blogWarehouse 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.
newsA 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.
productFor 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.
productTo 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.
articleA-Safe asks, do you remember the story of The Three Little Pigs?
productIn 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.
articleLogistics 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.
articleLinde unveils an impressive range of forklift tools, such as Safety Pilot which allows operators to calculate load lift limits.
productThe 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.
productAccording 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.
articlePaul Laidler, business director for machinery safety at TÜV SÜD Product Service sets out common sense safety precautions for the use of palletisers and depalletisers.
articleWith 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.
articleContact 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.
newsAccounting for 1.3 million lost working days annually, the HSE estimates slips and trips in the workplace cost UK employers £512 million per year.
articleMost 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.
newsThe 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.
producttGard from Fortress Interlocks offers a new approach to controlling access to hazardous machinery and equipment.
articlePeter Harvey, Chief Executive of the Fork Lift Truck Association, outlines the Safer Site Programme – its most ambitious safety initiative yet.
article22-year-old scaffolding firm employee David Westwater was driving a fork lift truck down a sloped path between the factory and the yard when the forklift he was been driving toppled over and landed on him, killing him instantly.
productA million men and women working with and alongside fork lift trucks in the UK are being asked to show off their best practice in the new ‘Safety Selfie’ competition, which was launched by the Fork Lift Truck Association at the National Fork Truck Safety Conference.
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