productAT THE Health & Safety Event at the NEC Birmingham from 28 – 30 April, health & safety leaders and facilities management professionals can discover approaches designed to reduce exposure to work at height and promote consistent working practices with JLG Power Towers.
productMANUAL HANDLING injuries remain one of the leading causes of workplace absence in UK industry. Gas cylinders – often weighing up to 100kg – present a persistent risk of musculoskeletal injury, finger crush incidents, and loss of control during lifting onto welding units.
newsA MANUFACTURER of paper packaging has been fined after a worker suffered a severe skull fracture and permanent injuries when a 4.5-ton machine fell on him.
productTHE LIFTING Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) remain a cornerstone of workplace safety across the UK. Whether used in construction, manufacturing, warehousing or heavy engineering, lifting equipment must undergo regular thorough examinations to ensure it remains safe for use.
productMANAGERS OF lifting equipment have been warned that an additional Thorough Examination inspection might sometimes be needed to fully comply with LOLER 98.
newsA COMPANY has been fined after a crane collapsed at its site on Falmouth Docks, putting more than 250 people at risk.
newsA COMPANY has been sentenced after a 62-year-old worker fell 10 metres to the ground and died during the construction of a new university facility.
newsA GARAGE has been fined £12,000 after a customer was crushed by his own vehicle at a garage in North London.
productHOIST & WINCH recently supplied a tandem-lifting hoist system as part of improvements to Environment Agency flood defence assets at Taplow Weir on the Jubilee Relief Channel, an 11.6 km asset that reduces flood risk to 3,200 properties by diverting water from the River Thames when flows are high.
productKONECRANES HAS launched its RailQ 3D crane runway survey programme. The package has been designed to provide highly accurate measurement of crane runway alignment and is backed by comprehensive analysis of cloud-based data.
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