productWHEN CHOOSING material handling equipment for your loads and facilities, it’s crucial to make a well-considered decision. You should take into account factors such as effective and efficient handling, financial cost, and sustainability, but safety should be your top priority.
productTHE FOCUS on the Combilift stand at this year’s Health and Safety Event is on the company’s pedestrian trucks. These can replace ride-on forklifts to ensure safer operations when they are working in close proximity to other personnel or the general public who may be in the vicinity.
newsMORE THAN 150 people from across the construction industry have volunteered to help a national drive to stop suicide and improve the welfare and wellbeing of the workforce.
articleThere are various initiatives that are aimed to highlight work place safety, such as the World Day for Safety and Health at Work on 28 April 2022, and the Forklift Safety Day held on the second Tuesday in June. But safety should of course be a priority every single working day, says Martin McVicar.
newsA PRINCAPLE contractor and subcontractor have received combined fines of over £1M after an employee’s retina was damaged by an explosion caused by a cable strike during construction works at a substation.
newsAs part of its continued commitment to improving level crossing safety, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has introduced new guidance to allow for improvements at crossings to be made without the need to be approved by a new level crossing order.
newsGURMIT PROPERTIES Limited has been fined for safety breaches after a substantial part of a wall at a construction site at Barnsley Road, South Elmsall collapsed, seriously injuring a child.
productTHE FOCUS on the Combilift stand (N/490) at this year’s Health and Safety Event is on the company’s growing range of walk behind stacker trucks.
productCOMBILIFT RECENTLY marked a further milestone when its 60,000th unit came off the production lines at the company HQ in Monaghan and was shipped to the other side of the world.
newsWESTERN BUSINESS Media is excited to announce the launch of the Protection and Asset Management Series of Digital conferences, which includes Health & Safety Matters Live on the 13 October.
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