A very interesting article from Alistair Bromhead Ltd, talks about Wilko fined £2.2m over a worker crushed by a metal cage. "The incident which happened in the retailer’s Leicester store left the 20-year old with life changing injuries after a heavily laden cage full of paint fell on her whilst she was trying to manoeuvre it across an uneven floor. Wilko admitted four breaches of health and safety legislation after the court heard how the floor of the main goods lift and passenger lift was not level with the shop floor. In addition, the roll cage which fell on the worker had...

The Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) provides members with a unique platform to engage with councils, the Department of Transport and the wider highways community. Thanks to the highways team at North Yorkshire Council experiencing iTip Handles, we were invited to attend a festival of innovation. Councils from throughout the UK attended two days of seminars and exhibitions. Wales, Devon, Blackpool and Surrey were just some of the representatives. It was a chance to hear the latest developments and updates from leading proponents and government leaders in the field as well as hear and compare notes on highways projects. Part of...

A grueling but exciting week at Excel in London for the iTip team as we met many Health & Safety specialists from all over the world. We had many interesting discussions and by far the run away interest was iTip Handles on cages. This seems to be a common problem that companies have. How do you make a difference to your colleagues safety whilst using cages predominantly designed for moving product than individual's safety.  Actually putting a set of iTip Handles on a roll cage came from a conversation at such a show. We will be looking for partners to...

Next week iTip Handles are exhibiting at Safety & Health Expo 2022. This is the largest London health and safety event of the year. If you have a chance why not come and see us on stand HS2670 at the Excel, London? We have performed extensive testing and analysis with the Governments' Health and Safety Executive (HSE) at their labs in Burton. The main Ergonomic specialist, Matt Birtles has worked with us for the whole project, and is talking at the show.  This is Matt presenting at the NEC Birmingham on manual handling. For further details on the show check...

iTip Handles are looking forward to meeting with the leading lights in the Health & Safety industry at Newcastle FC. These events are great to understand the way to discover ways of reaching compliance in practice.  This is a show where we have made some great contacts in the past as well as gaining great advice on iTip Handles. It was at one of these events that it was suggested we put iTip Handles on retail cages. This has a multitude of safety benefits including;  Protect toes and fingers from crushing. Correct direction pushing. Reduce topples and falls. Move at...