Fowlers Machinery cares about your, and your teams’ safety. Jason Burton-Brown, our Group National Sales Manager says “In today’s environment, additional health and safety features are a key requirement for Material Handling Equipment. More and more of our customers are requesting additional features to be added to their machines to ensure potential risks are minimised”.
For all businesses, the safety of not just staff, but customers, should be prioritised. While businesses are good at identifying the risk, Worksafe NZ have recently reported that “putting plans on paper will not eliminate the risk to pedestrians caused by vehicles. Good health and safety systems need to be practiced every day…” (Worksafe NZ media release 18 February 2021).
There are risks associated on any site with many vehicles passing through it each day, often in zones where staff and customers operate. Work Safe have practice guidelines for managing site and workplace traffic management (https://www.worksafe.govt.nz/)
We are proud to recently work closely with Cuthbert Stewart Ltd (CSL) on various Health & Safety options to ensure the safety of their staff. Darren Imms, Supply Chain Manager at CSL recently explained “Since having the exclusion lights installed on our forklift, both the operator and team have reported feeling safer around the workplace. We’re now going to get them installed on our wider fleet’’.
Speak to our team, we will work closely with you to find the best solution available for improving the Health and Safety of your team and customers. Click here
Some of our most requested items available are:
| Smartrack®
A fleet management software system that allows for pre and post-start checklists, weight and speed monitoring, operator access control and forklift interface. Driver management and utilisation, forklift efficiencies and workload monitoring to name a few. |
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| SEEN® Safety – Pedestrian detection for forklifts with adjustable ranges and sound. |  |
| Red Exclusion Lights – Red zone warning lights around perimeter of forklift. Easily visible to pedestrians creates a safer working environment. |  |
| Blue Rear Pedestrian Safety Light –
Blue warning light which is easily visible to pedestrians to create a safer working environment. |
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