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Man dies in forklift fall
The BBC has reported that a man in his 70s has died following an accident involving a fork lift truck in County Fermanagh. The man was working at Walter Campbell's joinery yard in Ballinamallard when it happened on 3rd February.
It is believed the man fell from a safety cage on the forklift to the ground and suffered serious head injuries. He died a short time later at the Erne Hospital in Enniskillen.
Innovative ideas for the food & drink sector at IMHX 2010
The International Materials Handling Exhibition (IMHX), which takes place at the NEC from 16-19 November, is a must-see event for everyone with logistics responsibility.
Held only once every three years, IMHX is the undisputed leader in UK logistics events, giving visitors from diverse industries the opportunity to see thousands of handling and storage solutions from over 300 exhibitors, all under one roof. One of the key sectors whose executives can benefit from a visit to IMHX 2010 is the food & drink industry.
Planning ahead for equipment maintenance pays dividends
John Meale, managing director of loading/unloading equipment specialist Thorworld Industries, says it is imperative that companies pay close attention to service and maintenance of their load-handling equipment.
In the current economic downturn, where companies might delay loading bay and materials handling equipment renewal or upgrades, it is now even more vital for regular pre-planned service and maintenance of existing load handling equipment to be implemented. Failure to do so is a false economy which could have serious and expensive consequences for both machinery owners and operator.
Help is at hand from Stonegate Instruments
Stonegate Instruments, a manufacturer of electronic equipment for the refrigeration industry, has announced an 18% increase in sales of its Trapped Personnel Alarm system this year.
The increased demand is a direct result of companies that have cold stores and refrigerated warehousing facilities continuing to make it a priority to treat the welfare of their staff with the highest possible priority and also the need to comply with stringent health and safety legislation.
Troax Limited installs new modular machine fencing system for GlaxoSmithKline
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Industrial safety specialist Troax UK Limited has installed its modular machine fencing system, Smart Fix, at a newly refurbished warehouse near Gloucester managed by Wincanton on behalf of pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline.
The Smart Fix safety fencing isolates a series of crane aisles in the high bay warehouse, protecting employees working in this highly automated area. Troax designed and installed the entire guarding system, creating safety zones around 18 crane aisles where 15 automated stacker cranes are in constant operation in the high bay system, picking pallets of merchandise including over-the-counter medicines and soft drinks from racking.
IMHX 2010 to host AMHSA pavilion
The Automated Material Handling Systems Association (AMHSA) and IMHX 2010 organiser Quartz have revealed that the show will feature a special pavilion for automated handling system suppliers.
Taking place at the NEC, Birmingham, from 16 – 19 November, the International Materials Handling Exhibition (IMHX) is the undisputed leader in UK logistics events, ably demonstrated by the fact that exhibitor space at the show is over 70% sold already. With the event co-owned by BITA (British Industrial Truck Association), IMHX has always had a large core of support from the materials handling equipment (MHE) sector but the show has also attracted increasing numbers of automated handling exhibitors, as well as software providers and consultancy firms.
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