productPilz is advising that the new standard “EN ISO 14119:2013 Safety of machinery – Interlocking devices associated with guards – Principles for design and selection” has arrived and will replace EN 1088 as from 30th April 2015, with a one year transition period.
productSaid to be ideal for the warehouse handling and storage industry, Spectrum Industrial offers a comprehensive range of monitoring and inspection tagging solutions.
articleBy designing an explosion-proof enclosure for its leading light curtain technology to ATEX and UL Listed hazardous area standards, SICK is said to offer unprecedented safety protection for high risk flammable gas, vapour and dusty industrial environments.
newsNational conference will present a holistic approach to preventing fork truck accidents.
productBy designing an explosion-proof enclosure for its leading light curtain technology to ATEX and UL Listed hazardous area standards, SICK is offering what is says is unprecedented safety protection for high risk flammable gas, vapour and dusty industrial environments.
articleYou must ensure safety-critical equipment is fit for purpose through thorough maintenance, says Geoff Holden, chief executive, LEEA (Lifting Equipment Engineers Association).
articleA near miss doesn’t have to be a ‘Tom and Jerry’ style last second leap out of the way of danger, attendees were told at the Safer Logistics Seminar Theatre. Simon Duddy reports.
productIn June 2015, the transition period ends for mandatory CLP (Classification, Labelling and Packaging) chemicals labelling in the European Union.
newsIndustrial safety barrier expert A-SAFE has won a place on the prestigious Sunday Times BT Business SME Export Track 100 league table.
newsA fuel supply business has been sentenced after one of its workers was injured after being struck by a vehicle in a works yard.
productIntegrated logistics provider, Partner Logistics, is continuing to improve its health and safety procedures by increasing the robustness of height safety and rescue training at its automated cold stores.
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.
newsBlaze starts in a lorry parked outside the Charlton DC loading bay but doesn’t spread far into the warehouse.
productAccording to racking inspection training specialist, Rack Training, it is common problem for owners of pallet racking to be unaware of their insurance requirements until an audit has taken place. Frequent inspections should take place in addition to the annual independent inspection which is a legal requirement (PUWER 1998).
productIllumino Ignis has selected FFE’s Fireray 5000 infra-red beam smoke detectors to protect its Peterborough warehouse. The company, a leading supplier of fire, safety and disability products, selected Fireray beam detectors over more conventional fixed-point detectors.
articleOne of the most important Archies awarded at the FLTA Awards for Excellence is the Safe Site Award.
productDisruptions to productivity can be reduced significantly by deploying andon light systems on packing and despatching lines.
articleA father-of-two died when a metal frame being loaded onto a lorry trailer by a forklift fell on top of him.
articleMetsä Wood UK operations purchasing manager Gary Isherwood tells HSS editor Simon Duddy that he puts the safety of employees first when buying forklifts.
articleIt is no secret that an efficient warehouse operation has a direct bearing on the rate at which customer demand can be met. However, it is essential that this does not happen at the expense of employee health and safety, says Nigel Crunden, business specialist at Office Depot.
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