Case studies

Case study publications

Safety culture and workplace transport

Case studies for group discussion

The following examples detail the incident, environment and consequences of workplace transport accidents. Each example includes a publication reviewing the incident and a publication with recommendations for improvement.

However, the improvements we suggest are not the only, ideal or complete solutions for these examples. There is no such thing as a perfectly safe site.

Example A

• Accident when poorly secured load moved during transit
• Example A - Recommendations

Example B

• Accident at indoor bus depot
• Example B - Recommendations

Example C

• Reversing accident, where site layout was also a factor
• Example C - Recommendations

Example D

• Accident involving fork lift and dump truck, where site layout and visibility were also factors
• Example D - Recommendations