newsWorker crushed by 700kg crate
A GLASS distribution and installation company has been fined £200k after an employee broke two ribs and fractured his vertebra after being crushed by a crate.
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productContact Attachments lifts expectations
HAVING DIFFERENT types of machinery for each and every purpose and project can prove challenging, not to mention costly. For one concrete product supplier based in Weston-Super-Mare, this was unfortunately the reality. That was until they found Contact Attachments.
productLP Gas for forklifts
IN THE race to reduce their carbon footprint, many truck users are ignoring a power source that would allow them to cut emissions, save money and avoid costly grid issues: LP Gas.
productBullet Express goes even greener
A MEMBER of the UK’s biggest pallet network, Bullet Express has been distributing, storing and shipping goods throughout the UK, Europe and worldwide for more than 30 years.
newsMajor transport firm hit with £1.9m fine
TWO MAJOR transport companies have been fined a combined total of £2.2m after ‘a loving dad and husband’ was killed when he was hit by a HGV in Birmingham.
newsWaste company in the dock after employee’s leg amputated
A WASTE and recycling company has been fined after an employee’s leg was amputated after he was run over by a telehandler.
newsGrandfather killed unloading a wagon
THE SISTER of a man killed while unloading a lorry trailer has spoken of the devastating impact her brother’s death has had on their family.
productTop tips for a safer loading bay
THE LOADING bay is an essential component of the retail, distribution, and logistic industries, but despite its daily use, it poses significant dangers to workers, and the risks need careful management.
newsDirectors jailed after five men die
TWO COMPANY directors have been jailed after a wall collapsed killing five men – with both firms having to pay combined fines of £1.6 million.
newsCompanies sentenced after worker hospitalised
TWO CONSTRUCTION companies have been sentenced after a worker was hospitalised for nearly two weeks after being struck by a 124kg panel.
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