Warwick University – Thursday 25th September

 

Further details have been released of Safe Operations – the FLTA National Fork Lift Truck Safety Conference 2008.

Announcing the full programme and list of speakers, the Fork Lift Truck Association’s Chief Executive David Ellison says:

 

“There are solid, practical reasons for everyone involved in the use of fork lift trucks to attend. That includes owners, providers, site managers, trainers, safety officers and even those who only occasionally hire lifting equipment. Each will go away with essential knowledge that can be applied to his or her own workplace.”

 

He continues: “As the event’s name suggests, we have planned this year’s content around the theme of Safe Operations.  As ever, the conference will bring together a host of experts whose presentations will show what the forklift industry is doing – and what those in the audience can do – to make lifting operations safer.”

 

Safe Operations will be held in the Warwick University Arts Centre on Thursday 25th September 2008. It’s a full day event, for which tickets are priced at £93.00 (inc VAT) for members of the FLTA or its Safe User Group and £125.00 (inc VAT) for non-members.  The price includes refreshments and documentation.

 

Programme information follows…

 

The programme in brief

 

Tipping Trucks – the HSE Perspective

John Moutrie, Field Operations Directorate, Health and Safety Executive

 

Design for Safety

Benoit Meunier, Toyota Material Handling UK

 

Operational Hazard – Unloading Freight Containers

Lanre Okunribido, HSE Health and Safety Laboratory

 

Fork Lift Truck Attachments and Safety

Neal Fowler, B&B Attachments Ltd

 

Battery Safety and Environmental Issues

Nigel Harris, CMP Batteries Ltd

 

Tyre Safety and the CSEasy Tyre System

Barry Guildford and Jill Rogers, Continental Tyres

 

Safety Solutions

Speakers include representatives from Mentor FLT Training Ltd, Castell Safety and the FLTA

 

Alternative Fuel Sources

Ian Melhuish, NACCO Materials Handling Group

 

The programme in detail

 

Tipping Trucks – the HSE Perspective

 

A fatal tipping incident could be described as the ultimate fork lift truck catastrophe – and it’s one that continues to happen more often than people may think.  John Moutrie from the Field Operations Directorate of the Health and Safety Executive will explain why this is still such a great cause for concern and what the HSE is doing about it. Solutions to this problem – including production and use of trucks with better dynamic stability – will be discussed.

 

Design for Safety

 

Benoit Meunier of Toyota Material Handling UK, who has been instrumental in the development of the company’s Tonero range, will use examples of significant achievements in recent years to illustrate how safety features can be designed into new trucks as they are being developed.

 

Operational Hazard – Unloading Freight Containers

 

Lanre Okunribido, a Higher Ergonomist at the HSE Health and Safety Laboratory, has been working on a project to examine and reduce the risks involved in unloading and loading of freight containers. His presentation, which is not restricted to mechanical handling, will focus on key risk factors and identify good practice in this essential and routine task. The inherent dangers will be familiar to all delegates.

 

Fork Lift Truck Attachments and Safety

 

Neal Fowler from B&B Attachments will highlight the key role that correct use of attachments can play in safety.  The presentation will explore what is readily available, off the shelf, and will give examples of attachments that have been specially designed to make particular tasks safer.

 

Battery Safety and Environmental Issues

 

As Nigel Harris of CMP Batteries will make clear, batteries and their chargers continue to be a potential hazard in the workplace. This session will look at the safety issues relating to the operation and management of battery power and will set out the more general benefits of CMP’s new environmental grading system.

 

Tyre Safety & the CSEasy Tyre System

 

Barry Guildford and Jill Rogers from Continental Tyres will be demonstrating their award-winning CSEasy rapid-fit tyre, discussing the various types of tyre fitted to fork lift trucks and explaining how tyre awareness can assist safe operations.

 

Safety Solutions

In this session there will be a series of short presentations looking at some new and innovative products that have an important part to play in operational safety. Speakers will include representatives from Mentor FLT Training Ltd, Castell Safety and the FLTA.

 

Alternative Fuel Sources

 

Ian Melhuish of the NACCO Materials Handling Group will give a presentation on this important topic. Although not strictly a safety issue, the availability of alternative fuel sources is certain to affect everyone in the materials handling industry – and perhaps sooner than we imagine. Many of today’s fork lift operating hazards relate to the fuels we use. Will alternative fuels be safer, or will they introduce new safety challenges? These and other issues will be discussed, along with examples of what Hyster is already doing in this exciting field.