Transporting Employees and Materials

• Do employees who operate vehicles on public thoroughfares have valid operator's licenses?
• When seven or more employees are regularly transported in a van, bus or truck, is the operator's license appropriate for the class of vehicle being driven?
• Is each van, bus or truck used regularly to transport employees equipped with an adequate number of seats?
• When employees are transported by truck, are provisions provided to prevent their falling from the vehicle?
• Are vehicles used to transport employees equipped with lamps, brakes, horns, mirrors, windshields and turn signals and are they in good repair?
• Are transport vehicles provided with handrails, steps, stirrups or similar devices, so placed and arranged that employees can safely mount or dismount?
• Are employee transport vehicles equipped at all times with at least two reflective type flares?
• Is a full charged fire extinguisher, in good condition, with at least 4 B:C rating maintained in each employee transport vehicle?
• When cutting tools or tools with sharp edges are carried in passenger compartments of employee transport vehicles, are they placed in closed boxes or containers which are secured in place?
• Are employees prohibited from riding on top of any load which can shift, topple, or otherwise become unstable?

Last reviewed October 2023