productIllumino Ignis has selected FFE’s Fireray 5000 infra-red beam smoke detectors to protect its Peterborough warehouse. The company, a leading supplier of fire, safety and disability products, selected Fireray beam detectors over more conventional fixed-point detectors.
articleOne of the most important Archies awarded at the FLTA Awards for Excellence is the Safe Site Award.
productDisruptions to productivity can be reduced significantly by deploying andon light systems on packing and despatching lines.
articleDräger is calling on employers to ensure they are aware of the new drug drive limits as the new legislation is now underway.
productProvider of pallet and container pooling solutions, CHEP, is among the winners in the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2015. The company has been awarded the Gold award for the third consecutive year in the prestigious annual scheme run by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
productFrom a baseball cap style bumpcap to 10 new styles of safety footwear, Workwear brand Dickies has menswear covered from head to toe.
productIn order to help reduce hand injuries, TraffiGlove has provided eight different styles of its safety gloves to Tractor manufacturer, Case New Holland for use by 450 workers at its Basildon, Essex manufacturing base.
articleA father-of-two died when a metal frame being loaded onto a lorry trailer by a forklift fell on top of him.
productA Driver First Assist (DFA) member has been praised by local police for his handling of an accident on the M6 last month. The collision involved three vehicles on the M6 between junctions 10 and 10A at night, just north of Walsall, and affected two lanes of the carriageway. DFA is a road safety initiative which seeks to reduce road fatalities through incident first-on-scene training.
productIf it’s possible and practicable, when it comes to access equipment it makes sense for employers to train their operators on the actual equipment they’re going to be using, in the place they’re going to be using it, asserts Richard Shore, MD of Mentor Training Solutions (MTS).
articleMetsä Wood UK operations purchasing manager Gary Isherwood tells HSS editor Simon Duddy that he puts the safety of employees first when buying forklifts.
articleIt is no secret that an efficient warehouse operation has a direct bearing on the rate at which customer demand can be met. However, it is essential that this does not happen at the expense of employee health and safety, says Nigel Crunden, business specialist at Office Depot.
articleAtlas Logistics Group was ordered to pay $2.2 million to two employees it forced to take DNA tests.
productSeegrid and Topper Industrial have announced a partnership to provide automated tow tractor and cart-based materials handling solutions.
productEquipment downtime is the enemy of any workplace, so keeping forklifts (the workhorse of the warehouse) operating efficiently is essential to a successful business.
articleThose operating warehouses should be aware of new sentencing guidelines likely to come into force later this year for Health and Safety offences, which could result in higher fines.
productHoist safety concerns have now been addresses by the MotoSuiveur – a mechanically failsafe hoist safety device created by Siguren and distributed in the UK exclusively by SCX Special Projects.
productA mis-understanding of health and safety guidance has led many warehouse operators to use rack protectors inappropriately, reports SEMA approved rack inspector Justin O’Sullivan.
productThe V300 infra-red vision camera from SICK UK offers a convenient and reliable Type 3 alternative to a safety guard light curtain in production and warehouse environments.
productA new manual handling training programme designed exclusively for professionals in the transport, warehousing and logistics sectors is now available from RTITB.
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