Health & Safety Matters

Ergonomic wheels to get heavy loads moving

The effort required to overcome the
inertia and start it moving is the first
problem encountered when
manoeuvring a heavy load. Then
there is the extra push/pull effort
needed to maintain the momentum
afterwards.

The

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Easy rider

Used in a wide range of industries,
Vanloda from Joloda International is
an aid to loading heavy items into
vans quickly and safely while reducing
loading time and preventing product
damage. In a survey of Vanloda
custo

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Handling safety advice

At Health & Safety North, Toyota
Material Handling will offer
companies advice on manual
handling as well as distributing free
resources, to help improve safety in
the workplace. The show is an
important part of Toyota’

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Maximise dock efficiency

To help maximise loading dock
efficiency, Castell has developed a
data-gathering and analysis device.

Salvo DockMonitor combines the
Salvo safety system, a data-gathering
device and a live graphical interface
running

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Top spot warning

Transporting palletised loads from
one destination to another by road
hauliers can be a hazardous business.

Once collected from a warehouse, a
consignment is likely to be off loaded
at a number of depots, before it fin

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Reaching new heights

At the recent Vertikal Days
Exhibition at Haydock Park,
Coventry-based Clements Plant
placed their biggest ever single order
for access equipment with British
manufacturer Niftylift.

The order for Height Riders
inclu

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The sky’s the limit

Hertel has used products from
Nationwide Platforms’ BlueSky
range to drive new efficiencies and
protect safety across the energy
sector. For the purposes of installing
scaffolding required for a tank
refurbishment progr

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Transport costs halved

Smiths Equipment is reported to
have cut its transport costs in half by
fitting two HR21 4×4 work platforms
from Niftylift onto its brand new flat
bed truck.

Smiths Equipment MD Thomas
Smith said:”We know how expensiv

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Race against time

With a tight contract timeframe, the
flexibility provided by three AFI
boom lifts played a key role in
ensuring that a luxury cruise liner
could dock in the morning, be reliveried
with its new name and be
ready to set s

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For hazardous materials

The new and robust Q-PEGASUS
safety storage cabinets from
asecos are suitable for storing a
wide range of hazardous
materials. They are rated Type
90 – fire-resistant for up to 90
minutes – and are fully
compliant with

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