productCompany fined after worker fatally crushed by fork lift truck
Lincolnshire based firm Vacu-Lug Traction Tyres Limited has been fined after a worker died when the fork lift truck he was driving overturned at the company base in Grantham.
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productCastell highlighting Salvo at Health & Safety North
Industrial safety specialist will also display trapped key interlocking technology.
productIceland fined £2.5m after warehouse ceiling fall
Iceland Foods has been fined £2.5m over the death of a contractor who fell through a ceiling in a warehouse at a store site.
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productChanging the face of rack protection
Sentry Protection Products has introduced Rack Sentry Contour, featuring a modern design that improves the original Rack Sentry.
productDouble design recognition for A-SAFE
A-SAFE has been shortlisted for two coveted design awards – for Design Team of the Year for new racking damage detection solution RackEye at the British Engineering Excellence Awards and Innovation & Design at the MX Manufacturing Awards.
productShort term hire: know the risks
CFTS has warned companies hiring trucks on a short-term basis that they should always insist that their fork lift documentation includes a Report of Thorough Examination.
productBarriers to protect against ground level forks
The industrial workplace is ever-changing – and as it changes the health and safety demands of the workplace change with it.
articleConference tackles safety in the face of change
The Fork Lift Truck Association hosted its annual National Fork Lift Safety Conference on 20th September at the Heart of England Events and Conference Centre in Coventry.
productSafety feature for automated storage unit
The Shuttle XP from Kardex Remstar has been given an Access Ready upgrade.
articleAim high on standards
HSE and Coca-Cola are among the speakers on safety in storage at the upcoming SEMA Conference, explains Jaap Vos, President of SEMA, the Storage Equipment Manufacturers’ Association.
articleRack Inspections: Green risk doesn’t mean ‘No Risk’
The Storage Equipment Manufacturers’ Association philosophy is that safe storage follows a structured approach, explains Colin Hinton of the SEMA Technical Committee.
product2-year change programme
To meet the requirements of the new EU standard for explosion protected lift truck design, Pyroban has invested in a 2-year EN1755:2015 change programme.
productBlind spot detection
The global centre of innovation in transport and mobility, TRL, has developed a blind spot simulator rig which utilises virtual reality to help improve the design of truck cabs and road layouts, as well as aiding accident investigations.
productTurntables reduce operator fatigue
Tecmach supplied a series of scissor lift tables which have indexing turntables to improve efficiency and safer manual handling in a manufacturing facility.
productEmbedding safety I/Os in ABB robots
ABB is embedding extended safety I/Os within its series of robot controllers to improve the flexibility, safety and reliability of collaboration between robots and people.
productDeclaration of Conformity
Arco is one of the first companies to offer its customers a Declaration of Conformity document on all own brand PPE products ahead of the 2018 deadline.
productWinter work clothes
Dressing right and staying comfortable when it’s cold and wet on site requires more than your old windcheater, waterproofs and wellies, says Snickers.
articleForklift safety conference outlines scale of challenge
The recent forklift safety conference organised by the Fork Lift Truck Association warned end users to guard against complacency on forklift safety, with injury statistics stubbornly high.
productSafety first
I.D. Systems is not only a leading supplier of fleet management solutions, helping customers to operate their industrial trucks and MHE safer, it also take safety very seriously when it comes to its own workforce.
