A New South Wales truck driver has died after being crushed by a forklift. Initial enquiries indicate the 58-year-old man was tarping a load of wood onto his truck on 28 May when the unmanned forklift rolled down a slope, crushing him between the truck and forklift.
09/06/2011 |
The iconic home-furnishing company is relying on Toyota Material Handling forklift equipment for around-the-clock operations at its national distribution centre and a retail megastore.
21/04/2011 |
Family fruit and vegetable business, Leisure Coast Fruit and Deli, has commissioned the new 1.8-tonne payload Toyota 8-FG18 forklift at its Fairy Meadow store in Wollongong, New South Wales.
14/04/2011 |
The Australian Industrial Truck Association (AITA) has launched its “Watch out for your mates” campaign as part of National Forklift Safety Week which concluded last week.
07/04/2011 |
An untrained and unlicensed Melbourne forklift operator has been left with permanent brain damage after being crushed by a 700kg crate.
03/03/2011 |
Landoll Corporation, manufacturer of Drexel Swingmast, has announced that Any Fork Sales of Victoria, Australia has been appointed the new Landoll Drexel Dealer for Australia.
17/02/2011 |
Forklifts are dangerous to operate and their potential to cause serious injuries is often underestimated. Automation technology provides a new avenue for forklift safety. Annie Dang writes.
27/01/2011 |
Toyota Material Handling Australia (TMHA) has gained more than 30 per cent market share in calendar year 2010, according to recent sales figures released by Australian Industrial Truck Association (AITA).
27/01/2011 |
News Limited has taken delivery of two custom built paper roll handlers produced by Jungheinrich and supplied by NTP Forklifts Australia.
13/01/2011 |
A 37-year-old man has severed a finger in an industrial accident at Bennetts Green.
08/12/2010 |
Industrial Conveying says its Automated Warehouse Trucks (AWTs) are an effective way to reduce the number of workplace accidents involving forklifts.
25/08/2010 |
Logistics company Linfox has reportedly placed its largest-ever forklift order with Toyota Material Handling Australia (TMHA).
25/08/2010 |
South Australia will take part in a national campaign to assess and improve forklift safety in the grocery wholesale and fruit and vegetable wholesale industries.
13/08/2010 |
A 69-year-old plumbing contractor has died after being struck by a moving forklift at a south coast paper mill in late July 2010.
04/08/2010 |
Qantas Freight has announced its support for the National Forklift Championship, which it says creates forklift safety awareness for all operators.
04/08/2010 |
Though forklift truck fleets play an important role in bulk materials handling operations, an Australian materials handling specialist is designing automated systems which it claims will replace the need for forklifts.
30/07/2010 |
WorkSafe WA has commenced an inspection program focused on high risk work licenses for forklift operators in the manufacturing sector.
21/07/2010 |
Swire Cold Storage has been fined $60,000 for an incident in which a worker was hit by a forklift.
14/07/2010 |
Refrigerated warehousing company VersaCold has invested in a fleet of 500 Linde electric counterbalance forklifts to pick and pack food stuffs at its 125 warehousing facilities. Sean Moylan writes.
25/06/2010 |
WorkSafe has released a new safety alert which highlights the danger of being crushed by the collapsible seat frame fitted to some Kooi-Aap truck mounted/piggyback forklift trucks (TMFs).
18/06/2010 |