articleWorker impaled on forklift tine by reversing lorry
Loading area the scene of yet another forklift related death.
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newsBusinessman guilty of falsifying forklift safety document
A Shropshire businessman, who supplies workplace vehicles and lifting equipment, has been fined for falsifying a safety document for a forklift truck.
productInvestigation finds poor segregation to blame for forklift death on farm
A Spalding farming business has been ordered to pay more than £200,000 in fines and costs after a farm manager was killed when he was hit by a forklift truck.
newsLack of lifting chains blamed for mangled hand
A worker’s left hand was badly mangled in the hook on a crane because lifting chains were unavailable – despite being manufactured in the same factory, a court has heard.
newsHSE told to reform fee for intervention or phase it out
The Triennial Review into the Health and Safety Executive has expressed concern that Fee for Intervention (FFI) has damaged HSE’s reputation for acting impartially.
newsWorker injured after falling from forklift prongs
A worker at Cheshire cheese manufacturer Joseph Heler Ltd injured his leg and ankle when he fell from the forks of a forklift truck during an unsafe loading operation.
articleAramex fined after man killed in warehouse roof fall
A logistics firm has been fined £250,000 after a worker was killed when he fell through a warehouse roof.
newsStorage & stacking failings lead to waste bale death
A recycling company has been sentenced for safety failings after a worker was killed by a bale of waste weighing more than a tonne.
newsForklift that dropped car on worker had ‘multiple faults’
A vehicle salvage firm in Stalybridge has been fined over multiple safety failings after a car weighing more than half a tonne fell from a forklift truck, crushing a young mechanic underneath.
articleFaulty forklift to blame
A vehicle salvage firm in Stalybridge has been fined over multiple safety failings after a car weighing more than half a tonne fell from a forklift truck, crushing a young mechanic underneath.
articleLack of racking to blame for warehouse death says HSE
The Health & Safety Executive said the absence of racking was a contributing factor to the death of a warehouse worker.
newsABA formally takes on role of accrediting workplace transport training
Important developments for the UK logistics, warehousing and transport industries as accreditation evolves in the wake of the Lofstedt Report.
productAgency worker hand injury caused by poorly guarded palletiser
A Welwyn Garden City manufacturing firm has been prosecuted after an agency worker suffered a hand injury while clearing a blockage on a poorly-guarded palletiser machine.
newsLorry hits forklift killing driver
Food manufacturer AAK is being prosecuted by the Health & Safety Executive after a forklift driver was killed at one of its factories in the North West.
newsCEVA Logistics guilty of safety failings in crane accident
CEVA Logistics has been prosecuted after two Margate employees were left badly injured when they were knocked nearly five metres to the ground.
articleUntrained agency worker in forklift crush
A Suffolk firm which makes rubber granules has been fined for safety breaches after an untrained agency worker was severely injured when the forklift truck he was driving overturned.
newsPoor decision by operator has devastating consequences
A forklift truck operator has been prosecuted for safety failings after a teenager was seriously injured by a falling heater unit weighing almost half-a-tonne during a dangerous lifting operation in Kent.
newsWorker crushed as guarding installed but not set up correctly
A Goole firm has been prosecuted for safety breaches after a worker’s arm was pulled into a conveyor belt and crushed at its factory in White Rose Park.
newsPoor management and supervision as container crushes worker’s leg at port
Harwich Dock Company has been fined for safety failings after a dock worker suffered severe leg injuries when an operation to unload a cargo container went wrong.
articleGuide to loading bay safety
The Health & Safety Executive offers a wealth of information on making the loading bay safer. Here is our summary of the basics.
