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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

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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“You can’t win unless you’ve been nominated”

Fork Talk - 27 Jul 2006 (#270) The UK Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) has opened nominations for its 2007 awards for excellence, popularly known as the Archies.

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Rob Vetter

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The evaluation process

Safety First - 20 Jul 2006 (#269) Your training efforts will eventually lead to an evaluation in which trainees demonstrate their knowledge and/or skills. However, a successful evaluation does not necessarily mean no further training is required.

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Chicago company fined for forklift death

Fork Talk - 13 Jul 2006 (#268) The US Department of Labour's Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a Chicago company USD165,200 after a worker fell from a forklift and died.

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AEM holds open house

Fork Talk - 29 Jun 2006 (#266) The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) held an open house last Thursday to showcase its new headquarters and inform visitors on its work and the industry it serves.

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Rob Vetter

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Are they getting it?

Safety First - 22 Jun 2006 (#265) As a trainer, you must take deliberate, calculated steps in the classroom and in the field to evaluate your trainees' level of understanding.

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Learn from other’s mistakes - P&O fined AUD500,000

Fork Talk - 15 Jun 2006 (#264) A Victorian County court this week fined P&O Ports Ltd AUD500,000 (USD369,800) after a worker fell more than eight metres into the hold of a ship and died.

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Skills shortage critical in Australia

Fork Talk - 8 Jun 2006 (#263) According to Inside ICHCA, ICHCA Australia Ltd's monthly e-newsletter, a critical shortage of skilled workers in the AUD60 billion (USD44.5billion)-a-year transport and logistics industry could threaten the country's future economic growth. A major contributing factor to the skills shortage was the industry's low profile among job seekers.

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