Newsletter #100 (View other news stories)
**FORK TALK** AITA FOCUSES ON SAFETY
KINGSTON, Australia
Thursday, 27 Mar 2003
The Australian Industrial Truck Association (AITA) has highlighted concerns over forklift safety at its annual general meeting.
AITA president Paul Bennett, of BT Lifttrucks Pty Ltd, said a report by workers’ compensation authority Worksafe Victoria showed half the people killed in forklift accidents were pedestrians struck or crushed by forklifts or their loads.
Mr Bennett said a forklift safety study by Melbourne-based Monash University was nearing completion, and a safety seminar program launched by Worksafe this year was proof the industry was developing a better attitude to forklift safety.
The AITA elections were held during the meeting. Mr Bennett was returned as president, Bernie Whelan (Crown Equipment Pty Ltd) was elected vice-president and Mark Fritzen (Nacco Materials Handling Group) was re-elected chairman of the AITA engineering committee.
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