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With the newly formed "Construction Division" of the Health & Safety Executive
set to target the construction industry the safe handling of overhead loads has never been more important. Regional
units in East & South East Yorkshire, London, East, South West & West Midlands, Scotland and the North
of England and Wales will be established with the division growing to over 150 inspectors and managers.
The HSE is focusing on the industry as it has by far the highest incidents of injury and death, figures quoted
include 114 deaths in just twelve months 2000-2001, many accidents accruing due to unsafe handling of materials
at height.
The current solution to this problem is to enclose the load and Crane Fork with a safety net. The net is designed
to sustain a static load of 2 times the Working Load Limit of the Crane Fork and is therefore bulky and cumbersome
to use.
At Camlok we believe that accidents caused by unsafe handling of material at height can be easily avoided, we have
designed a steel safety pallet for use with a Camlok Crane Fork. The Crane Fork is used to load the palletised
construction material into the safety pallet and then lift and transport the safety pallet and load.
The standard safety pallet is designed to accommodate loads of 1m3. The Crane Forks with pallet lock-on device
are rated at Working Load Limit 1 ton or Working Load Limit 2 ton and have adjustable tines. Manual or automatic
(via a gas spring) un-loaded balance models of the Crane Fork are available.
We consider the above equipment offers the most positive solution to the safe overhead handling of construction
material on building sites.
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