Pack King powered floor cranes
14 October, 2024Pack King powered floor cranes offer safety and efficiency for users.
Modulate portable buildings
05 September, 2024Modulate portable building solutions offer flexibility and durability for demanding industries.
Safer loading with bespoke electric winch
27 June, 2024A UK building products company required a new winch system to load heavy goods vehicles (HGVs).
Reducing lost time injuries through AI sensors
02 June, 2022A retail warehouse operation in the UK, Wincanton, has identified musculoskeletal activity as the fourth highest hazard within its operation.
End users urged to raise awareness of lifting safety at GLAD2022
01 June, 2022End users of lifting awareness have been urged to participate in Global Lifting Awareness Day, to improve health and safety outcomes in key industries.
Using wearable sensors to enhance safety and reduce injury
10 March, 2022A leading manufacturer implemented wearable sensors to assess the role of Moulding and gain objective data to reduce the risk of manual handling injuries.
Vic company fined $30K for unsafe lifting
25 January, 2022A heavy-duty manufacturer has been fined more than $30,000 after a trailer fell while being lifted, narrowly missing three workers.
Crane compliance: safer handling through survey, review and training
12 January, 2022 by Mark Beckwith, Australian Service Operations Manager, Konecranes and DemagCrane compliance is a complex task. However, through independent, expert external survey, review and training, the process can be made simpler.
Development company supervisor fined over crush incident
22 November, 2021A site supervisor has been fined $10,000 over a 2018 incident in which a worker was seriously injured when limestone blocks and a steel plate fell on him.
Victoria undertakes COVIDSafe construction compliance blitz
17 September, 2021A four-week-long construction compliance blitz has commenced in Victoria, to increase vaccination coverage among construction workers and stop the spread of COVID-19.
Rope analysis furthers crane safety, reliability and service life
06 July, 2021Konecranes' Rope Analysis, engineering assessment and inspection of ropes and reeving systems, is designed to look beyond what is visible to the naked eye.
Crane collapse onto building lands company with $225K fine
18 May, 2021In New South Wales, a structural engineering company has been fined $225,000 after a tower crane collapsed onto an apartment block in Wolli Creek, injuring three workers.
Shutdown solution lifts safe forklift handling in prison
19 January, 2021Industrial specialists at RCT have customised a forklift to include a ControlMaster remote shutdown solution for supervised forklift operations in a local prison.
Campaign aims to reduce musculoskeletal injuries in transport industry
12 January, 2021SafeWork SA has launched a safety campaign to reduce musculoskeletal injuries and falls in the road freight transport industry, visiting a number of depots across the state.
Company fined $60K for worker's partially amputated thumb
22 October, 2020A Brisbane company has been fined $60,000 after a young worker's thumb was caught in a pinch point and partially amputated.
