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More Skills – Less Spills
The Health and Safety Executive will once again take prime position at the Safety Conference, with two respected speakers from the government’s safety-focused organisation delivering three sessions between them
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Accrediting Bodies
Paragraph 53 of L117 states the following: Recognition of Accrediting Bodies The Health and Safety Commission has recognised the five (now six) bodies listed in Appendix 1 as competent to operate voluntary accreditation schemes.
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Alcohol & drugs
The question of whether fork lift truck operators should be allowed to operate under the influence of alcohol or drugs may seem straightforward. However, the mechanisms for ensuring that employees are always free of
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Take pride in your performance this Forklift Safety week with Toyota Material Handling
Toyota Material Handling UK will be giving away Manual Handling guides and Pride in Performance resource packs during the month of September to celebrate Forklift Safety Week, 19 – 24 September 2011. All requests
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Safety drives Hörmann product development
Meeting the needs of customers has always driven new product development from Hörmann. With the rapid increases in energy costs, options that help to minimise energy losses are now high on the agenda for
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Safety Award presentations
David Ellison, Chief Executive of the FLTA (pictured), will provide a short presentation on the entries in the Safety Category for the 2011 FLTA Awards for Excellence. These are safety solutions. Solutions from Crown,
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Calor Gas
Calor Gas, official sponsor of the FLTA Safety Conference, will lead a session at this year’s event to share some of the knowledge the company has accrued as the UK’s leading supplier of liquefied
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National Fork Lift Truck Safety Conference 2011
Tony was a good lad. He’d been in his new job a couple of months when his boss told him to bring the fork lift across the yard. Tony hesitated. Sure, he knew how
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Statutory inspection requirements for LPG forklift truck installations
As part of its title sponsorship of the 2011 FLTA Safety Conference, LPG supplier Calor will deliver a keynote presentation on safety considerations when using LPG for fork lift trucks. The use of LPG
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The importance of FLT training
Despite the old saying, it simply isn’t true that “accidents happen” – in 99% of cases, there has been a breakdown in communication or ability that makes them inevitable. The only reliable way to
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