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.
HSE publishes workplace transport checklist
The HSE has produced a workplace transport checklist for employers to print off and use during sit ...
The Government has launched a public consultation exercise as part of its review of health and saf ...
An inquest jury has returned a verdict of accidental death in the case of Kevin Smith, who fell fr ...
Sat nav could offer short-cut to accidents
The increasing use of new driving technologies in company vehicles could jeopardise driver safety, ...
The HSE has withdrawn its guidance leaflet for the paper industry
The HSE has withdrawn its guidance leaflet for the paper industry, Transporting Paper Safely, INDG 39 ...
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 Dorr ...
Published: 30.04.2008
Employment agencies throughout the UK supply drivers for haulage companies. This workforce is a valua ...
Published: 08.11.2007
Business travel is an integral part of many Britons' jobs. Despite huge advances in information and c ...
Tesco.com's driver safety initiative
Published: 15.10.2007
Over the last two years, Tesco.com's online grocery delivery service has not only ramped up safety st ...
Road risk: the web's best guides
Published: 15.10.2007
Bridget Leathley steers you towards the best online resources on occupational road risk.
£250,000 fine for lorry crushing death
A haulage firm has been fined £250,000 over the death of a driver who was crushed between tw ...
Forklift death leads to £67,500 fines
Two companies have been fined over the death of a worker who was crushed by the forklift truck he ...
Firm fined after woman loses leg in forklift collision
International distributor NYK Logistics (UK) has been fined £25,000 after a woman lost her l ...
Mining firm fined £400,000 for double fatality
The Scottish Coal Company has been fined £400,000 over the deaths of two workers who were ki ...
Goodyear Dunlop fined over forklift incident
Tyre giant Goodyear Dunlop has been fined and ordered to pay compensation to an employee who was h ...
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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Case study: Tesco.com brings driver safety home
The retail giant's delivery service has been growing its own driver trainers, finds Sara Bean.
