Wustemann, Louis | Features | Health and Safety at Work magazine
Published: 01.01.2007
Vehicles striking pedestrians or overturning, falls from cabs and lorry beds; the list of the most common workplace transport accidents is the same on construction sites as in the depots and factories that featured in the first three articles in our series. In the last of our series, we look at combining people and vehicles safely in the variable geography of construction sites.
Loader crushing fatality prompts HSE alert
The HSE has issued a safety alert in response to a recent incident in which a worker was fatally ...
Forklift toppled in fatal stunt
A young warehouse worker has been crushed to death while trying to "doughnut" a forklift ...
Streetsafe Sam training CD launched
The sector skills council for the waste management industry has produced a free interactive CD-ROM ...
HSE publishes workplace transport checklist
The HSE has produced a workplace transport checklist for employers to print off and use during site ...
The Government has launched a public consultation exercise as part of its review of health and ...
Published: 01.05.2009
Workplace transport and safe vehicle movements are Lawrence Bamber's theme in the latest of his ...
Goods vehicles: competent for the road?
Published: 06.03.2009
Joan Williams describes what health and safety managers need to know about new legal requirements ...
Published: 06.03.2009
Duncan Abbott explains how to apply ergonomic principles to company cars and vans.
RoSPA 2008: from board room to portakabin
Published: 09.06.2008
Ever wondered what's the fastest way to irritate an HSE inspector visiting your site? Jocelyn ...
Published: 30.04.2008
Employment agencies throughout the UK supply drivers for haulage companies. This workforce is a ...
£200,000 fines over FLT driver death
Two firms have been fined a total of £200,000 over the death of a telescopic forklift truck ...
Dairy firm pays for poorly planned traffic routes
Dairy Farmers of Britain has been fined after a ride-on pallet truck collided with a forklift at ...
Bouygues fined £160,000 over site fatality
Construction firm Bouygues (UK) must pay more than £180,000 in fines and costs over the death ...
Corby Magistrates' Court has demanded that construction company BAM pay a £28,540 penalty for ...
Biffa’s £240,000 penalty for shovel loader crush
Large waste company Biffa, which has 86 depots around the UK, has been handed a £240,000 ...
The Smoke-free (Premises, Vehicle Operators and Penalty Notices) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/sr/sr2007/20070094.htm ...
Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 (amended)
www.opsi.gov.uk/SI/si1992/Uksi_1992 ...
Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2003
www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2003/20032695.htm ...
Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (amended)
www.opsi.gov.uk/SI/si1998/19982306.htm ...
Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998
www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1998/19982307.htm ...
Question: Lifting slings and forklift trucks
Can lifting slings (ie polyester/nylon web slings) be used on forks of forklift trucks?
Sep 07 2007 01:05PM
This lifting operation is not a recommended method of lifting; however, we are a...
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