Furniture company fined £100k for safety failure
A FURTITURE manufacturer based in Ilkeston, Derbyshire has been fined after a delivery driver sustained serious leg injuries when he was struck by a reversing lorry in the yard.
A FURTITURE manufacturer based in Ilkeston, Derbyshire has been fined after a delivery driver sustained serious leg injuries when he was struck by a reversing lorry in the yard.
SICK HAS developed a customisable, active collision warning system for manned forklifts. The SICK Backup Assistance System (BAS) alerts drivers to prevent collisions with people or objects, where their view is restricted for example by blind spots or during reversing.
WH MALCOM Limited, operators of Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal near Rugby, has been fined £6.5m after being found guilty of negligence over the death of an 11-year-old boy in 2017.
COMBILIFT 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.
CHELTENHAM TOOL Company Limited has been fined after an employee was fatally injured while moving heavy machinery.
A 3D virtual warehouse featuring the latest industrial safety products and systems will be the main attraction on impact protection equipment specialists Brandsafe’s stand (4/G21) at the Health & Safety Event 2021, 7 – 9 September, NEC.
A LIGHTING manufacturer in Blackburn has been fined after an employee was fatally injured when the forklift truck he was driving struck an overhead steel beam.
GRANVILLE OIL & Chemical Company Ltd has been sentenced for safety breaches after a worker suffered chemical burns to both arms and one leg.
MATERIAL HANDLING specialist, Demag, has added new components to its universal KBK crane construction kit, allowing users to create even more versatile lifting systems with higher load capacities, improved space use and reduced installation work.
BRITISH AIRWAYS Plc has been fined following a vehicle collision at Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport.
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