productFlame detectors protect at hangar
To protect workers during aircraft spray-painting, Cambridge International Airport has installed nine Talentum flame detectors and one Fireray beam detector from FFE.
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productWorkwear for warmer days
A change of season means a change of focus on what you wear on site. That’s why Snickers LITEWork garments are designed to help you keep your cool when the heat is on.
productPackaging firm receives safety accreditation
Samuel Grant Packaging has been awarded accreditation from Alcumus SafeContractor for achieving excellence in health and safety in the workplace. The accreditation demonstrates that Samuel Grant Packaging’s engineers work to exceptionally high safety standards when working at customers’ sites.
productNew safety standards
According to HSE, there are approximately 622,000 cases of reportable work-related accidents occur in the UK each year. Such accidents often involve ladders.
articleLasting commitment to innovation
Warehouse and logistics managers operating forklift fleets have two prime concerns: the safety of their staff and the efficiency of their businesses. Increasingly, they also need to consider the impact their operations have on the environment. The right choice of tyre can play a significant role in helping them address these concerns, says Trelleborg.
productWarburtons fined nearly £2 million after conveyor injury
Warburtons has been fined £1.9m after a worker was injured when his arm got trapped against a running conveyor belt.
productVisiting worker’s leg crushed by forklift
An international food company has been fined £333,000 after a fork lift truck collided with a visiting recycling company driver.
productNew catalogue
French premium safety footwear brand Jallatte has launched its new J-Energy collection catalogue, featuring soles made with Infinergy, the pioneering new material that absorbs shocks and returns their own energy to the wearer with every step.
productUp to date on technical issues
SEMA, the Storage Equipment Manufacturers’ Association’s first full day technical seminar on Tuesday June 6 proved to be a major success, says Jaap Vos, SEMA President.
productCall for vigilance
New Arco tests reveal several UK distributors are still selling substandard CE marked products.
productAre single use garments preferable for cleanrooms?
Do you understand the potential risk of using launderable garments?
productComply with BSI standard
Kee Safety has adjusted the design of its Kee Gate range to satisfy the requirements of BS EN ISO 14122-3:2016 Safety of Machinery – Permanent means of access to machinery – Part 3: Stairs, Stepladders and guard-rails.
productWatch your walkways
Westmark is reminding companies that walkways on dangerous surroundings such as at height, in dangerous locations where hazardous equipment is located, on the top of ladders, on locations where moving vehicles can be a threat to pedestrians, or where permanent machinery is installed with moving components, should be well designed to keep employees and contractors safe.
productBSI Certification to new PPE Regulation
JSP, the independent manufacturer of above-the-neck personal protective equipment (PPE), was first past the post in the UK and Europe after being awarded BSI Certification to the new PPE Regulation for a range of protective products.
productFLTA honour for anti-crush kick-pad
Weston Handling’s ACKPad has been included in the FLTA’s “Pick of the Year” for 2017 and has made it to the finals of the annual awards, in both the safety and innovation categories.
productAnti-crush kick-pad for pallet trucks
Weston Handling Consultancy says that the safety of pedestrian stackers and trucks can be greatly improved with the new ACKPad anti-crush kick-pad.
productSafer loading
RAVAS has introduced the RAVAS-SafeLoad: an aftermarket product for forklift trucks that provides both weight and stability information in a single combined display.
productCFTS focus on agriculture and construction
New laminated leaflets from Consolidated Fork Truck Services (CFTS) explain why – particularly in agriculture and construction – where accident rates continue to be high – Through Examination is as essential for rough terrain trucks and telehandlers as it is for fork lift trucks.
productTougher new test for fork lift operators comes into force
From the 1st September, anyone training as a fork lift truck operator will find the test considerably tougher than ever before.
productCompany fined after worker struck by forklift
A North West manufacturing company has been fined after an employee was struck by a fork lift truck.
