articleGet home safe
As Safetember, the Fork Lift Truck Association’s (FLTA) annual fork lift safety awareness campaign drew to a close, Peter Harvey discusses the challenges facing those responsible for ensuring safe operations.
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articleManagers and supervisors: The safety link
Managers and supervisors are the crucial link between trained operators and safe working environments. A company’s carefully prepared safety procedures are only as good as those who enforce them, so these individuals must be confident enough to stop risks from becoming realities, explains Peter Harvey, chief executive of the Fork Lift Truck Association.
articleYou don’t walk away from a fork lift accident
The Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) warns that fork lift accidents are anything but ‘everyday’ – the change lives in an instant.
productFLTA seeks Jurors for Excellence Awards 2018
Following the successful introduction of a jury-based voting system for the Fork Lift Truck Association Annual Awards for Excellence 2017, the FLTA is looking to recruit new jurors for 2018.
articleFork lift workers are not immune from falls
Falls, slips and trips account for more than a third of all UK workplace injuries, with fork lift truck drivers and warehouse staff ranking highly among them. HSM examines the facts, and provides advice for supervisors, drivers and all employees who work alongside fork lift trucks.
newsFLTA reveals its Pick of the Year
On 4 March the materials handling industry’s most accomplished movers and shakers gathered at Telford’s International Centre to discover who would be taking home its most prestigious honour: an FLTA Award for Excellence.
articleIs your maintenance regime putting you on a collision course?
Overlooking your forklift truck’s maintenance can place lives and businesses at risk, so it is vital employers stay on the right side of the law. FLTA chief executive Peter Harvey MBE explains.
newsWhy you need to be part of Safetember
This year’s national fork lift safety month, Safetember, is a particularly important one. For the first time since the Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) introduced its annual safety campaign in 2008, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reports that fork lift accidents in the UK are, once again, on the rise.
newsFLTA announces new location for Safety Conference
Announcing the date of its annual Safety Conference, the Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA), the UK’s leading authority on the safe and effective operation of fork lift trucks, has also revealed that the event is to be held at a new venue.
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