Agency 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.
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.
Everyone in the industry is concerned about the increasingly proactive stance the DVSA is taking towards load restraint on curtain sided vehicles. Many complain that their requirements are unnecessarily costly and excessive. Loadhog, the transit innovator, disagrees.
CILS has developed the 8100GHS range of thermal transfer and laser computer printable self-adhesive colour labels to help meet the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of classification and labelling of chemical drums and containers.
Svantek has released the SVAN 971 Sound Level Meter and Analyser.
With LINK360, Brady’s new safety software, the process of managing, creating, reviewing, scaling and visualising safety procedures is said to become a matter of clicks.
Travis Perkins has implemented a number of initiatives to improve the safety of its drivers.
Warrington-based labelling and safety solutions group, Westbrook Industrial, whose trading divisions include ASG Services and Warehouse Partners, has announced a three-year investment and expansion project which will see the company double in size.
AJAX Safe Access has manufactured a number of Righthite Step Units for top loading tanker access with bespoke cage designs that are significantly larger than the standard AJAX safety cage.
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The body behind the fork lift truck industry’s own national Thorough Examination programme has responded to growing demand by promoting Shaun Prendergast to the role of Technical Manager (North).
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.
Head protection is required in almost every industry where there is a risk of being injured by falling objects or when working in areas of restricted head space.
Convenience foods manufacturer Greencore has installed Castell’s drive-away prevention system Salvo at four UK sites.
The Linde Safety Pilot system will be introduced at Linde’s “World of Material Handling” customer event at the Mainz Exhibition Centre, Germany in May.
The forthcoming FTA Safety in Logistics Conference is to focus on helping managers secure engagement with all employees on health and safety.
Cirrus Research is taking its Noise Doctor advisory clinic to the Safety & Health Expo this June. The company’s team of experts will be offering advice, information and product demonstrations on a range of sound level meters, noise dosimeters, training courses and noise warning signs.
SATECH solutions from ASG Services aim to give employers the assurances they need to meet all obligations under the European Directives on the Safety of Machines.
All ASG Services’ SATECH machine guarding is designed and engineered to meet all current EN standards – which means that ASG Services can supply current best-practice solutions to machinery guarding applications, providing maximum effective protection to personnel whilst maintaining machine functionality and productivity.
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.
Specialists in the service, repair, maintenance and installation of vehicle traffic barriers, automated swing and sliding gates, turnstiles, bollards and associated access control systems, Perimeter Security Maintenance became part of the BID Group in 2012.