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AEM offers free tool to promote safety
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AEM offers free tool to promote safety
Fork Talk - 19 Oct 2006 (#282) The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has developed a database of industry-recognised illustrations for use in safety materials. The images, available free at http://www.aem.org/technical/pictorialdatabase/, can be used in safety signage, manuals and training materials.
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Somebody restrain me
Rob Vetter
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Somebody restrain me
Safety First - 12 Oct 2006 (#281) If I hear one more person squawk about use of seatbelts by forklift operators I'm going to scream. It has been more than 20 years since major manufacturers began outfitting units with seatbelts and more than 10 since the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) made it standard for manufacturers to supply them and users to use them.
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Voting for Archies starts in November
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Voting for Archies starts in November
Fork Talk - 12 Oct 2006 (#281) The FLTA will list finalists for the four product and service categories of environment, safety, ergonomics and innovation, and nomination details, on its website at the end of October.
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AEM conference to examine global trends
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AEM conference to examine global trends
Fork Talk - 28 Sep 2006 (#279) The Association of Equipment Manufacturers's (AEM) 2006 annual conference, on November 5-7 in Boca Raton, Florida, has a line up of speakers to examine global business trends affecting forklift companies.
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An expensive lesson for a company
Don Nelson
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An expensive lesson for a company
Safety First - 21 Sep 2006 (#278) A case involving Abitibi-Consolidated Co of Canada outlines a violation of the OSHA and, although a fine was imposed as a result of a worker injury, the violation relates to the employer "failing to provide information, instruction and supervision to a worker".
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Training is not just for operators
Rob Vetter
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Training is not just for operators
Safety First - 14 Sep 2006 (#277) A colleague read an article in the Seattle Times that described the high turnover rate among forklift operator jobs as being "...characteristic of jobs requiring little or no prior or formal training". This assertion is wrong.
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Risk Management
Terry Troutman
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Risk Management
Your Focus - 7 Sep 2006 (#276) Employers must ensure only well-trained operators drive forklifts or face liability. By Terry Troutman.
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FLTA Safety 2006 delegates to trial internet safety tool
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FLTA Safety 2006 delegates to trial internet safety tool
Fork Talk - 31 Aug 2006 (#275) A new online safety tool for forklift drivers will be trialled by delegates in the weeks leading up to the Fork Lift Truck Association's (FLTA) 2006 safety conference.
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FLTA: Chest-height crush fatalities can be avoided
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FLTA: Chest-height crush fatalities can be avoided
Fork Talk - 24 Aug 2006 (#274) Two fatal UK forklift incidents have prompted the Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) to urge employers to regularly monitor forklift operators.
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Site and equipment training must be specific
Rob Vetter
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Site and equipment training must be specific
Safety First - 17 Aug 2006 (#273) Training delivered on any equipment other than that which the operator is assigned to use is not acceptable. Any performance evaluation performed outside the operator's workplace is not acceptable. Those kinds of operator training are non-compliant and therefore unacceptable.
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