I am well aware the Port Company is a 'landlord' not directly involved in waterfront and cargo handling affairs. The fork hoist was operated by a stevedoring company. OSH recommended the fork hoist be fitted with a reversing alarm and no further action be taken. In other words 'close the file'. Some fork hoists working on the Port Company's wharves have reversing alarms, others do not.
Truck drivers deliver to many areas.
In some areas the servicing fork hoists are alarmed, in other areas they are not. In this instance the driver was not aware the fork hoist was not reverse alarmed. Before the accident Michael Warnes was a very fit and agile young man who firmly believes if the machine which ran over him was alarmed he would have heard it and would not have been hit. Literature will be produced which will illustrate the adopted position if it is not one of total commonality. This could well involve the Port Company.