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Getting the best out of your Pre-Use Inspection Checklist
Pre-use safety checks are a very useful tool for keeping potentially hazardous equipment safe and operational. It gives the operator a well thought...
What is the law around Forklift Truck Pre-Use Inspection Legislation?
There are a number of benefits of Pre-use inspection checklist solutions, such as reducing the cost of truck ownership and increasing uptime....
What is the law around Ladder Pre-Use Safety Inspection Legislation
Anybody can appreciate the potential danger of a 10 ton forklift or 10 metre high scaffold but the familiarity of a simple piece of equipment like a...
What is the law around Scaffolding Safety Inspections?
In recent years the number of fatal work-related injuries in the UK has thankfully remained relatively low, yet the rate of deaths in construction is...
What is the law around MEWP pre-use safety inspection legislation?
MEWP safety falls under three main sets of legislation – The Work at Height Regulations 2005, The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations...
What Health & Safety legislation governs pre-use safety inspections?
This is a top level overview of the most common Health & Safety regulations and how they relate to workplace and equipment safety. Although the...
Effective plant isolation could have prevented injury & £140K fine
An animal feed processing company has been fined following an incident where part of an employee’s arm was severed by a moving conveyor.
Forklift Truck driver accidents, what's the management responsibility?
It’s obviously good practice for a fork lift operator/driver to know what they’re doing but there’s a whole raft of health and safety legislation...
Investigating Accidents, Incidents And Near Misses
If you think safety is expensive, try an accident Just like any other business KPI, health and safety has to be monitored to establish a...