newsTeenage worker injured on dumper
A FARMER has been fined £8k after a teenage worker suffered serious head injuries when a six-tonne dumper he was driving overturned.
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productAre you sitting safely?
HOW’S THIS for your New Year’s Resolution – check whether the provider responsible for the Thorough Examination (LOLER) for your forklift or warehouse trucks includes inspecting the operator’s seat.
newsWine company fined £800k after HGV driver fatality
A WINE and drinks supplier has been fined after a visiting HGV driver was killed after being hit by a forklift truck at its depot in Salford.
productWhat is proximity detection technology and why is it important?
TO ENSURE that your workers aren’t getting dangerously close to moving vehicles, equipment, or restricted areas, employers must adopt modern proximity warning systems that can accurately and reliably monitor your workers’ behaviour, and alert them to dangers in real-time.
newsFirms fined after worker fatally crushed
A DIRECTOR has been given a suspended prison sentence and two firms have been fined after a worker was killed when glass panes fell on top of him while unloading a shipping container from a lorry.
newsCompany in the dock for catalogue of failings
A BUILDING firm has been fined for a catalogue of health and safety failings that included two builders being lifted into the air by a raised excavator bucket.
newsCrushed employee left permanently disabled
A COMPANY must pay more than £100k after one of its employees was left with life-changing injuries when a pallet of glass weighing more than one tonne fell on top of him.
news£146k fine after joiner crushed to death
A CONSTRUCTION company has been fined £146k after a joiner was crushed and killed by a 20-tonne excavator.
productElevating success of large construction project
HOIST & WINCH has recently completed a challenging project for one of the UK’s biggest construction companies involved in large-scale new home development projects.
productMaintaining dock equipment is never just about productivity
THE LOADING and unloading zone of a warehouse is probably the busiest of all for interactions and traffic. All the preparation work comes together in this area, where assembled pallets and orders must be quickly loaded into the trucks to make tomorrow’s deliveries possible.
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