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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.
How thorough are your vehicle examinations?
2 minute read
How thorough are your vehicle examinations?
Fork Talk - 31 Jan 2008 (#345) Some forklift users may be breaking the law by confusing "inspections with legally obligatory thorough examinations".
3 minute read
In search of the universal forklift
Your Focus - 31 Jan 2008 (#345) Never mind HD DVD vs Blu-Ray, metric or imperial, solar calendar or lunar calendar. The real issue, according to a veteran insider, is whether there's a "universal forklift truck"?
AEM spotlights skills need with youth challenge
1 minute read
AEM spotlights skills need with youth challenge
Fork Talk - 24 Jan 2008 (#344) Over 700 high school students from 18 US states participated in team events for a chance to compete in the Construction Challenge from 11-15 March in Las Vegas. After regional rallies in Georgia, New Jersey, Ohio, Texas and Wisconsin, 51 student teams will be taking part in the challenge held at the CONEXPO-CON/AGG trade show.
It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Tailswing
Rob Vetter
2 minute read
It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Tailswing
Safety First - 24 Jan 2008 (#344) I have been asked too many times to return to a site after training has occurred, only to find that the forklift operations do not resemble anything that would suggest the operators have been properly trained.
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