New guide (1st September 2004)

Available from BITA is a new operator training guidebook for pivot steer (articulated chassis) lift trucks.

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  Replace worn arms (1st March 2009)

Leading forklift industry figures have voiced concerns over inappropriate fork arm repairs.

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  Truck guides (1st July 2008)

BITA's Operator's Safety Code for Powered Industrial Trucks (known as the 'green book' for the colour of its cover) was conceived in 1954, and since then has been updated to reflect evolution in products, applications a

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  No sign of meltdown (1st July 2008)

Times may be tough, but forecasts of meltdown are well wide of the mark, according to the British Industrial Truck Association's members-only Economic Forecast.

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  Maintaining safety through Thorough Examination (1st March 2008)

Between 2001/02 and 2005/06, the HSE recorded 21,190 injuries involving fork lift trucks, of which 94 were fatal, 5758 major and 15,338 resulted in absences from work of 3 or more days. On average fork lift trucks are

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  BITA lifts industry standards (1st January 2007)

Bita has launched PAS90, a new industry standard to make onsite working safer for industrial truck engineers Developed in conjunction with BSi, end users and British Industrial Truck Association members, PAS90 is a 13 page b

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