Winter 2010, Volume 14, Issue 4
01. Safety Training - Is There Enough for Everyone?
02. Excavator Program Set For Release
03. Deadline Looming
04. Deadline Passed
05. Are We On Your White List?
06. Warmest Wishes
07. Chuckles
08. Supervising Mobile Equipment Operations
09. Forklift Operator Found Guilty
10. Program Calendar
11. Ask Bob
12. Whats Wrong With This?
Safety Training - Is There Enough for Everyone?
It seems to me that the amount of employee safety training delivered by the average company has increased incredibly over the past decade. My personal opinions on the reasons for this are; a) a genera... more

Excavator Program Set For Release
There are many exciting things that happen in companies that strive to constantly improve and expand their offerings to do more to help their clients. Here at IVES, probably t... more

Deadline Looming
Crane operators in British Columbia, Canada must have a valid operator's certificate by February 28, 2011. Any operator not certified by February 28 cannot legally operate a c... more

Deadline Passed
In the US, the November 8 implementation date of the new Federal OSHA crane rules for construction came and went. As of that date, crane operators have 4 years to acquire cert... more

Are We On Your White List?
In the electronic landscape of today's society, it is easy for one's privacy to be lost in the vastness of cyberspace. Internet hackers and e-mail scammers seem to be lurking ... more

Warmest Wishes
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Chuckles
Notes taken from actual medical records: "The patient expired on the floor uneventfully." "She slipped on the ice and apparently her legs went in separate directions in earl... more

     Supervising Mobile Equipment Operations
We all recognize that the operators of mobile equipment like forklifts, aerial lifts and loaders require comprehensive and specific training as well as an evaluation of operational competence. Howeve... more

Forklift Operator Found Guilty
A jury in Baltimore City Circuit Court has awarded $305,000.00 to a truck driver who was struck and injured in a forklift incident at a warehouse in January 2007. The jurors decided that [the forkli... more

Program Calendar
Program Name Premium Forklift Trainer 2-Day Express Forklift Trainer Aerial Lifts Trainer ... more

     Ask Bob
Q: My company has an aerial boomlift. I went to do some training on it the other day and noticed it did not have its annual inspection so I told my manager and he had our forklift repair company come ... more

Whats Wrong With This?
The photo to the left shows an operator performing a pre-use inspection under the watchful eye of a trainer (with clipboard). Can you see anything the operator is doing wrong?... more




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