Hi Jane,

Profoundly deaf people hold ordinary driving licences and can make better drivers as their other senses are more honed e.g vision and touch/vibration.

You nailed it when you said risk assessment. The company have to look at what measures are in place to ensure safe operation e.g flashing lights in place of audible alarms etc etc

Pedestrian routes where traffic and people come into close contact.

I’m sure some of the H & S people on the list would be able to give more precise guidance on this.

Fiona

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Subject: [OCC-HEALTH] Deafness and driving a FLT

Dear all

I have a strange one. Can anyone tell me if they have known of an employee who is profoundly deaf to drive a FLT?? I know this seems obvious but according to the HSE hearing loss may not necessarily be a preclusion and that a Risk assessment should be carried out to identify if this is a safe practice or not?

I welcome any comments or quotations

Many thanks

Jane

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