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Call for nominations to AEM’s Hall of Fame
1 minute read
Fork Talk - 8 May 2008 (#359) Members of the equipment industry have until 1 June to nominate potential inductees into the Association of Equipment Manufacturers' (AEM) Construction Equipment Hall of Fame.
Operating a forklift while using a cell phone
Joseph Hrinik
5 minute read
Safety First - 1 May 2008 (#358) Joseph Hrinik lives in Michigan (USA) where he retired after 40 years of diversified occupational health and safety experience in both the private and public sectors. He is currently researching regional and national forklift safety legislation and forklift training programs.
FLTA website gets a facelift
1 minute read
Fork Talk - 1 May 2008 (#358) The Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) has revamped its website, making it easier for users to navigate and to search for useful information.
Stability of forklifts
3 minute read
Your Focus - 17 Apr 2008 (#356) Ever wondered about the physics of counter-balanced forklifts? A veteran insider demystifies the science.
Forklift tip-overs feature in national conference
1 minute read
Fork Talk - 10 Apr 2008 (#355) The Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) has a hard-hitting message for forklift users ahead of its upcoming annual National Fork Truck Safety Conference at Warwick University on 25 September.
Rubber market bounces around
Howard Evans
2 minute read
Your Focus - 3 Apr 2008 (#354) It's been a bumpy ride for rubber prices in the past 12 months. Prices rose to peak in late May 2007, then weakened to a low in July 2007. Prices then recovered gradually over the next six months or so and ultimately peaked in late February 2008. Since then, prices have eased slightly to their current levels. By Howard Evans.
Breaking the Dysfunctional Training Cycle
Rob Vetter
4 minute read
Safety First - 27 Mar 2008 (#353) Operator training is not a one-off. It requires ongoing - and multi-disciplanary - commitment and broad-reaching responsibility.
1 minute read
Fork Talk - 27 Mar 2008 (#353) Over one in three construction sites visited put the lives of workers at risk, says the chief executive of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
Safe picking
John Maguire
4 minute read
Your Focus - 20 Mar 2008 (#352) Changing warehouse useage - especially the growth of narrow-aisle systems - is raising safety issues for forklift operators. John Maguire of Narrow Aisle Ltd looks at the implications.
1 minute read
Fork Talk - 20 Mar 2008 (#352) The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has posted a new Combustible Dust Safety and Health Topics webpage on its website to help employers address hazardous combustible dust.
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