Working safely under motor vehicles being repaired

This leaflet is aimed at owners, managers and supervisors of motor vehicle repair facilities – it may also be useful to employees.

Working beneath a vehicle is often required to check for faults, servicing, repairs etc. Because these tasks are so common, people may get used to the fact that they are working under potentially lethal weights. But, unfortunately, serious and fatal accidents do happen each year despite the dangers and precautions being well known.

The leaflet includes extracts from HSE inspectors’ accident reports (mostly fatalities) involving people working beneath vehicles in motor vehicle repair. They don’t cover every danger but include explanations of how you can minimise the most serious risks and will hopefully remind you of the consequences of getting it wrong.

https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg434.pdf?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=coronavirus&utm_term=vehicles-2&utm_content=mvr-12-jun-20