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Risk Management
Terry Troutman
3 minute read
Your Focus - 7 Sep 2006 (#276) Employers must ensure only well-trained operators drive forklifts or face liability. By Terry Troutman.
FLTA Safety 2006 delegates to trial internet safety tool
1 minute read
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.
FLTA: Chest-height crush fatalities can be avoided
1 minute read
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.
Site and equipment training must be specific
Rob Vetter
1 minute read
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.
“You can’t win unless you’ve been nominated”
1 minute read
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.
The evaluation process
Rob Vetter
2 minute read
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.
1 minute read
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.
AEM holds open house
1 minute read
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.
Are they getting it?
Rob Vetter
2 minute read
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.
Learn from other’s mistakes - P&O fined AUD500,000
2 minute read
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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