Customer fatally crushed by lift truck
January 23, 2020
A Carlisle auto-salvage company has been fined after a customer was trapped and fatally crushed when a lift truck he had purchased was being loaded onto his own recovery vehicle. Read More
£150k fine after equipment falls onto worker
January 9, 2020
A Co Antrim firm has been fined £150,000 after an employee suffered serious injuries when a heavy piece of equipment weighing approximately 1 tonne landed on him when it was being unloaded. Read More
Fedex UK Ltd fined £533k
December 20, 2019
Fedex has been fined after an employee was seriously injured when he was struck by a fork lift truck. Investigating, the HSE found there was inadequate segregation of fork lift trucks and pedestrians within the workplace. Read More
Forklift truck overturn risks ignored
November 27, 2019
Chorley based firm Staveley’s Eggs Ltd has been fined after a forklift truck overturned on a slope, trapping the driver. Read More
Road Safety Week: Mates in Mind says suicide rate in transport sector is ‘above average’
November 22, 2019
Mates in Mind is campaigning for transport and logistics organisations to prioritise the mental wellbeing of their workforces. Read More
Haulage firm in court following transport injury
November 8, 2019
A haulage company has been fined following an incident where a warehouse operative was injured at its business premises. Read More
Forklift truck safety shortcomings revealed
October 31, 2019
Statistics highlight need for greater safety awareness among managers and forklift operators. Mentor FLT Training has released a new report Read More
Empower managers to uphold safety in 3 simple steps
October 14, 2019
Do you find that despite your company having operator training, risk assessments and relevant safe systems of work in place, forklift accidents, near misses and bad habits persist? Read More
There’s more to be done to improve health and safety in logistics, says HSE
October 2, 2019
Logistics may be becoming more sustainable, but is it becoming safer? Kanwal Kanda, Head of Transportation at the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), took to the stage at IMHX 2019 to discuss the body’s latest findings about health and safety within transportation and storage in 2017/18. Read More
Worker seriously injured in ladder fall
October 1, 2019
Chemicals firm Vertellus Specialties UK Limited has been fined after an employee fell two metres from a ladder and suffered a serious elbow injury. Read More
