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.
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articleTile high Toneros
Toyota’s hydrostatic Tonero HST meets the high demands of the ceramics sector.
articleFoundry forklifts
Ironworks EWM relies on tough fleet of materials handling equipment from Hyster.
articleFund to help smaller firms develop apprentice engineers
The new chairman of the FLAT Fund has highlighted the benefits of the dedicated bursary for fork lift truck service engineers.
articleYou’ve got to be in it to win it
Could your company be the next winner of the FLTA’s Safe Site Award?
newsIndia’s forklift Operator of the Year 2015 open for entries
Entries are now open for India’s forklift operators to compete for the prestigious title of ‘Forklift Operator of the Year – India’.
articleLinde well prepared for peak forklift rental demand
As the Christmas season approaches, Linde Material Handling is seeing a surge in demand for its short term rental trucks. Thanks to owning the largest supply of rental trucks in the industry, Linde is well positioned to react to situations quickly and reliably and help businesses to deal with the increased demands of the festive season.
articleJungheinrich promises bargains on refurbished forklifts at The Big Event
On October 14th and 15th intralogistics solutions specialist, Jungheinrich UK, will open the doors of its depot and showroom facility in Bristol for ‘The Big Event’.
articleDoosan launches new electric truck range
Doosan Industrial Vehicle UK has launched its new range of 1.5 to 2.0 tonne electric forklifts, claiming a step change in performance and value to the UK market.
articleTCM brand reports rapid growth
The TCM brand is reporting record sales growth from its UK dealers, largely on the strength of its range of European-built heavy duty counterbalance trucks.
newsLife-changing injuries after poorly planned lift
A transport company firm has been fined for safety failings after a worker suffered serious injuries when a crate fell on him while he was unloading crates from a container.
productYale SmartBelt foils seat belt cheats
Yale has introduced a new ‘cheat-proof’ interlock system – named ‘SmartBelt’ – to prevent drivers from bypassing seat belt procedures.
productMajor appointments for Linde Material Handling in the UK
Linde Material Handling has appointed new Managing Directors (MDs) for both its South East and Castle regional offices.
articleCasual forklift training poses risk warns RTITB
According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), some businesses allow lift truck “training” to simply be carried out by a forklift operator, who may or may not be correctly trained themselves, rather than using professional lift truck instructors. RTITB warns of the dangers of ‘casual’ training and confirms best practice.
articleAisle-Master – the versatile, space saving and tough operator
Aisle-Master articulated forklifts offer unbeatable space saving, cost effective and productive storage and handling, and with lift heights of up to an impressive 15m as seen on the cover of this month’s issue, they enable every inch of available space in the warehouse to be exploited.
newsHelp catch the bad guys
A Fork Lift Truck Association Alert states 12 Still forklifts have been stolen from Wincanton premises in Daventry.
articleSemi rough terrain forklift launches
European Handling Equipment, best known for its Warrior brand of handling products, held Open Days last month to showcase products from its Taiwanese partner manufacturers Tailift and Noveltek.
news“Pedestrians routinely weaved between forklifts”
A logistics company was fined £20,000 after a worker was hit by a fork-lift truck in a busy yard and suffered head injuries.
articleHyundai unveils high performance forklift
The Hyundai 30D-9 forklift is one of the high-performance machines in the newly designed 9 series of Hyundai diesel counterbalance trucks.
articleSeatbelt would have saved forklift driver, says HSE
A man who was crushed under his forklift truck at a Grantham company would have survived if he was wearing his seatbelt, an inquest at Grantham Magistrates Court was told.
