newsThe London Safer Lorry Scheme (SLS), vulnerable road users and commercial vehicles, and the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) will be covered at the Freight Transport Association’s Fleet Engineer Conference which takes place on Wednesday 10 June.
newsA fuel supply business has been sentenced after one of its workers was injured after being struck by a vehicle in a works yard.
newsA 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.
articleLast 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.
articleOne of the most important Archies awarded at the FLTA Awards for Excellence is the Safe Site Award.
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).
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).
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 new manual handling training programme designed exclusively for professionals in the transport, warehousing and logistics sectors is now available from RTITB.
newsThinkLink Learning, in partnership with RTITB UK, is launching a competition to find the safest and most efficient forklift truck operator in India.
product“Everyone has the right to be safe at work– the place, after all, where most of us spend a third of our lives. Last year 800 people lost this right when they went to work and were injured in accidents involving FLTs, most resulting in traumatic injuries that will change their lives and those of their families and employers forever. It’s just not good enough.”
productThe award of the BSI Kitemark to Redhill Manufacturing for its range of mobile safety steps is claimed to demonstrate a new benchmark for quality and reliability in this sector.
articleMid Wales-based Contact Attachments has launched its dedicated ‘Summer of Safety’ campaign and is now inviting all forklift attachments users across the UK to call upon the company for a free Thorough Examination, to ensure they comply with the latest Health and Safety regulations.
newsA blast at a hazmat warehouse in Tianjin, China on Wednesday night killed at least 44 people with more than 400 injured.
articleBusinesses looking to take advantage of commercial waste incentive programmes may be creating conditions that endanger their employees, according to leading forks and attachment specialists, Invicta.
productSeton’s Legislation Watch is a free resource that provides regular, up-to-date, and easy to digest information on workplace legislation, and health and safety issues.
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