National Fork Lift Safety Week 2010: 20th - 26th September

This year, Safety Week returns from 20th-26th September.

As with the 2009 campaign, Safety Week 2010 will provide people who work with fork lift trucks with all of the information and resources that they need to stay safe. On this site will be everything you’ll need to remind your co-workers about fork lift truck safety - most of which will be free of charge, making it even quicker, easier and cheaper to reduce the accident toll.

How can I help?

You can help to prevent deaths and injuries in your workplace by making the most of these FREE resources.

You can also help simply by keeping your eyes open. If you see something unsafe in your own workplace, report it to the relevant supervisor. Safety is everybody's remit - after all, anybody could be an accident victim.

Does Safety Week make a difference?

According to statistics from the Health and Safety Executive, accident rates have dropped to the lowest level since accidents began. But there's still more work to be done - fork lift truck accidents are still the most common of all workplace transport. To read more about this news story, click here.

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Latest news story: Safety Week Campaign takes fork lift accidents to record low