productManual handling for logistics industry
A 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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newsCompetition launched to find India’s best forklift operator
ThinkLink Learning, in partnership with RTITB UK, is launching a competition to find the safest and most efficient forklift truck operator in India.
productSee danger, speak up…
“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.”
productKitemark for safety steps
The 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.
articleContact Attachments launches ‘Summer of Safety’ campaign
Mid 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.
newsWarehouse the source of China explosion that killed dozens
A blast at a hazmat warehouse in Tianjin, China on Wednesday night killed at least 44 people with more than 400 injured.
articleAuto tipping skip reduces accidents
Businesses 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.
productHealth & safety law information
Seton’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.
newsCaught – firm fined £9,000 for failing to regularly maintain forklifts
An animal feed supplier has been fined for safety failings after the company had failed to ensure their fork lift trucks had undergone regular examination, putting employees at risk.
productTerex offers Latchways fall protection systems
The company supplies the safety systems alongside its range of Demag lifting equipment for new crane installations, retrofits and refurbishments.
articleAgency worker hurled from forklift tines
The 26 year old was thrown from the forks of a forklift truck and crushed between it and the back of a lorry suffering broken vertebrae, a fractured pelvis and blood blisters all over his body.
productSkanska staff complete MEWPs for Managers course
Twenty managers from Skanska Romania have successfully completed the IPAF MEWPs for Managers course, which enables supervisors and managers to prepare for and safely coordinate the use of various types of mobile elevating work platforms on site.
productPort noise monitoring
An increasing number of UK ports, including Felixstowe, Port of Tyne and Peterhead, are benefiting from high performance environmental and occupational health noise measurement instrumentation from Svantek, including the SV200 outdoor noise monitoring station which offers reliable, accurate and continuous operation in the harshest conditions.
productSession success
Provider of fall protection systems Eurosafe Solutions has reported the success of its free harness and lanyard training session, held at its purpose built training centre in Sheffield recently.
productMonitor remotely
Heightened awareness of environmental issues surrounding demolition and construction sites has resulted in growing complaints by nearby communities, especially in cases of visible dust, annoying levels of noise, or bone-rattling vibration.
articleHit the North – key safety event targets north of England
Key developments in the health and safety regulatory framework will be brought to light at Health & Safety North 2015.
productHealth & safety accreditation
Specialist construction company Chalcroft has added ISO 9001 and 14001 to its existing ISO 18001 Health and Safety accreditation, emphasising its position as an employer and construction partner of choice.
productKawasaki invests in machine guarding
ASG has supplied Kawasaki Robotics with a SATECH machine guarding solution for its showroom.
productFigures show fall in HGV fatal accident rate
Road casualty statistics released by the Government show that the number of fatal accidents per billion lorry miles fell by 3.5 per cent in 2014.
articlePassport to safety in logistics
UK Warehousing Association (UKWA), in conjunction with Safety Pass Alliance (SPA), is looking to create a one-day health & safety passport training scheme specifically for the warehousing and logistics industry.
