articleNot for badge collectors
LEEA (The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association) is taking a quality over quantity approach, driving higher standards for members, as CEO Ross Moloney explains to HSS editor Simon Duddy.
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newsInaugural IPAF Elevation programme draws over 200 attendees
IPAF’s first ever Elevation conference, networking and gala dinner event in the UK took place on 25 September with over 200 attendees across the one-day event of meetings, workshops, seminar and gala dinner at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Coventry, UK.
productScissor lift tables with indexing turntables
To reduce operator fatigue and boost efficiency and safer manual handling when transferring finished steel components from automated CNC machine onto trays on stillage, Tecmach has supplied a series of scissor lift tables with indexing turntables.
productManual rotation
Packline Materials Handling has release a clamp attachment which is designed to handle rolls or drums with a range of dimensions.
productStainless steel clamping
The Drum Handling Clamp Attachment from Packline Materials Handling has been specifically designed to handle drums and similar vessels by providing powered vertical lifting and lowering.
articleRaising logistics issues
Ross Moloney, CEO of The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA), reviews key developments in the lifting industry as the association aspires to not only play a leading role in the sector’s sustainability but also to increase its influence in terms of statutory regulations.
articleMost falls begin on the ground
The new safety campaign for 2018-19 from the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) reminds managers and operators conducting work at height using MEWPs to carry out proper risk assessments, choose the correct equipment for the job and conduct thorough site and machinery inspections.
articleHygienic lifting
The HSE advises that injuries from lifting, pushing, pulling, carrying and putting down an object is currently responsible for 66% of RIDDOR’S (reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations) from the pharmaceutical industry.
productTransport firm for heavy equipment makes major investment
Joseph Merritt Group has announced plans to invest £1.4 million in machinery lifting and transportation equipment as part of an ongoing strategy to expand services across the UK.
product30 tonne lift
Following the successful use of Stertil Koni cabled lifts, the Mansfield Group decided to upgrade to a set of wireless mobile column lifts to support workshop operations at its new depot in Liverpool.
productGoods lift installed
Lödige UK has recently finished the installation of a goods lift in a laser testing facility in the Midlands.
productVariable height welding benches
Tecmach variable height welding benches are built to meet the needs of precision fabricators who require robust high quality equipment to support their efficient manufacturing operation.
productDouble-girder bridge crane
Konecranes designed a double-girder bridge crane with 2 x 5 tonnes capacity, electric chain hoists, as well as a 10-tonne heavy-duty forklift for the Pletschacher Group, which builds pavilions for Oktoberfest.
productGoods lift in a confined space
Stertil Dock Products has designed, manufactured and installed a scissor lift to ensure safe handling operations for one of the UK’s leading retailers at its store in Brixton.
productVariable height welding benches
Tecmach variable height welding benches are built to meet the needs of precision fabricators who require robust high quality equipment to support their efficient manufacturing operation.
productHandling heavy reels
The cradle lifting attachment with reel transfer stand provides the easy handling of large and heavy reels of film or paper, for example, to and from a storage and production machinery.
newsNew independent body to oversee workplace falls
A more robust system of reporting workplace falls overseen by a new independent body and a major review of work at height culture that will consider the introduction of tough financial penalties for safety breaches are just two of the key findings of an All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) led by Alison Thewliss MP.
productDelivery driver suffers brain injury on first day of work
A distribution company based in Warrington has today been sentenced after an agency worker sustained serious, life-changing injuries whilst working in Cheltenham.
articleTrolley transport re-thought for more agile driving
Linde’s Trolley Supply Truck is a new vehicle concept from Linde Material Handling that combines the features of Linde logistics train with a forklift truck.
newsLEEA Technical Triage update
The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) is encouraging any member in the world to send in any technical question.
