A real examination
Thorough examinations of forklift trucks are vital to ensure they remain safe to use.
By Geoff Martin, Consolidated Fork Truck Services on 02 November 2020
Workplace transport
Renown to pay £750k for deaths of fatigued workers
A welding firm has been fined £450,000 plus costs for fatigue management failures that resulted in the deaths of two of its workers.
By Belinda Liversedge on 27 May 2020
New London electric bus sound could pose dangers, warns Unite
Unite the union has warned that the new sound chosen for London’s electric buses creates dangers for road users and pedestrians as it sounds nothing like a traditional bus.
By Belinda Liversedge on 07 January 2020
DHL fined £2.6m after falling tyres kill office worker and injure three others
DHL has been fined £2.6m after a man was killed and three others injured after a stack of tyres toppled and fell through the adjacent roof of an office where they were working at the Coventry warehouse.
By Belinda Liversedge on 23 October 2019
Technology in action
The use of technology to improve safety systems and manage risk information is becoming more relevant and integrated than ever before. Safety Management finds out how to build a risk map to focus on major risks.
By Iris Cepero on 28 October 2019
Six reasons why managers are failing on forklift safety
Do you find that despite your company having operator training, risk assessments and relevant safe systems of work in place, forklift accidents, near misses and bad habits persist?
By Stuart Taylor, Mentor FLT Training on 23 September 2019
Hull firm fined after worker loses arm in tyre blast
A Hull tyre company has been ordered to pay over £41,000 in costs and fines after its employee lost his arm when a crane tyre he was inflating exploded in an incident in December 2015.
By Belinda Liversedge on 17 September 2019
No deal Brexit could push lorry drivers to exhaustion, says Unite
A no deal Brexit will result in exhausted lorry drivers, posing a danger to themselves and other road users, unless the government responds to concerns, Unite the union has warned.
By Belinda Liversedge on 04 September 2019
Volvo Group fined after employee fractures spine at Glasgow depot
Volvo Group UK Limited has been fined £13,333.33 after an employee was seriously injured at its truck rental and repair depot in Glasgow after the company had failed to supply him with basic safety equipment.
By Belinda Liversedge on 27 August 2019
A gig on your own?
The way in which some people, often young, but not exclusively, are engaged in work is in jobs that are part of what is commonly referred to as the ‘gig economy’.
By Lawrence Waterman OBE on 22 July 2019
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Data on infections in schools was ‘not transparent’, says the Teachers’ Union
By Belinda Liversedge on 08 January 2021
Firms will be fined £10,000 if they break Covid-secure guidelines
By Belinda Liversedge on 22 September 2020
Firms will be fined £10,000 if they break Covid-secure guidelines
By Belinda Liversedge on 22 September 2020
