LTB Delivery - Light Weight Trolleys (LWT)

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Letter to Branches

No. 610/12 Ref: 540 Date: 10th August 2012


To: Branches with POSTAL Members


Dear Colleague

Delivery - Light Weight Trolleys (LWT)

Branches will be aware that the Delivery Lightweight Trolley (LWT) was designed to be pulled when in use. However following various pieces of feedback from Delivery OPGs that they would also like the option to push the trolley in certain circumstances, we with the assistance of Mick Gledhill from the CWU Walk Design Group have been reviewing the safety risk assessments with Royal Mail Safety and Ergonomic Managers.

This work is now complete and whilst the preferred method of use is to pull the LWT it has now been jointly evaluated that it is safe and permissible to push the LWT in certain circumstances.

Please therefore find attached a revised Safe System of Work (SSOW) and LWT User guide that sets this out in more detail, together with a draft WTLL that will be delivered to all frontline staff. Royal Mail will be issuing the same documents in parallel with this LTB. Please note that the revised SSOW replaces all previous SSOW covering the LWT.

Any enquiries to Bob Gibson’s Office, quoting reference 540
Email address: hnutley@cwu.org

Yours sincerely

Bob Gibson
Assistant Secretary

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