The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has appointed Bibby Distribution’s Andrew Mawson as Chair of its Logistics and Retail Group. The role will fit alongside the 53-year-old’s current position as Head of Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) at Bibby Distribution, and will see him steer a committee… Read more »
The seat belt – Volvo’s leading safety invention – celebrates its 60th anniversary
This year marks the 60th anniversary since the first Volvo drivers pulled Nils Bohlin´s innovative three-point seat belt over their shoulders in 1959. Today the seat belt is still seen as the world´s most important traffic safety innovation ever and is estimated to have saved more than one million lives…. Read more »
Grain store company fined after worker fatally struck by lorry
A grain store company has been fined following the death of a worker at its site in Linton, Cambridgeshire. Peterborough Crown Court heard how on 27 July 2016 an employee of Camgrain Stores Ltd suffered fatal injuries after being struck by a lorry at the site. Mr. Edward Orlopp had… Read more »
Valero Energy UK fined £5 million after four people died in an oil explosion
Valero Energy UK Ltd and B&A Contracts Ltd have been fined after an explosion killed four workers and seriously injured another at an oil refinery in Pembrokeshire in 2011. Dennis Riley, 52, Robert Broome, 48, Andrew Jenkins, 33, and Julie Jones, 54, died after a storage tank exploded at the… Read more »
FORS golden hat-trick for Swain Group
Swain Group companies R Swain and Sons, Gatwick Group and Hallett Silbermann have delivered a golden hat-trick after all three achieved FORS Gold accreditation to the demanding new v5 standards. Version 5 of the FORS standard became effective in January 2019 and includes new mandatory training requirements for both drivers… Read more »
Waste management company fined after employee killed
Sanders Plant and Waste Management Limited have been fined after an employee was fatally injured when he was struck by a reversing JCB loading shovel. Newcastle upon Tyne Crown Court heard that, on 15th June 2015, a wheeled front-loading shovel was being operated in the main waste processing shed at… Read more »
Tuffnells puts safety in the driving seat with new initiative
Specialist parcels carrier, Tuffnells, has launched a new initiative to further improve the health and safety of its drivers and depot colleagues with investment in new technology and systems. The new health and safety campaign, ‘Think Safety First’, has rolled out nationwide across all 37 depots and Tuffnells has unveiled… Read more »
Jacqueline O’Donovan announced as Vice-Chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Taskforce
We are excited to announce that the Strategic Transport Apprenticeship Taskforce (STAT) and the Department for Transport (DfT) have chosen Jacqueline O’Donovan as the Vice-Chair of its new Diversity and Inclusion group. On behalf of DfT and STAT, the launch of a Year of Diversity in Transport and Logistics will… Read more »
Bibby Distribution’s safety success merits recognition from British Safety Council
Bibby Distribution’s expertise in delivering a safe working environment has seen the company win an International Safety Award from the British Safety Council (BSC). The 3PL’s low accident rate, and dedication to proactively implementing new initiatives to protect team members, was recognised by independent BSC adjudicators with a Merit Award…. Read more »
New one-hour live webinar to explore CLOCS and FORS
FORS is launching a new live interactive webinar to help its members and Champions, as well as CLOCS Champions and specifiers, understand the relationship between FORS and CLOCS. The live ‘Demystifying FORS and CLOCS’ one-hour webinar explains how the two organisations work together to champion best practice in road transport… Read more »
