newsWorker breaks leg in forklift truck accident
A Facility services company operating at Winchester prison has been fined after a worker suffered a broken leg when he was struck by a forklift truck (FLT).
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productRTITB eLearning offers advice on managing lift truck operations effectively
RTITB HAS launched a new eLearning course for those ‘Managing and Supervising’ Material Handling Equipment Operations’, highlighting that it’s not only lift truck operators at fault when an incident occurs and that many who are currently managing, or supervising lift truck operations are unaware of what their role entails and that legislation requires them to be trained to supervise these operations.
productUpdated vehicle restraint system
FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE redesign, manufacturing and on-site testing across the world, Stertil Dock Products has launched its latest generation Combilok G2 automated vehicle restraint system.
productStorage that’s evolved over a decade
OVER ITS 10 Year lifetime, Bott Group’s bott verso system has undergone various developments: including an extended guarantee (from 5 – 10 years), a wider product offering (from 395 to 1700+ items) and a number of market-led innovations.
productNext generation chain hoist technology
WILLIAM HACKETT has launched the WH C4 QP – the newest addition to its hoisting range incorporating quad pawl (QP) technology.
productEnd of red diesel subsidy could spell end for diesel forklifts
FROM 2022, the subsidy on red diesel used in forklift trucks will no longer apply. This will make diesel forklifts far more expensive to operate and less competitive than electric equivalents.
productWireless column lifts help truck supplier optimise space
STERTIL KONI has supplied two sets of heavy-duty wireless mobile column lifts to Walton Summit Trucks to provide unrivalled accessibility under vehicles and make best use of workshop space during servicing and repair operations.
news£600k fine following death of young forklift driver
A PAPER recycling company has been fined £600,000 following the death of a 20-year-old agency worker who suffered fatal crush injuries at a plant in Crayford, London.
newsManufacturer fined after worker crushed by stillages
A UPVC window and door manufacturer has been sentenced after a worker was crushed while moving a stack of stillages weighing 3000kg.
newsCompanies fined after worker injured during lifting operation
TWO CONSTRUCTION companies have been fined after a worker was seriously injured when a part of an air conditioning plant fell on him while it was being lowered from a roof.
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