newsA-SAFE wins place on Sunday Times list
Industrial safety barrier expert A-SAFE has won a place on the prestigious Sunday Times BT Business SME Export Track 100 league table.
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newsYard worker injured due to poor segregation
A fuel supply business has been sentenced after one of its workers was injured after being struck by a vehicle in a works yard.
productRegulations welcomed
When Seton conducted a study to gain a deeper understanding of PPE from a customer perspective. Ensuring PPE is in good, serviceable condition was ranked the second most important factor in PPE management due to the impact on employee safety.
productTraining reaches new heights
Integrated logistics provider, Partner Logistics, is continuing to improve its health and safety procedures by increasing the robustness of height safety and rescue training at its automated cold stores.
newsWorker buried alive under load tipped by lorry
A transport company was fined £80,000 after one of its employees died when he was buried under tonnes of wheat being unloaded from a lorry.
productSun protection
Leading safety company, Arco is highlighting the need for sun protection for logistics workers.
newsFire chiefs say sprinklers contained Sainsbury’s DC blaze
Blaze starts in a lorry parked outside the Charlton DC loading bay but doesn’t spread far into the warehouse.
articleLiving with the lorry
Last winter saw two high profile road traffic accidents involving HGVs which resulted in the deaths of pedestrians – horrific events which alarmed the public on the issue of heavy lorries working in busy urban environments. GEOFF DOSSETTER considers.
articleSafety footwear grips well for 3PL
To put its Benham ST boots to the test, Dr. Martens invited Andrew Dawson, yard manager at Advanced Supply Chain, to trial a pair.
productRacking responsibilities
According to racking inspection training specialist, Rack Training, it is common problem for owners of pallet racking to be unaware of their insurance requirements until an audit has taken place. Frequent inspections should take place in addition to the annual independent inspection which is a legal requirement (PUWER 1998).
productBeam smoke detectors
Illumino 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.
articleCalling safe forklift users
One of the most important Archies awarded at the FLTA Awards for Excellence is the Safe Site Award.
productAndon light systems improve productivity
Disruptions to productivity can be reduced significantly by deploying andon light systems on packing and despatching lines.
articleJust say no to drug driving
Dräger is calling on employers to ensure they are aware of the new drug drive limits as the new legislation is now underway.
productThird consecutive gold
Provider 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).
productHead to toe menswear
From a baseball cap style bumpcap to 10 new styles of safety footwear, Workwear brand Dickies has menswear covered from head to toe.
productColour coded gloves
In 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.
articlePoorly managed awkward lift leads to crush death
A father-of-two died when a metal frame being loaded onto a lorry trailer by a forklift fell on top of him.
productFirst-on-scene training put to use
A 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.
productOn-site advantages
If 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).
