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BITA supports children’s charity
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Fork Talk - 19 Jul 2007 (#319) British Industrial Truck Association members have supported The Sick Children's Trust for the second consecutive year with funds raised from a charity raffle at BITA's summer ball in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Let’s clear the air!
Todd Brennan
4 minute read
Safety First - 22 Jun 2007 (#315) It's a busy but average Friday afternoon. Quite a large shipment has just been received and it all has to be put away before anyone goes home. It is a small and somewhat overgrown warehouse. The six forklifts are not the latest internal combustion engine models but they do the job, run well and don't appear to have excessive emissions...
It’s all good
Rob Vetter
2 minute read
Safety First - 10 May 2007 (#309) If you have trained a forklift operator or two in your time you can probably relate to the experience of seeing the emotional state of some trainees when they show up for training sessions. Often displaying signs ranging from utter apathy to immobilising fear, their state is usually due to the fact that they have been sent, usually against their will ...
The role of independent forklift distributors
Bill Pfleger
3 minute read
Your Focus - 10 May 2007 (#309) As the need to keep downtime to a minimum has emerged as a key driver in the forklift fleet selection process, Europe's leading forklift manufacturers have sought to differentiate their product offering by the quality of the after-sales care they provide. ByBill Pfleger.
Time for change?
Todd Brennan
3 minute read
Safety First - 26 Apr 2007 (#307) I rack my brain as to why these two scenarios continue to pop up. Surely by now all users are aware of the importance of wearing seat belts and pedestrian separation - or are they? Is it operators or management? Is it forklift design or workplace design? Is it the number of forklifts in use or the number of workers? Is it behavioural or procedural? Obviously there is no simple answer or surely it would have been treated by now.
FLTA offers financial incentive to promote safety
1 minute read
Fork Talk - 12 Apr 2007 (#305) The Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) is offering discount vouchers to help forklift owners and operators make their work environments safer.
US exports more construction machinery in 2006
1 minute read
Fork Talk - 5 Apr 2007 (#304) The US exported 34 per cent more construction equipment in 2006 than in 2005, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) said.
One good apple
Rob Vetter
2 minute read
Safety First - 15 Mar 2007 (#301) You have probably heard the proverb 'one bad apple can spoil the barrel"' but have you seen the effect one good apple can have on the others? "Apples" are a metaphor for forklift operators and the "good" ones are those operators who take the time do their jobs safely and in accordance with their training.
AEM initiative to attract young talent
1 minute read
Fork Talk - 8 Mar 2007 (#300) The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has developed a youth-oriented critical thinking and creative problem-solving competition in partnership with Destination ImagiNation Inc.
Awards night honours industry’s best
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Fork Talk - 1 Mar 2007 (#299) An operator sensing system that acts on a forklift's transmission has won a safety award for Doosan Infracore in the UK Fork Lift Truck Association's (FLTA) annual awards.
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