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Posted By holmezy
Hi All,
had a few letters from suppliers that state beacause of new "European legislation" they are to reduce the weight of loaded pallets that they send to us. I've spoken to the suppliers and they cant, or wont, tell me which European legislation is relevant. The carriers I've spoke to have also heard of the changes, but again dont know details, however one did say that it only applies to "tail lift" vehicles, apparently its part of an iniative by the HSE to reduce manual handling issues. Anyone know any further info? or which piece of legislation?
Thanks
Holmezy
Having a rest from the beer at the moment due to excessive body mass!
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Posted By Debbie S
I'm in the pallet / transport industry and haven't seen or read anything.
I know that some of the big hauliers are independently putting a maximum weight on the pallets, but this (like us) has come about through carrying out Risk Assessments and writing Safe Working Procedures and having to consider manual handling issues. Off the top of my head the maximum force used (if equating to weight) is about 700kg for a singlr persong to push / pull on a pump truck, but this is if the conditions are ideal.
We've had to advise our customers of this as we don't know in advance what mechanical assistance - if any - is at the delivery point.
The tailift is obviously an area of concern aswell - ours have a SWL of 1500kg, but there are those that are lower than this.
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