Handling & Lifting

As part of the current UK health and safety legislation guidance, the maximum weight a man shouldlift at work is 25kg and a woman 16kg. This is mainly to reduce the risk of accident or injury. Someitems may be awkward to lift and even the maximum weights may be unreasonable in somecircumstances. There can also be issues with workers lifting in ways that require the carrier to maketwisting movements or lift loads to and from different heights. A variety of different risk factors needto be assessed before asking workers to lift many types of load. Protect your work force with the useof appropriate handling and lifting equipment.

Lifting and handling equipment is our specialist area and this forms a major part of our productrange. As well as manual handling equipment such as pallet trucks, floor cranes and stackers, we alsosupply work positioners and conveyor systems. Heavy items such as metal cylinders and drums havetheir own category of lifting equipment and for transferring goods from A to B, our conveyorsystems are first class. Ensuring that loads are secure whilst being moved around is essential; so, ourrange of handling and lifting accessories, such as carrying grips, slings and lashings are useful for awide range of applications.

If you require assistance choosing the right lifting equipment for your project then please contact usand we will be more than pleased to help. We have decades of experience in providing lifting andhandling equipment to a huge range of customers across all industries, so we know what it takes toget the job done as safely and efficiently as possible. We can even design and manufacture abespoke product that meets your needs if you have specialist requirements. If you can’t see aproduct that will fulfil your needs, don’t hesitate to contact us to discuss other options.