48th Edition - October 2009
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EUROPEANS FEEL HEALTH AND SAFETY IS SUFFERING IN THE RECESSION |
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Forklift Truck Safety |
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There are reputed to be over 8,000 reported accidents involving the use of forklift trucks in the UK each year and some of these result in fatalities. The majority of these accidents are caused by the lack of sufficient training of the operator, operator error, a lack of knowledge about the equipment and the working environment, bad truck maintenance, poor lighting conditions, inadequate gangways and unsuitable premises in which forklift trucks are used. In fact, slightly more pedestrians are injured as the result of a forklift accident than the operators themselves. Forklift Truck Training
Firstly, it is against the law for anybody below
school leaving age to operate a forklift truck.
And, if the trucks are driven at all on public
highways, then the same legislation which
applies to all road users with regards to the
legal minimum age also applie |
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Source: www.workplacesafetyadvice.co.uk |
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Europeans feel health and safety is suffering in the recession |
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Six out of 10 people in Europe think the economic crisis is adversely affecting health and safety conditions in the workplace, but British and Irish citizens are more optimistic on this issue than most. This could be explained by the fact that in the UK and Ireland, a far greater proportion of people than in any of the other 25 EU member states think health and safety in their respective countries has improved over the last five years, and that they are kept well informed of workplace risks. These are just some of the findings of a Europe-wide poll on occupational health and safety carried out earlier this year by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA). |
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Source: www.shponline.co.uk |
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How to Carry Out Behavioural Safety Audits |
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People at work usually try to work safely.
Not many people arrive at work and try to
have an accident! However, people also
become complacent at work, often taking
their workplace for granted and forgetting
that other people may be affected by their
practices. Safety inspections help to
identify where work practices have become
substandard, and are an excellent way of
identifying potential accidents. Click here to find out more about the STOP™ Safety Training Observation Programme |
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Source: www.workplacesafetyadvice.co.uk |
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E-mail:
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