articlePut your fork lift truck safety to the test
The FLTA and Mentor Training have developed a free hazard perception test for Safety Week.
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articleA tool to boost safety compliance
Maintaining best practices and ensuring compliance with standards can often be a time-consuming and demanding process.
articleTake care of your delicates
StockSafe has been launched to aid the distribution of delicate items.
productOne stop for safe storage
Conforming to the requirements of EN Standard 14470 for maximum fire safety, Asecos’s safety cabinets, such as its Type 90 cabinet, protect their contents from fire for at least 90 minutes
blogFive tips to keep your warehouse safe
Warehouse operations can present a wide variety of potential hazards for employees; the world of forklifts, chemical spills and hefting heavy goods from high racks can lead to serious injuries and even fatalities in warehouse environments if health and safety practices are not adhered to.
newsFirm fined for forging forklift safety document
A North London meat wholesalers has been sentenced for operating a fault-ridden forklift truck and trying to deceive safety inspectors by forging a positive examination report on the vehicle.
productStandalone speed zoning
For situations where forklifts travel at speed in congested areas, the innovative speed zoning technology created by the Davis Derby team at TruckLOG is now available as standard option on the existing TruckLOG TK5 System and can also be purchased as a stand-alone product.
productHighly visible column protectors
To date Addgards has supplied over 1000 Column Protectors to retail distribution centres throughout the UK and Ireland. Customers include ALDI, Primark, NEXT, TK MAXX and Harrods.
articleThe right material matters
A-Safe asks, do you remember the story of The Three Little Pigs?
productIncrease productivity by up to 30% with facility identification solutions
In lean manufacturing, the general rule of thumb is that anyone should be able to enter the facility and identify the flow of work within 60 seconds. With facility labelling, you can make sure your employees don’t lose valuable time looking for tools, spare parts or wondering how to re-order supplies.
articlePutting safety first
Logistics operations are required to deliver ever increasing levels of storage density and retrieval speed. As demands on performance continue to rise, so must the ability to maintain a safe working environment.
articleComprehensive approach
Linde unveils an impressive range of forklift tools, such as Safety Pilot which allows operators to calculate load lift limits.
productKey to safety
The revised EN ISO 14119 defines Escape Release as the ‘possibility to release manually without aids the guard locking from inside the safeguarded area to leave the area’, explains Rob Lewis, MD at Fortress Interlocks.
productRacking upright repair system
According to ROS, its patented racking repair system is the only solution on the market that repairs damaged uprights, rather than simply replacing damaged sections with new parts.
articleExamining palletiser safety
Paul Laidler, business director for machinery safety at TÜV SÜD Product Service sets out common sense safety precautions for the use of palletisers and depalletisers.
articleDon’t be casual about Christmas warehouse staff
With the Christmas rush approaching fast, the UK’s largest forklift truck training provider, Mentor Training, has reminded businesses that inadequate training for seasonal staff can put everyone in danger.
articleForklift transfer platform provides safe solution
Contact Attachments supplied one of its forklift platforms to Abrasive Finishing Systems to enable the firm’s employees to move machines in and out of its demonstration room on the first floor of its building in a safer and more efficient manner.
newsDon’t slip up on safety
Accounting for 1.3 million lost working days annually, the HSE estimates slips and trips in the workplace cost UK employers £512 million per year.
articleRacking finds sure footing
Most of us will have had an Archimedes moment – a flash of inspiration that solves a long-standing issue or that elusive light bulb flash when synapses connect and a quandary is quashed.
newsWin acclaim for your safe site
The Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) is inviting all owners and operators of fork lift trucks to enter their workplace in the biggest awards show in the materials handling calendar: the annual Awards for Excellence 2015.
