Essential solutions for a safe return to work
As industry prepares to return to work following months of lockdown, employers have a duty to ensure their premises are safe before allowing workers to resume their jobs.
As industry prepares to return to work following months of lockdown, employers have a duty to ensure their premises are safe before allowing workers to resume their jobs.
Warehouse solutions and label specialist, inotec UK, has ramped up production of its labelling systems to support industry during the coronavirus pandemic.
A-SAFE has expanded its range of workplace safety products to include a robust hygiene partition for heavy-duty industrial environments.
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Mentor FLT Training has announced that it can now offer six online courses created by mental health charity MIND in Haringey, to further support businesses and their employees.
Visusafe Personal Protection from Beaverswood provides improved levels of protection for people working in warehouse and distribution centres during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Covid-19 pandemic has presented a major challenge to our society and has thrust logistics into prominence as people finally appreciate the sector’s importance.
Over the last few years we’ve seen serious warehouse fires – ASOS, Barnsley in 2014; ArrowXL, Worcester in 2017 and Ocado, Andover in 2019 – to name but a few.
In response to the current situation, bott has developed a range of hygiene solutions, to help businesses meet new health & safety guidelines in the workplace.
“The coronavirus pandemic is not an excuse to let health safety and environmental standards slip,” says the British Safety Council.
The British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) has signed a multi-year extension to its partnership with Western Business Media (WBM), which will see the BSIF continue to exclusively support WBM’s publications and the Safety and Health Excellence Awards.
51-year-old David Wain suffered serious injuries when a 1.5 tonne pallet of tin plates fell onto his right lower leg and foot when he was employed by Emballator UK at its factory in Bradford. Emballator UK was fined £12,000 and ordered to pay £3,769 in full costs.
For use in areas where pedestrians and forklifts move in the same space, Collision Sentry can help reduce or eliminate “blind corner” collisions by providing a visual warning that alerts forklift drivers and pedestrians to approaching traffic.
Providing customers with a professional survey of their safety sign requirements, ASG Services has launched a ‘Safety Sign Audit’ service.
A collision impact protection programme is essential for a company to build a safer warehouse environment, says Sentry Protection Products.
The subject of successful field trials with Nationwide Platforms, the Kosran Safety Access Control (SAC) system was specifically designed and developed to help prevent unauthorised use of access equipment on job sites.
A worker was crushed between two HGVs in a warehouse used for recycling, which led to a prosecution and fine for DS Smith Paper.
To date Addgards has supplied over 1000 Column Protectors to retail distribution centres throughout the UK and Ireland.
Thanks to the use of pre-assembled, pre-cabled and pre-aligned muting sensors, Datalogic’s SG body compact and SG BIG light curtains are said to be ideal for applications that require the muting function.