The use of seat belts on forklift trucks is vitally important for the safety of the operator. Since 2002, forklift trucks must be fitted with seat belts. This legislation forms part of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER). However, there are still drivers not wearing seat belts and some companies are […]
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We are approaching the busiest time of the year for most warehouses and businesses with Christmas around the corner and the sales period to follow into January. It is vital to keep the goods flowing at this critical time and the breakdown of the forklift truck would seriously impact deliveries. Therefore, in this article we
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Forklift truck operations are an essential part of everyday work at most warehouses and factories. However safety is critical as forklift trucks are large heavy vehicles and often operate in busy area with many workers. Over quarter of all workplace transport accidents involve forklift trucks. Therefore safety is vitally important and overhead guards protect the
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Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently issued a safe notice regarding the Liquefied Petroleum Gas forklift truck fire risk. HSE said that there have been a number of fires, on and around LPG powered forklift trucks during starting. The issue is build-up of deposits in the fuel system like the vaporiser unit, flow regulator
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In April 2023, The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) fined AkzoNobel Packaging Coatings Limited £600,000 after a worker’s leg was crushed by a forklift truck. The accident occurred at the firm’s Birmingham site on Bordesley Green Road on 8 May 2018. The man was walking across a pedestrian crossing when a forklift truck collided with him, crushing
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In Europe, the market for electric forklift trucks has been growing exponentially and is expected to continue growing at 13% per annum until 2030. The electric forklift truck market size is expected to reach £37 billion in Europe by 2030.The markets in UK and Germany are growing fastest. Forklift trucks such as reach, counterbalance, pallet
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Although this incident happened in Montana, USA it is such a compelling story that we thought our readers would find it interesting and informative for forklift operators. Loren Schauers was working on a bridge rehabilitation project in 2019, aged 19, when he was involved in an incident while driving a forklift truck which had serious
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In our last blog, we talked about what a forklift operator should expect from the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) visit. In this blog we look at a case study of the HSE inspector’s visit to a forklift operator. In 2019, the HSE inspector made a routine visit to a stone handling company. It found issues with
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In our last blog, Ruth Wallace of Wallace School of Transport alluded to the need to keep a full training record of forklift truck drivers, especially in case of Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation. An HSE inspector can visit at any time and may arrive without warning. The highest incidence of workplace accidents involve
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In the current climate with inflation at about 10%, fuel prices going through the roof and pressure to increase wages to combat cost of living crisis, most companies are going through difficult times and are tightening their belts by cutting out non-essential spending. However, forklift driver refresher training should not be part of your cost
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