 The PE4000 Series was recognised with a silver award in the 2004 Industrial Designers' Society of America competition. |
Wal-Mart trials fuel-cell forkliftsVANCOUVER, Canada
Three Crown PE4000 rider pallet trucks with Cellex hydrogen fuel cells will start trials in a distribution centre of the logistics subsidiary of Wal-Mart Stores Inc in January.
The location and length of the tests was not disclosed.
Cellex Power Products Inc, of Vancouver, built the power units with input from industrial gas supplier BOC Group, of Murray Hill, NJ, USA. The cells use proton exchange membrane (PEM) technology that typically operates in a range of 80C to 90C.
In October, the recently-introduced PE4000 Series from Crown Equipment Corp, of New Bremen, OH, USA, was recognised with a silver award in the 2004 Industrial Designers' Society of America competition.
Pre-Christmas forklift safety callMELBOURNE, Australia
An Australian government workplace safety agency is calling on employers to ensure the safe use of forklifts in the busy pre-Christmas period.
WorkSafe, a Victorian WorkCover Authority division, made the call after Coca Cola Amatil (Australia) Pty Ltd was fined AUD25,000 (USD18,915) for breaching the Occupational Health & Safety Act.
WorkSafe prosecuted Coca Cola after a 55-year-old truck driver was hit by a forklift at its Clayton warehouse in January 2003.
A spokesman said that, of the 53 forklift-related deaths reported since 1985, 14 involved travelling on or manoeuvring forklifts.