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Safe picking
John Maguire
4 minute read
Safe picking
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
OSHA posts dust safety and health topics webpage
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.
To be … or not to be (competent)
Danny Maron
4 minute read
To be … or not to be (competent)
Safety First - 13 Mar 2008 (#351) Competency certification is not straight-forward and it's about more than pass or fail.
AEM holds product safety and product liability seminars
1 minute read
AEM holds product safety and product liability seminars
Fork Talk - 6 Mar 2008 (#350) The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) will conduct its annual product safety seminar from 21 April to 23 April in Dallas, Texas, followed by the annual product liability seminar on 24 April.
What’s up, dock?
Todd Brennan
3 minute read
What’s up, dock?
Safety First - 28 Feb 2008 (#349) Put forklifts and docks together and you get potential for disaster.
Measures needed to fight fires
Roger Williams
3 minute read
Measures needed to fight fires
Your Focus - 21 Feb 2008 (#348) Following recent high profile warehouse fires, more emphasis is likely to be placed on preventing the escalation of a fire at the design stage of all new warehouse developments, says Roger Williams, chief executive officer of the United Kingdom Warehousing Association.
Award winners announced
1 minute read
Award winners announced
Fork Talk - 21 Feb 2008 (#348) The Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) put the spotlight on the "best of the best" in materials handling at its annual awards for excellence ceremony at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole this month.
CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008 advance registration deadline extended
1 minute read
CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008 advance registration deadline extended
Fork Talk - 14 Feb 2008 (#347) Show organiser, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), notes that advance registration is attracting more response than the last show in 2005.
Era of steady growth?
Hans-Herbert Schultz
2 minute read
Era of steady growth?
Your Focus - 7 Feb 2008 (#346) Jungheinrich UK's Hans-Herbert Schultz comments on another successful year for the global forklift industry.
2 minute read
HSE reminds employers of legal duty
Fork Talk - 7 Feb 2008 (#346) The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has reminded employers of their legal duties relating to manual handling after a worker was injured when a 50kg (110lb) sack of basmati rice fell on his neck.
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