Hirer fits machine guidance system to new minis
LYNCH Plant Hire has snapped up five new Takeuchi mini excavators which have been fitted with GKD machine guidance safety technology.
GKD Technologies has...
CPA lends support to Crane Safety 2018
THE Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) will be supporting the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Crane Safety 2018 seminar, being held in London this September.
The...
Online course aims to raise awareness of construction-related occupational cancers
THE Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS) has launched a new e-learning course to help tackle construction-related occupational cancers.
‘Occupational Cancers’ is designed to raise awareness of...
SPOA issues best practice guide on bridge strike avoidance
THE Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) has published a best practice guide on bridge strike avoidance.
The aim is to educate the plant industry, reduce...
Report highlights ‘worrying trend of complacency’ around pipeline safety
NEW research has revealed there were 268 incidents of workers putting themselves at risk by digging too close to a high-pressure oil, gas, or...
Demand for safer machines drives Hi-Viz dumper investment
A-PLANT has revealed that a growing demand for safer and more efficient machines is behind firm's new investment in a fleet of JCB Hi-Viz...
HSE appoints new Chief Executive
DR Richard Judge has been appointed chief executive of Britain’s workplace health and safety regulator. He will start at the Health and Safety Executive in...
HAV-meter reduces risk of Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome
SVANTEK claims to have produced the world’s first personal hand arm vibration exposure meter designed to help construction firms assess workers levels of exposure to...
Balfour Beatty fined after excavator fatality in Aberdeen
BALFOUR Beatty has been fined £600,000 after a worker was killed when he was struck by a wheeled excavator at the Third Don Crossing...
A suit that’s tailored for construction sites
An exoskeleton suit could revolutionise the construction industry in America when it is released next year, and its developers ‘absolutely’ expect the technology to reach Europe.
New utility detection system helps reveal underground assets
LEICA Geosystems has launched the Leica DS4000, a utility detection system said to be capable of identifying underground assets up to 60% deeper than...
Workers must stay safe and cool during summer
WITH the hot summer weather upon us, it can be tempting for employees to stop wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), which often becomes uncomfortable...
Safety-grade system aims to make zero-strike vision a reality
XWATCH Safety Solutions and RodRadar, developer of the Live Dig Radar (LDR), have announced what is being described as the industry’s first safety-grade solution...
Xwatch to unveil safety system for electronically controlled machines
XWATCH Safety Solutions will launch its EVC (Electronic Valve Control) system at PlantWorx 2025 next week.
Designed to work exclusively with the new Mk2 platform,...
Xwatch celebrates major safety system milestone
XWATCH Safety Solutions is celebrating a major milestone after installing its 5,000th safety system.
The system, an SS1 (Simple Safe Solution) height restrictor, was installed...
Doosan honoured for transparent bucket system
DOOSAN has announced that the firm's 'industry-first' transparent bucket system has won a top award in Europe.
The latest honour is the ‘Coup de Coeur’...
Construction workers praised following record number of ‘safe digging’ searches
‘RECORD’ numbers of people in the UK are searching for pipes and cables before they put a digger bucket or spade in the ground,...
Hire firm’s safety credentials recognised for eighth year in a row
A-PLANT has been awarded Gold at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents’ (RoSPA) Health and Safety Awards for the eighth consecutive year.
The...
Liebherr unveils new course to improve site safety
LIEBHERR Great Britain has set its sights on tackling the issue of on-site accidents by launching a new product familiarisation programme, which will see...
Can portable cabins support safer working in the Covid-19 era?
By Benjamin Rothwell, business development manager at Bunkabin
THE Covid-19 pandemic has created major challenges for the entire construction sector. Not only have supply chains...
New tower crane safety advice issued
The CPA’s Tower Crane Interest Group has issued guidance to tower crane users in relation to how the equipment should be left out of service for potentially lengthy periods of time
All round technology-based safety features for excavators
Safety is one of the most talked about topics today. Almost every phone call, skype or email is signed off with the words, stay...
New service to provide health and safety alerts
Site and app for precast concrete sector
BRITISH Precast has launched a new website and app which promises to deliver vital health and safety information...
Wearable monitor aids distancing in the workplace
WORKSPACE, a division of Emtec Corporation, has launched a wearable social distance monitor to help keep workers safe.
The WorkSafe Safe Spacer, developed in conjunction...
New safety guide launched for suction excavators
A good practice guide has been launched for the safe use of suction/vacuum excavators.
Produced by the Suction and Vacuum Excavator (SAVE) special interest group, the...
Finning honoured for health and safety achievements
FINNING UK & Ireland has secured a RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) engineering services sector award for its health and safety...
SPOA to take key role in bridge strike avoidance guidance
THE Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) has announced plans to spearhead the production of 'much needed' industry guidance on bridge strike avoidance in the...
IPAF launches new safety campaign focused on MEWP overturns
THE International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has launched its latest global safety campaign, titled Stop Overturns – Safety Starts on the Ground!
This year’s campaign...
AI cameras tipped to ‘revolutionise’ safety for fleet operators
BRIGADE Electronics has announced the launch of AI Intelligent Detection Cameras to the UK market.
The cameras utilise artificial intelligence to recognise humans within a...
Human detection system tipped to help eliminate false alerts
A new innovation has been tipped to make false alerts caused by object detection sensors a thing of the past.
Spillard Safety Systems will be...
