Forklift Safety

Top 10 Forklift Accidents

Forklift Safety

Top 10 Forklift Accidents A compilation of serious forklift accidents which could quite easily have been fatal (perhaps they were?). We don’t want to make light of these forklift incidents (the stupid music doesn’t help) but this video shows just how easily they can occur and how serious the outcome can be. Perhaps use this [...]

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Health and Safety Tips for Warehouse and Retail Industries

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Health and Safety Tips for Warehouse and Retail Industries Guest Post Most of the accidents that occur in the warehouse and retail industry in the UK can be prevented if proper health and safety regulations are followed. In the UK more than 2,300 warehouse injuries are reported each year, although the actual figure could be [...]

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Daily Forklift Safety Checklist

Checklists

Daily Forklift Safety Checklist Australian Standard AS2359.2 (1985) Powered Industrial Trucks prescribes the requirements for the operation, maintenance, repair and modification of forklift trucks. Compliance with this standard is accepted by most jurisdictions as meeting the minimum duty of care requirements.  as defined by AS1763. This standard is an authoritative source of fundamental principles for application [...]

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Update from Easy Guides

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  Earthmoving licenses update [Please check the following information in your state or territory.]               Queensland Courses                                           Queensland 30496 OHS load-shifting courses are set to continue until 31st [...]

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Futuristic Safety Technology

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Futuristic technology meets today’s logistics at Queensland Materials Handling Safety, training, licensing and integration technology will be among the attractions at Queensland Materials Handling when it runs from June 21 to 23. Focused on lift, shift and load, the event will be held concurrently with the Queensland Safety Show and the new Queensland Manufacturing Show [...]

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Robotic Forklifts

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Automated vehicles at Queensland Materials Handling: a step away from robotic forklifts Robotic forklifts are "inevitable" in Australian warehouses, according to an artificial intelligence expert ahead of the Queensland Materials Handling trade show. Freelance Robotics will exhibit automated vehicles at the show when it runs from June 21 to 23 at the Brisbane Convention & [...]

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Dangers of Propane and Forklifts

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PROPANE by Dennis Hoaglin (SUNG TO THE TUNE OF “COCAINE” AND TO THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF AIR GUITAR) If you wanna get chilled, blown up or killed — PROPANE. Forget the rules, act like a fool — PROPANE. It’s a gas, it’s a gas, it’s a gas — PROPANE. If sprayed with this gas, it’ll freeze [...]

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Loading Unloading Exclusion Zones (LUEZ)

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Sign from SETON Download Guidelines Here:   The issue of truck driver and other personnel safety around mobile plant equipment during loading and unloading operations – referred to as ‘loading, unloading exclusion zones’ (LUEZ) is one of the significant safety issues confronting all levels of Industries within the supply chain. Workplace safety incidents within the [...]

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Forklift Training – Latest from Easy Guides

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Welcome to 2011. While we wait for the Safe Work Australia national assessment instruments to come out of the review process, state and territory variations in high risk licensing will continue. This can be confusing for customers, especially those operating in more than one state or territory. Easy Guides Australia will continue to keep you [...]

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Forklift Safety

Forklift Safety

[picappgallerysingle id="178697"] Forklift Safety The forklift truck is one of the most widely-used tools in today’s society, spanning multiple industries.  From warehouses to construction and every industry in between, forklifts and mobile plant can conquer heavy-lifting with ease.  This ease, however, also presents many dangers.  Fortunately, the dangers can be balanced through proper use, training, and safety.  [...]

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Free Forklift Safety Checklist

Checklists

Forklift Safety Checklist By Lukman Nulhakiem As one of the lifting equipment in plant site, forklift should receive adequate attention especially about its safety. Various potential hazards are associated with forklift operation. Complete check before forklift operation will ensure not only forklift driver safety, but also other employees and company assets. A forklift safety checklist [...]

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Forklift driver convicted over YouTube stunt videos

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A forklift driver was convicted after filming himself performing dangerous stunts and driving recklessly then posting the video on YouTube. His employer was alerted by concerned workmates. He was fined, ordered to do community service and lost the job that he enjoyed. READ MORE HERE…….. There are quite a few of these on YouTube: Technorati [...]

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Forklift Risk Assessment

Forklift Safety

Worksafe Qld are urging Employers to complete risk assessments on forklift activities following a spate of recent forklift related incident and fatalities. Latest SAFETY ALERT: See more safety alerts Purpose A worker was fatally injured in a recent forklift incident in Queensland. The purpose of this safety alert is to remind employers and forklift operators [...]

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