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Hydrauliska Industri AB (Hiab)
is a
Finnish manufacturer of loader
cranes, demountable containers, forestry cranes,
truck-mounted
forklifts and
tail lifts. In some countries, 'HIAB' (pronounced
high'-ab) is used as a synonym for a loader crane of any
make. The company is owned by the
Cargotec Corporation. History The roots of today's Hiab Company lie in the 1970s, when Partek Corporation embarked on a comprehensive diversification and internationalisation strategy. Founded in 1898, Partek Corporation was one of the oldest industrial companies in Finland, originally producing limestone and later a versatile range of materials for the construction industry. In 1977, Partek decided to expand into the engineering industry and thereby decrease its dependence on domestic construction. During the late 1990s, Partek strategically restructured itself into an engineering company, fully divesting its construction materials business and making several acquisitions in the load handling equipment business. The core of Partek's engineering business is what makes up the Hiab Company of today. MULTILIFT, acquired by Partek in 1977, was among the first equipment manufacturers in the corporation, and HIAB loader cranes were acquired in 1985. The load handling side of Partek's business was expanded in 2000 with the acquisition of the Zeteco Group (including among others ZEPRO and WALTCO tail lifts). During the same year the truck-mounted forklift business was acquired bringing today's MOFFETT, MOFFETT-KOOI and PRINCETON PIGGY BACK® brands into the company. KONE Corporation acquired Partek in 2002. In 2004 the
load handling business area was renamed after its most
valuable product brand, HIAB. June 1 2005 KONE Corporation
demerged into new KONE and Cargotec Corporation (listed in
Helsinki Stock Exchange). Cargotec consists of Hiab load
handling, Kalmar container handling and MacGREGOR marine
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 Aussie Fork Lift Driver is 'heir to English crown'(King Michael" enjoys a beer after a day at work on the farm ) A forklift truck driver in a remote Australian town is the rightful King of England, a historian has claimed. Dr Michael Jones says Queen Elizabeth's claim to the throne is false because her distant ancestor, Edward IV, was illegitimate. He concludes that the crown should have passed instead through another royal line which today ends at British-born Michael Abney-Hastings, 62. "King Michael" said he was shocked by the news - but remained a republican He said it was "unlikely" that he would go to Buckingham Palace to claim the crown. Archer rumours Dr Jones' thesis, explored in a recent television documentary, suggests that Edward IV, who reigned from 1461 to 1483, was conceived when his parents were 160 kilometres apart His "father", Richard Duke of York, was fighting the French at Pontoise, near Paris, while his mother, Lady Cicely Neville, was at court in Rouen She was said to be spending much of her time in the company of a local archer with whom she was rumoured to be having an affair.
Dr Jones said Edward IV's alleged illegitimacy means the crown
should instead have been passed down the Plantagenet line - ending
at Mr Abney-Hastings. |
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Preliminary Guidance on PUWER98 and LOLER
A
summary of the main changes relating to lifting equipment arising
out of The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, SI
No 2306 and The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment regulations
1998, SI No 2307 which came into force on 5th December 1998.
Overview
PUWER98 and LOLER are two sets of a new generation of Regulations
arising from European Directives. These two sets of Regulations
together with four approved codes of practice (ACoPs) implement the
amendment to the Use of Work Equipment Directive (AUWED). The ACoPs
cover PUWER98, LOLER, Power Presses and Woodworking Equipment.
PUWER98 applies to all equipment provided for use at work and LOLER
is additional for lifting equipment. Therefore for lifting
equipment, both must be complied with.
They repeal or revoke most of the existing legislation relating to
lifting equipment and PUWER98 replaces the 1992 version of PUWER. In
addition the opportunity has been taken to repeal or replace several
old and redundant Acts, orders and Regulations.
Both sets of Regulations show where they apply and list the
legislation they repeal or revoke. We suggest you start by reading
those to put the new Regulations into the correct context of your
own business.
(For PUWER98 see Regulations 3, 38, 39 and Schedule 4)
(For LOLER see Regulations 3, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and Schedule 2)
The
new Regulations, as for others arising from Europe, are 'risk based'
and 'goal setting' in the way they are written. Generally they apply
across all industries, unlike the older industry specific
legislation, and also cover some areas not previously covered by
legislation. However because we have had the Health and Safety at
Work etc Act (HASWA) since 1974, the UK should be well prepared to
implement them.
There are additional requirements for lifting persons. (See LOLER Regulation 5) There are additional requirements for making equipment which is designed for lifting persons or is not designed for lifting persons but might be so used in error. (See LOLER Regulation 7) There is greater emphasis on planning the lifting operation. (See LOLER Regulation 8) The requirements for testing, thorough examination and inspection are more flexible, allowing an examination scheme as an alternative to fixed maximum periods between thorough examinations. (See LOLER Regulation 9) If lifting equipment leaves an undertaking or is obtained from another undertaking it must be accompanied by physical evidence that the last thorough examination required has been carried out. (See LOLER Regulation 9) There are different requirements for reporting and records. (See LOLER Regulation 10 and Schedule 1)
Generally the other requirements of LOLER are similar to the older
legislation although the detail varies a little |
 HSE URGES MOBILE WORK
USERS TO MEET COMPLIANCE
DEADLINEThe Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning users of mobile work equipment that they have just two months to comply with safety regulations. Mobile
work equipment includes, for example, fork-lift trucks, dumper trucks
and tractors. For new equipment the requirement to comply with Part Ill
the
Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER 98) has been
in effect since 5 December 1998. However, for equipment in use before
that date, there are just two months remaining before the four-year
transitional period ends on 5 December 2002. |
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Unsafe
act with forklift led to prosecution BASF Coatings Ltd, of Deeside Industrial Park, Flint, N. Wales, has been fined £8,000 with £2,870 costs as a result of an employee taking an unacceptable risk by standing on the forks of his forklift truck. As he did this he hit a control and sustained minor crush injuries between the cab and mast. Subsequent investigation revealed the truck was inadequately maintained and had not been periodically examined. BASF's legal representative explained it has since re-examined its health and safety procedures http://www.safetynews.co.uk/archivenews.htm No Responsibility accepted for the accuracy of this article 01/09/03  |
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| Death of an Employee A construction firm and one of its directors have been fined a total of £60,000 at Southampton Crown Court. Hungerford based construction firm Austin Brickwork Ltd and company director Julian Austin, have been fined after a forklift truck driven by a company employee knocked down and killed labourer Kevin Moyle, on a building site in Basingstoke, on August 7th 2000. The driver had not been trained or tested to operate a forklift truck. Austin Brickwork was fined £40,000 plus £8,799 in costs after pleading guilty to breaching section 2(1) of the HSW Act 1974, in that it failed to ensure the safety of employees by not restricting the use of the forklift truck to competent staff. Mr Austin was fined £20,000 after pleading guilty to section 37(1) of the HSW Act because he instructed an untrained employee to drive the truck. HSE Investigating inspector Mike Sarson said "Mr Moyle's death highlights the need for employers to use only trained and licensed forklift truck drivers. Any employer, director or manager that allows an untrained person to operate any workplace plant or machinery vastly increases the risk of an accident which could result in serious injury or death". No Responsibility accepted for the accuracy of this article |
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A paper wholesale firm was fined £40,000 after a
court heard that one of its employees was crashed to death during an
unsafe lifting operation. The court heard that the company should have carried out a suitable risk assessment covering the unloading of lift trucks. This would have shown that a safer method of unloading the lift truck should have been used. This could have involved, for example, using a beaver tail vehicle transporter lorry, instead of a curtain-sided lorry to deliver the lift truck, said Kerr. Reeves and Wright (Anglia) Limited was fined £40,000 for four preaches of health and safety legislation. No Responsibility accepted for the accuracy of this article |
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ACCIDENTS
IN DOCKS A docker died after he was hit by a bundle of steel piles weighing several tonnes, which slipped from the forks of a large fork-lift truck while it was stacking them on a quayside. Although the piles were 16 m long they were being carried on forks set only 1.5 m apart. Such long loads are liable to overbalance and should never be carried on such narrowly spaced supports. The equipment used was not suitable for the task. At the very least they should have been carried using a spreader attachment or, better still, a load clamp. However, even with such devices, careful consideration needs to be given to the stability of the vehicle when there are large overhangs. A side loader is the best type of lift-truck for such long loads. A docker was killed when steel piles slipped a from fork-lift truck. http://www.hse.gov.uk |
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 Fortunately no-one was injured on this occasion when a Health and Safety Inspector visited a site where a new agricultural building was being erected and saw a man being elevated to a height of over eight meters on the forks of a Telescopic Materials handler. The incident happened at Linstock Castle in Carlisle, Cambria and the visit followed a telephone call from a concerned member of the public. It was also discovered that another employee gained access to the roof by crossing over a nearby roof which was made from fragile corrugated cement sheets! In addition there were no guards present to prevent workers from falling off the roof. The HSE Inspector said in Carlisle Magistrates Court that in a bid to cut costs the firm had not used safety equipment such as scaffolding on the site. The company denied that it had put profit before safety and had warned the site foreman concerned that it was unsafe to raise and lower people on the forks of a vehicle. The company was fined £3000 under section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act together with a further £1000 for a breach of Construction and Loler Regulations and ordered to pay the full prosecution costs of £1000 It is our intention to update these pages as and when we get news of severe injury or fatality involving fork lift trucks in the UK. We have deliberately left out names of individuals and companies concerned to avoid unnecessary distress. Acknowledgements for these pictures to Safety Management Magazine, published by the British Safety Council No Responsibility accepted for the accuracy of this article |
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Use of Fork Lift Trucks on the Public Highway The question is often asked about the rules relating to the use of fork lift trucks on the public highway. The following is a resume of the law in the United Kingdom as it stands at the moment. Firstly, any person operating a truck anywhere must be trained to use it but I suppose we would say that! If you do need to take the truck onto a road you should bear in mind the following: The Road Traffic Act 1988 states that the driver of a mechanically propelled vehicle on the public highway must hold the appropriate licence and a provisional licence will not do since you obviously cannot have a passenger on a truck normally. The question is, which licence? If you want to make sure then insist that the operator holds a full car licence and is not disqualified from holding such a licence. If you have an engine powered machine, (L. P. Gas or diesel), this is a must! If the weight of the truck and it's load exceeds 3 tonnes, an HGV licence may be required. Your trucks may use batteries for their motive power in which case you can allow someone with a category L licence on the road. This licence can be held by drivers of electric vehicles such as a milk float. In some cases you can employ someone who holds a category N licence providing that the truck is exempt from vehicle excise duty. In order for it to be classified as exempt it must meet the following criteria.
It must only pass between pieces of land in its owners possession. It must be used to carry goods in the immediate vicinity of the plant. If it is unladen, it must be simply passing from one part of the premises to another. If you can meet the above criteria you get a bonus since the truck
does not need to be taxed! |
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 Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool The company was fou  nded in 1946 by Charles Brambles in
Australia after the American Army left a significant number of
items called pallets and forklifts in that country at the end
of the war. Today 'CHEP' is the largest pooling organisation
in the world with 29 countries spread across six continents. The 'CHEP' pallet pool alone is nearly 100 million pallets
world wide |
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Lift Trucks - Health and Safety
The
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published updated guidance aimed
at preventing deaths and injuries to people involving lift trucks -
"Safety in working with lift trucks".
The
guidance does not replace formal training. The main areas covered are: Information on training can be obtained from the following bodies, who are recognised by the Health and Safety Commission as competent to accredit and monitor lift truck training providers:
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Association of Industrial Truck Trainers Tel: 01530 417234 Copies of Safety in Working with Lift Trucks, (Third edition, HSE Books,2000) HSG 6 #6.50 ISBN 0-7176-1781-5, can be ordered online at <http://www.hsebooks.co.uk> or are available from HSE Books, PO Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2WA, tel: 01787-881165 or fax: 01787-313995. HSE No Responsibility accepted for the accuracy of this article |
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Take a look at the past stories of accidents and near misses in in the UK and else where in the fork lift world
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1999 1998 1997
1996 1995 19??
USA Rough Terrain
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st ever settlements for an adult in
south Wales. The figure was decided
upon following "a period of intense negotiations". The
money would pay for round-the-clock care and a new home for Mr
Arde who currently lives in Croesyceiliog near Cwmbran. Greg is a
remarkable individual who has learned to cope with catastrophic injuries.
The compensation will help him put the accident behind him and reconstruct
his life. He used to be a keen rugby player and he still goes to watch
sports matches. He was a very fit young man. The money is a relief to him that it's over. It had to be
in this region for him to be able to pay for his
care regime that gives him his quality of life."
booklet explains the law relating to lift trucks, and sets out
measures
Fitting and use of restraining systems on fork lift
trucks
