26
3.1.1
Vehicle Standards .............................................................................................................. 26
3.1.2
Tyre Safety .......................................................................................................................... 26
3.1.3
Brake safety ........................................................................................................................ 28
3.1.4
Fuel type .............................................................................................................................. 28
3.1.5
Managing adherence to speed limits ............................................................................... 29
3.1.6
In Vehicle Monitoring and Driver Merit Systems (IVMS/DMS) ....................................... 30
3.2
Requirements for LV ........................................................................................................................ 34
3.2.1
Ambulances.......................................................................................................................... 36
3.3
Requirements for HGV ..................................................................................................................... 37
3.3.1
HGV Used on Graded Roads Additional Requirements ................................................... 39
3.3.2
HGV used Off-Road Additional Requirements .................................................................. 39
3.4
Requirements for Buses................................................................................................................... 40
3.5
Requirements for Trailers................................................................................................................. 44
3.5.1
All Semi-Trailers and Drawbar Trailers ................................................................................ 44
3.5.2
Semi-Trailers ........................................................................................................................ 44
3.5.3
Drawbar Trailers ................................................................................................................... 45
3.5.4
Semi-Trailers and Drawbar Trailers for Use on Graded Roads and Off-Road .................... 45
3.6
Requirements for Vehicles with a Load Bed for General Cargo ...................................................... 45
3.7
Requirements for Tankers................................................................................................................ 45
3.7.1
Requirements for Tanker Vehicles ................................................................................... 45
3.7.2
Requirements for Tankers Carrying Flammable/Hazardous Substances .................... 47
3.7.3
Requirements for Pressurised Tankers ........................................................................... 48

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