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Site supervisors need to take fork lift truck safety more seriously
(24/11/2010)

According to a warning from the Fork Lift Truck Association, the building trade will see high death and accident rates unless site supervisors take fork lift truck safety more seriously. The Association’s National Fork Lift Safety Week campaign focused upon management and supervisor training as an important “weak link” in the safety chain – and construction was singled out as especially at risk. FLTA chief executive David Ellison says: “Supe... [more]

Forklift market is slowly emerging from the turmoil
(12/04/2010)

There can be no doubt that 2009 was an ‘annus horribilis’ for Britain’s fork truck suppliers. Figures from the British Industrial Truck Association (BITA) recently revealed that orders for forklifts fell 33.6 per cent last year, consolidating a 14.5 per cent fall during 2008. BITA members reported sales of 17,600 new trucks in 2009 – that’s 8,900 fewer than in 2008. According to the recently published annual Plimsoll Report, the UK’s buffeted... [more]

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