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Tipper Pre-Tip Safety Check
A free printable tipper check sheet: one line per tip with nine numbered checks on ground, overhead lines, people, load and tailgate, plus near misses.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
Make the same nine checks at every tip point and leave a dated line to show it. The near misses on page two are the ones worth talking about before the next job.
Who it is for
Tipper lorry and tipping trailer drivers, and the transport managers and site operators who run tipping on their sites.
How to use it
- Read the numbered key once; the numbers match the tick columns in the table.
- Write a line for every tip: date, time, the site and where on it you tipped.
- Tick each check before the body goes up, or put X and do not tip until it is sorted, with a note of what was done.
- Tick check 9 only when the body is fully down, before you move off.
- Record any fault with the tipping gear, and any near miss, on page two and say who was told.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: One line for every tip: where it was, and the checks made before the body went up and after it came down. Tick each numbered check, or put X, do not tip, and say what was done in the notes.
The maker and the site set the limits. No slope, wind or clearance figure is printed. The vehicle and body makers set the limits for tipping, and each site sets its own rules for where and how: follow both, and ask the site controller when either is unclear.
Write-on lines: Driver · Vehicle registration · Body or trailer · Dates covered
The checks — the numbers match the columns of the table
Also printed: Reported to the site controller or banksman on arrival · Load spread evenly, not frozen or stuck in the body · Ground at the tip point level and firm · Tailgate release method agreed and understood · Overhead lines and structures clear of the raised body · Cab and body or trailer in line, parking brake on · Everyone not needed kept clear of the vehicle · Body fully lowered before moving off · Edge protection or wheel stop suitable, if tipping at an edge · Before tipping · After
Table, 27 rows: Date · Time · Site and tip point · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · Notes · Init.
Page 2
Tipping gear defects and near misses — what happened, and who was told
Table, 4 rows: Date · What happened or was found · Who was told · When · Action taken
Write-on lines: Sheet checked by · Role · Date
Questions
Why are no slope or wind limits printed?
Because they belong to the vehicle and body maker and to the site, and they differ from one tipper and one site to the next. A printed figure could be wrong for your body, so the sheet asks you to follow the maker and the site controller instead.
Why number the checks instead of naming each column?
Nine named columns would not fit across a portrait page at a size anyone could read. The numbered key keeps every check written out in full, and leaves room in the table for the site and the notes.
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